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Lately I've been out watching more tournaments in my area than playing and have noticed some rather bothersome things at a couple of these events.
Here are the two instances that really stand out to me. At the SOKY Championship during the final round Devan Owens clearly foot faults on a 20 foot putt on the second-to-last hole and no one calls him on it. Then this last weekend at the Derby City Classic, Tyler Horne lined up in an illegal stance while putting and no one called him on it even when I whispered to someone in the group and they acknowledged it. But here's the part that bothers me; the only reason they didn't call the infraction was that the offending players missed their putts.
Seeing as I am not a certified official I could not make these calls myself but everyone in the groups that I was following could have but actively chose not to. The impression I got from the other players was that breaking the rules was not an issue unless it was on a shot that improved someone's score. So my question to everyone is where do they stand on this sort of integrity or lack-there-of in the game now?
Here are the two instances that really stand out to me. At the SOKY Championship during the final round Devan Owens clearly foot faults on a 20 foot putt on the second-to-last hole and no one calls him on it. Then this last weekend at the Derby City Classic, Tyler Horne lined up in an illegal stance while putting and no one called him on it even when I whispered to someone in the group and they acknowledged it. But here's the part that bothers me; the only reason they didn't call the infraction was that the offending players missed their putts.
Seeing as I am not a certified official I could not make these calls myself but everyone in the groups that I was following could have but actively chose not to. The impression I got from the other players was that breaking the rules was not an issue unless it was on a shot that improved someone's score. So my question to everyone is where do they stand on this sort of integrity or lack-there-of in the game now?