Here are some other things, besides the $400,000, that Davis gave up when he called the penalty on himself.
a 2011 Masters Invite a 2-year exemption to the PGA Tour an invite to the 2011 SBS Tournament just to start. On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Ras Tafari <rastaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:316312 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
