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Tiago Splitter Jersey . - U.S. Open champion Justin Rose thought his ball
might have moved. Then he was convinced it didnt. Only after he got up-and-down
to save par and looked at the replay on three televisions did he see the
slighest movement that came with a stiff penalty Saturday in The Players
Championship. The two-shot penalty turned his 71 into a 73. Instead of being
five shots behind Jordan Spieth and Martin Kaymer, he was seven shots back.
"That was a bitter pill to swallow at the end of a battling day," Rose said. "In
some ways, its my own fault for trying to be my own rules official." Rose missed
the 18th green to the right and set up over the ball to play a delicate chip.
Suddenly, he backed away when there appeared to be movement right after he
lightly grounded his club. He called over Sergio Garcia. They watched the replay
on a video board. "We both clearly look at the evidence and look at the replay
and say, No, absolutely the ball didnt move," Rose said. "But under 50 times
magnification in the truck, maybe the ball moved a quarter of a dimple toward
the toe of the club. Obviously, if the ball moved, it moved. And I get assessed
an extra stroke penalty." Rose was penalized under Rule 18-2b for causing the
ball to move at address (one shot), and then an additional shot for not
replacing it. He might have been able to save himself one shot by calling for an
official to go through the incident. Rose said the grass was soft and uneven,
which he thought might have given the appearance that the ball moved. "Ive gone
from trying to chip in to make 3 to walking off with a 6," he said of his double
bogey. "Disappointing. But in the same way, Im glad now that at least the right
decision has been made. The ball moved. Obviously, I made a mistake." Rose was
not spared by an addition to the "Decisions on the Rules of Golf" this year
(18/4) that would waive the penalty if a ball movement was not "reasonably
discernible to the naked eye at the time" and required enhanced technology. The
fact he quickly backed away from the shot was evidence that it was discernible.
Even so, this took what Rose called "four trucks and different technology" to
sort out. Before signing his scorecard, he looked at a replay on NBC Sports and
it looked fine. European Tour rules official David Probyn weighed in with some
concerns to make sure it was right, and Rose said he went to a second and a
third trailer to see different television views "where they really zoomed in."
"The movement ... was virtually not visible," he said. It was reminiscent of the
BMW Championship last year in Chicago, where Tiger Woods was penalized two shots
when video showed his ball moved ever so slightly as Woods was removing loose
twigs around it. Woods was adamant that the ball only oscillated, even after
video evidence. He was penalized two shots. In both cases, no advantage was
gained. But the Rules of Golf require the ball to be "played as it lies." "It
has to be the right result," Rose said. "Because if the ball moves — whether it
moves an inch, if the ball moves a hair — the ball moved. And Im happy now. My
conscience is clear. Ill sleep better tonight knowing that, eventually, the
right decision was made." But he wasnt entirely happy. "No advantage gained, and
obviously now a big disadvantage, unfortunately," he said about the two-shot
penalty.
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obviously very, very many problems" with the officiating in the Cardinals 24-21
loss at Philadelphia.
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Dikembe Mutombo Jersey . The Yankees made the moves before Tuesdays game
against Baltimore. Robertson was listed retroactive to Monday. Robertson posted
two saves in three games as the replacement for retired Yankees closer
Mariano Rivera before getting hurt.
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surgery for sun spots. The 42-year-old Harrington told Irish radio station Today
FM: "Ive had a number of skin cancers removed off my face.DOVER, Del. - Kyle
Buschs bid for a tripleheader sweep at Dover ended with a wreck in Sundays
Sprint Cup race. Buschs No. 18 Toyota slammed into the wall 124 laps into the
400-lap race and was forced into the garage. Busch won the Truck Series race on
Friday and the Nationwide Series race on Saturday. Busch has thee only
three-race sweep since NASCAR expanded to three national series in 1995,
accomplishing the feat in 2010 at Bristol.
Paul
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he was passed by Jimmie Johnson. He is just 1 for 9 in Cup races after winning
the first two in the same weekend.
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