Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

cynic
I am not condoning the Tiger decision. I was merely identifying the basis of the decision that they claim to have used. The rule does mean that any offence that would require disqualifying can be overruled by the committee.

From the official rules of golf

33-7. Disqualification Penalty; Committee Discretion
A penalty of disqualification may in exceptional individual cases be waived, modified or imposed if the Committee considers such action warranted.

means and ends comes to mind! .... not one of the rules committee's most glorious moments

Cynic.

If you don't like my postings, don't read them and then you won't feel any need to reply.

Have a better day!

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Dil.

The last party I attended in Cardiff, was when Wales trounced England.

Wales 30-3 England, 16 Mar 2013.

Looked so easy!

I think they are building a library to commemorate the victory.

Mind in England they are closing them.


8-)

Fred
I remember when we closed the mines in Wales

Looked so easy! (and it was)

And they ARE building a library to commemorate Thatcher

I did say blinkered, but does the colour blue stand out to you?

Or has Cameron's attempt at going green caused a problem?

How much did he pay for the logo designed by a 6 year old.

Another sham which is backfiring!

Hays,

Is that to replace the ones they are closing.

The councils are closing the libraries.

The actual figure is less than 60 libraries actually closed. That continues a trend already existing under Labour. Visits to libraries have been declining due to e-books, internet etc anyway.

If the latter is so, the tories could have stopped them. With future cut backs in education "expenses", they will be needed more and more.

Which councils are closing the most libraries, Tory, Lib Dem, or Labour?

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Probably Labour councils. Conservative ones are run better.

In 2012 there were 41 libraries closed by Labour councils, 14 closed by Conservative. There were 40 new libraries opened.

let's get back to the Rules of Golf ..... far more interesting and worthy of note than fred's continuous droppings .....

Hays - Rule 33-1 states specifically that the Committee has no power to waive a Rule of Golf

Then move to Rule 6-6.d - the competitor is responsible for the correctness of the score recorded for each hole on his score card. If he returns a score for any hole lower than actually taken, he is disqualified

And so to Rule 20 ..... in this instance, it was known from precisely what spot Tiger had hit his shot, and he even admitted as much ..... he was therefore obligated to take his drop as near as possible to that spot, though not nearer the hole .....
therefore Rule 20-7.c applies .... if a competitor makes a stroke from a wrong place (patently Tiger did), he incurs a penalty of two strokes

Therefore Tiger recorded an incorrect score and should have been disqualified - not least, because he knew and admitted he had not dropped his ball as near as possible to the spot from where he took his previous shot

cynic
The committee was not waiving a rule. They were waiving the penalty, which they are allowed to do. There is no suggestion that they are allowing people to ignore a rule. They have just decided that in spite of the violation they are waiving the penalty. A subtle distinction, but it seems to be valid.

An example from the real world would be someone committing a crime and being found guilty, but allowed to go free. The law was not being waived, just the penalty.

Stinks, no matter what this weak livered committee say. Quick enough to pick on the weakest player and penalise for slow play. Would a European player or anyone else for that matter have got away with it? Odds aren't bad for an E/W bet on Woods having said that :O)

Cynic and Hays.

You deserve one another.

Overgrown schoolboys arguing about a game played by hitting a ball of rubber bands painted white with a stick with a knob on it, standing in the rain and paying a fortune for it.

Cheaper to take a tortoise for a walk.

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Now as I was writing:

For dreams!4

fred - the garbage can deserves you old son .... you can then join your comic-book cartoons of which you are so fond ..... being sulky becomes you

so back to the really important world of the Rules of Golf - according to the book, the Committee has no discretion in this - i.e. wrong score recorded = automatic disqualification
i shall be interested to read further detail on this ruling .... with luck, i'll see JP in the not too distant future who will, i am sure enlighten us, assuming he will be permitted to do so