Tiger Woods Slapped With Two-Shot Penalty – Lucky Not To Be D-qued In 77th Masters
World No.1 Tiger Woods could count himself lucky not to be disqualified following an incorrect penalty drop at the 15th hole late in his second round of the 77th Masters.
Woods was summoned to Augusta National early this morning and slapped with the two-stroke penalty before the start of his third round.
So instead of signing for a score of 71 and a share of seventh place and now with tee off at 1.45pm at one under par and in a tie for 19th.
He might have been disqualified, but officials cited a ...
Angel Cabrera Sizes Up For Second Masters Green Jacket.
Argentina’s Angel Cabrera is sizing-up nicely for a second Masters green jacket after rounds of 71 and 69 for a four under par tally at Augusta National.
It is Cabrera’s best opening two round tally since being eight under par after two rounds in 2009 when he became the first Argentinean player to be fitted with a green jacket.
Good round today.
ANGEL CABRERA: Thank you.
Q. What clicked in on the back side? Something clicked in, didn’t it?
ANGEL CABRERA: Well, I did very ...
Tianlang Guan Accepts Referees Decision Of One Stroke ‘Slow Play’ Penalty.
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China’s 14-year old amateur sensation Tianlang Guan has earned enormous respect in accepting the ruling of a one-stroke penalty for slow play during the second round at Augusta Natiinoal.
Augusta National officials could not advise if a player has ever been penalised for slow play in the prior 76 Masters.
European Tour Chief Referee, John Paramour slapped the reigning Asian Amateur champion with the penalty at the 17th hole and with the Chinese golfer walking off ...
Rory McIlroy Sends His Flagging Confidence Soaring With 8th Hole Eagle.
World No. 2 Rory McIlroy sent his flagging confidence soaring with an eagle midway through his round on day two of the Masters.
McIlroy played a 3-wood shot into the eighth green, bouncing his golf ball off the bank guarding the green and with the ball coming to rest just three feet from the flag.
The eagle earned the 22-year old a pair of crystal goblets in an eventual round of 70 to lift the struggling Northern Ireland into a surprise tie for eighth place in his fifth Masters showing.
“I was ...
Sandy Lyle Celebrates 25th Year Since Masters Success As Leading Scot
Sandy Lyle celebrated the 25th anniversary of his Masters win ending a run of two Augusta National missed cuts to also find himself the leading Scot.
Lyle, 55 added a second round level par 72 to his opening 73 for a one over par tally and a share of 31st place late on day two of the 77th Masters.
The double Major winning Lyle birdied his second and third holes and then brought the crowd to their feet at the ninth, and despite a bogey at the 11th and 14th he birdied the par five 15th for a second ...
Gregory Bourdy Now Has Company After Tianlang Guan Slapped With Penalty For Slow Play
Frenchman Gregory Bourdy now has company in the Major Championship ‘Tortoises Club’ after China’s 14-year old Tianlang Guan was slapped with a stroke penalty for slow play late in his round on day two of the Masters.
Bourdy was competing in the final round of 92nd PGA in 2010 at Whistling Straits.
He was partnering American J B Holmes when he was spoken to by a rules official when the group became out of position at the 10th hole.
But when the group did not regain their position ...
Slow Play Penalty Could Cost Tianlang Guan Four Rounds In 2013 Masters.
A one-stroke penalty for slow play could very well cost 14-year old Chinese amateur, Tianlang Guan the halfway cut in the 2013 Masters.
Guan was slapped with one stroke penalty at the 17th hole by European Tour Chief Referee, John Paramour.
The teenage sensation, and the youngest player ever to compete in the Masters, was three over par at the time for 35 holes but ended his round at four over and likely to miss out via the ’10-Shot Rule’ in playing all four days of the 77th Masters.
Paramour ...
