Cheaters on the LPGA?

[GolfSpy_APH]

42 minutes ago, Snapjack said:

No, I've been around mostly reading for years.

If someone anyone could find and clip the video here it may help aid the discussion.

[cnosil]

8 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

If someone anyone could find and clip the video here it may help aid the discussion.

Been trying, but it isn't shown in any of the highlight videos.  Hoping a full replay gets posted somewhere since I doubt the Golf Channel will show it again.  

[GolfSpy_APH]

Just now, cnosil said:

Been trying, but it isn't shown in any of the highlight videos.  Hoping a full replay gets posted somewhere since I doubt the Golf Channel will show it again.  

I went on a search for it this morning and found nothing. Hoping someone has it recorded or something.

[cnosil]

23 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

I went on a search for it this morning and found nothing. Hoping someone has it recorded or something.

Here and Reddit are the only places I have seen anyone questioning the drop process and there are no videos posted anywhere showing what she allegedly did wrong.   I am hoping that one of the networks posts it in their replay vault but it may take a few weeks.  

[cnosil]

On 11/24/2022 at 8:18 AM, GolfSpy_APH said:

If someone anyone could find and clip the video here it may help aid the discussion.

@DaveP043 the LPGA has posted the full round replay.   

Ko's drop sequence on 14 starts are the 1:10:10 minute mark

I question the legality of Maguire's drop which is shown at 1:08:34.   This isn't knee height.   

 

 

[DaveP043]

8 minutes ago, cnosil said:

@DaveP043 the LPGA has posted the full round replay.   

Ko's drop sequence on 14 starts are the 1:10:10 minute mark

I question the legality of Maguire's drop which is shown at 1:08:34.   This isn't knee height.   

 

I see nothing at all wrong with Ko's sequence.  It doesn't appear that she's "pushing" the ball, she's merely anticipating that its going to roll.  As for Maguire, I agree that her drop appears to be from higher than her knee, far enough that an on-site official might have told her to drop again.  But in this case, I'd refer to this bit of 1.3b(2)

"So long as the player does what can be reasonably expected under the circumstances to make an accurate determination, the player’s reasonable judgment will be accepted even if, after the stroke is made, the determination is shown to be wrong by video evidence or other information."

Dropping the ball from maybe 6 inches higher than knee high would, to me, be acceptable under that guidance in the Rules.  I'd note that nothing has been changed in the 2023 Rules.