Tiger Woods, the world's most famous and best golfer, has been involved in multiple rules spats this year in which viewers have essentially tattled on the top golfer for minor infractions.
After a recent incident at the BMW Championships, in which a viewer reported Woods caused his ball to move illegally, while he argued it merely "oscillated," Woods is now calling for a time limit on viewers who want to report such wrongdoing.
"There needs to be a time limit, and I think there needs to be a discussion obviously where is that time limit? Where is that line of demarcation? You've got to start with disqualification and then work our way back from there," Woods said. "I'm sure there's going to be a lot of discussion over it. What's going to happen over the course of time? Is every player going to be mandated to have a camera follow them around everywhere they go -- all 156 players (in a regular tour event) for every shot? Or is there a certain time limit when we're going to have to do it? Is it going to change in the digital age? These are all questions and answers that need to be resolved in the near future.''
The most recent infraction caused Woods to lose two strokes; he wound up finishing in a tie for 11th place with a nine-under par, seven strokes behind the winner Zach Johnson.
PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has weighed in on the subject, and is leaning toward being on Woods' side in the matter but is struggling with the potential logistics and loopholes.
"Is disqualification reasonable for signing a card wrong when you didn't intentionally do anything?'' Finchem said. "Going from there, to what's a reasonable point to accept outside information if you don't learn about something before X-time?''
Woods will be teeing off at 2:00 p.m. at the Tour Championship, which kicks off on Thursday from East Lake in Atlanta, Georgia. It will run Thursday through Sunday, with play beginning at 11:40 p.m.
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