tiger being classy, maybe?

[urethrafranklin]

tiger got publicly upset with an official rushing the pace of play on the 16th hole (where paddy shot a +3, taking the wind out of a fantastic final round) and said that it made paddy rush three tough shots. is this a classy move by wanting things to be fair? or him whining again?

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4390168</p>

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Neither one of them were happy with the official telling that. My thing is they are the final group on Sunday......who cares if they go a little longer.

 

[patdog]

It's one thing to give them a little leeway (which it appears the tournament did). It's a whole nother thing to have the last group come in 1/2 hour after everyone else has finished (which is where it was headed if the official hadn't done anything).

 

[bulliegolfer]

but I thought what he said was on target. I understand the argument of everyone playing by the same rules(clock), but it ruined a good ending to the round. I really could care less who won the tournament as I was just enjoying a competitive final round. But after 16, I lost all interest in it.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

neither classy nor whining. Just being honest. Though I do like him publically standing up for Padraig.

There hasn't been a penalty imposed for slow play in like 20 years (per PTI yesterday). Why get into it in the middle of a great round? Sure, they were behind. They were not fighting darkness or anything. And like Tiger said, 40 seconds is not enough to play some of those shots.