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The Most Memorable Rules Incidents in Masters History Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Rory McIlroy and Arnold Palmer have all been involved in gaffes BY E MICHAEL JOHNSON
BAD DROP Tiger Woods played from the wrong spot in 2013.
B OBBY JONES WAS ONCE credited with saying, “You may as well praise a man for not robbing a bank” af- ter he was lauded for calling a penalty on himself. The Masters founder had a point, but with all the cameras focused on Augusta National each April, players in that tournament really don’t have to worry about confessing anymore – the
Woods considered his options for drop- ping and settled on a spot two yards back from where he last hit (to avoid an- other rebound off the flagstick). Woods then knocked it stiff and saved bogey. David Eger, a former PGA Tour player and rules official, was watching on TV and noticed that Woods seemed to have dropped from the wrong place and called Masters officials to report it.
world is seemingly watching their every move. Here are some of the most mem- orable Masters rules incidents. TIGER WOODS , 15TH HOLE, SECOND ROUND, 2013 Woods hit a near-perfect wedge shot, but the ball struck the flagstick and ricocheted into the pond fronting the green. After taking the stroke penalty,
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