The Masters - 2013

[little dave hedgehog]

come on burks.

[Assassin]

Whatever happened to Boo Weekley, JB Holmes, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, Paul Casey , Retief Goosen and Edoardo Molinari?!

"team casey" (what a ****) dislocated his shoulder snowboarding last winter (****ing wimp) never regained his form, not that he had too much.

He has a face I could never tire of slapping

[Assassin]

As it stands I've got

Day -6
Snedeker -4
Scott -3
Mcilroy -2
Schwartzel -2

If day sees it through these last couple I'll be pretty pleased with the opening two rounds....

5 golfers picked and all within the shots.

Jason day was my outside bet...think he was about 60ish/1

You are sitting pretty at the moment, but there is a long way to go

[Shaggy]

Tiger at risk of being disqualified for an illegal drop on 15!

[Chazza]

What happened to Tiger? He must have gone to **** on the back 9 after looking pretty decent early.

[ChesterDave]

I tried to find that story but all BBC reporting is that his approach on 15 hit the flag and went back into the water. Took shot again and landed within 4 feet for bogey

[Arn]

Tiger Woods could face disqualification from the Masters for an alleged illegal drop during his second round at Augusta.

World number one Woods saw his approach shot at the 15th hit the flag stick then spin back into the water, just as he was making a charge to the top of the leaderboard.

He decided against playing from the drop-zone and instead went back to where his original shot was played, but decided to move two yards further back, from where he produced a stunning shot to make bogey.

However, rule 26-1 states that he should play his second attempt as near as possible from the spot of the first, and in Woods' own words he decided to move it two yards back.

"I went down to the drop area, that wasn't going to be a good spot, because obviously it's into the grain and it was a little bit wet," said Woods.

"I went back to where I played it from, but I went two yards further back and I took, tried to take two yards off the shot of what I felt I hit. I felt that that was going to be the right decision to take off four right there. And I did, it worked out perfectly."

It is Woods' own admission that he moved the ball further back that could be his undoing, as that could be deemed by officials to be a breach of the rules, and that would carry a two-shot penalty.

However, since Woods has already signed his scorecard, it would then get even worse as signing for an incorrect scorecard comes with the penalty of disqualification from the event.

While it would be a huge move from Masters officials to throw the world number one out of the prestigious event, Sky Sports pundit David Howell told Masters Breakfast that Woods is right on the edge with his drop.

"He's exactly on the border, one more yard and Tiger's being disqualified, I don't think any of the officials would be able to give him that much leeway," said Howell.

"He's right on the limit. If he's done it deliberately because he preferred one more yard then he should be disqualified. If he just thought it was near enough then that's fine but only he knows really."

With reports of the incident growing, Masters officials face a huge problem when they get back to Augusta on Saturday with the biggest name in golf under scrutiny.

Especially after teenager Tianlang Guan was docked a shot for slow play, there will be calls for the rules to be adhered to strictly again in the Woods case.

http://www1.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/8635457/

[Chazza]

Interesting.

I would imagine that pressure is being applied to keep him in it.

Tee-off times and pairings for Saturday's third round:
(all players US unless stated; all times BST; a=amateur)
14:25: Bubba Watson
14:35: J Peterson, Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn)
14:45: Lucas Glover, Branden Grace (SA)
14:55: Thorbjorn Olesen (Den), Guan Tianlang (Chn, a)
15:05: Peter Hansen (Swe), John Huh
15:15: Martin Kaymer (Ger), Robert Garrigus
15:25: Nick Watney, Phil Mickelson
15:35: Stewart Cink, D.A Points
15:45: Tim Clark (SA), Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa)
15:55: Kevin Na, Carl Pettersson (Swe)
16:05: Keegan Bradley, Brian Gay
16:25: Henrik Stenson (Swe), Vijay Singh (Fij)
16:35: Paul Lawrie (Sco), Thomas Bjorn (Den)
16:45: Richard Sterne (SA), Zach Johnson
16:55: Freddie Jacobson (Swe), Sandy Lyle (Sco)
17:05: Ernie Els (SA), Bo Van Pelt
17:15: Scott Piercy, Rickie Fowler
17:25: David Toms, Michael Thompson
17:35: Ryan Moore, Luke Donald (Eng)
17:45: Matt Kuchar, Bill Haas
17:55: Steve Stricker, Dustin Johnson
18:15: John Senden (Aus), Trevor Immelman (SA)
18:25: Rory McIlroy (NI), Charl Schwartzel (SA)
18:35: Bernhard Langer (Ger), Sergio Garcia (Spa)
18:45: Tiger Woods, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa)
18:55: Justin Rose (Eng), KJ Choi (Kor)
19:05: David Lynn (Eng, Lee Westwood (Eng)
19:15: Adam Scott (Aus), Jason Dufner
19:25: Jim Furyk, Brandt Snedeker
19:35: Marc Leishman (Aus), Angel Cabrera (Arg)
19:45: Jason Day (Aus), Fred Couples

[Shaggy]

Bubba playing on his own?!

[Arn]

Would be crazy to disqualify him. He didn't knew about any penalty when he signed his scorecard.

Would be a massive difference if he had been told about it before he signed it.

[Arn]

I wonder why they still have the rule about signed scorecards the year 2013. It is a bit stoneage really.

[Chazza]

Bubba playing on his own?!

Yeah. Bit weird innit?

You would have expected an even number to be put through.

[ChesterDave]

A lot of comments aboutthe kids being penalised have said that at the end of the day age is not the issue. He has qualified to play with the pros/adults and he beat a lot of them on the day. Rules should apply across the board.

I wonder if many come out with similar comments about even aplication of the rules for Tiger.

[Shaggy]

I find it very hard to believe that not a single player on the PGA Tour has contravened the slow play rules in 18 years....the likes of Ben Crane and Jason Day. As if. Then this kid comes along and bang, penalised. If he was penalised yesterday a handful of other players surely had to have been penalised too. Stinks IMO.

Tiger did clearly drop it a yard or so back from the original spot but I'd be amazed if they got tough with him.

[BobTheCharmer]

Perhaps they mistook him for a Korean.