ahhhh, if ye are not golfers, ye'd not get "it" its about the integrity of the game, and we follow it strictly. there is only you, and you can go play by yourself, with no one watching, so without that integrity, there is nothing.
now, probably what REALLY went through his mind... for each and every great shot out there, there is a SUPER slow motion camera that shows what happened, especially in a playoff, and especially when it was that tight, and that shot was THAT important. had a rules official seen that happen, they COULD have called him on it AFTER the fact, and if he had signed his scorecard, he could then be disqualified from the tournament altogether. same as hitting the wrong ball and not calling it on yourself, same as writing the wrong score on a scorecard, an signing it. anyway, he was ACTUALLY very smart in doing this. in doing this he ensured he would win money. if he was DQ'd, he'd not make a dime. so, it was either call it on myself, deal with the higher score, and move on, OR, not call it myself and run the risk of DQ and ZERO dollars. id rather lose 400k, than not make $615,600.00 w0rd. i think he was very honorable, and very smart. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It isn't stupidly honest, it is scrupulously honest. > > No, it didn't affect his play. > Yes, it WAS a rules violation. > Yes, he was on the honor system. > No, probably no one would have called him on it. > > But, as many a person has said before, character is what you do when no one > is watching. > > In basketball, it isn't a player's job to self report a foul or a goaltend. > In football, it isn't a player's job to self report a penalty, or a fumble, > or a dropped ball. > In baseball, it isn't a player's job to self report to running outside the > bases, or a dropped ball. > > In golf, it is all on the player to be honest. And even to err on the > "maybe" side of a mistake. > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I think that was a little ridiculous. >> The reed didn't affect his play, and therefore it was totally >> unnecessary. It also was not intentional. >> It is possible to be stupidly honest. >> >> Michael Johnson was a better example of this type of honesty in my view. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:316294 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
