Dave, you didn't read/ understand my post. I never said you or any of the officials made an " official ruling". There was discussion of "permanent part of the course". I didn't see anybody actually look in a rule book. If you guys did, I missed it and I'm sorry. I do believe 90 seconds is plenty of time for someone to look in the book instead of calling someone else and asking them for a ruling. And I said McBeth threw before he got any real ruling. And I do believe ( as many here seem to agree) that any thought of a spotter's chair being a permanent part of the course is just stupid. Again, you may be a nice guy. I know Bergie and Burro, they are also nice guys. You said you guys were there to assist, yet the other players were not asked to come over to make a ruling. All I saw was you guys talking about an incorrect rule, calling someone else about the situation and
McBeth getting impatient and throwing before any real ruling could be made. Mistakes were made be all.