Pro Golfer Lexi Thompson Loses Tournament After Fan Calls Out Violation
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2024
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Golfer Lexi Thompson ended up losing a tournament after a TV viewer reported a violation of the rules, which officials apparently missed. An eagle-eyed viewer reported in an email that the 22-year-old golfer's placement of the ball was wrong. The viewer saw Thompson marking the position of the ball then picking it up. Video shows that when she puts it back, it's an inch closer to the hole. Upon hearing the mistake was going to cost her four strokes, Thompson replied, "Is this a joke?" #InsideEdition
She still broke the rules she still should've been penalized
Poopy pants Chance well some pearson like you gave a danm thats why she lost
But not by a tv viewer.
For fucksakes...thats not even breaking the rules, it was a mistake
It is breaking the rules. You can’t just decide, hey I’m going to put my ball here and not there. It’s a penalty. That’s why the rule is there to enforce it. Did she intentionally cheat? Maybe not . But it’s a rule , she broke the rule. Chella Choi did the same thing. Got called out, and quit a tournament for it. Then owned up to it after.
@@slayerde440 oops I did something illegal in a sports game oh well it was just a mistake so I shouldn’t get penalized
That’s basically what you’re saying it doesn’t matter if it was a mistake
The person at home is like the person who reminds the teacher about homework
Its_Mee _ hone?
Probably was someone who wanted the other girl to win.
+bob g probably
Not in this case. She's the Patrick Reed of the LPGA
iifymbro there is a rule though
You can’t place your ball in a different spot. Did she cheat? Intentionally? Maybe not , but you can’t just put it wherever. That’s why there is a rule for it. Chella Choi did it, quit a tournament for getting called out for it, then after the fact decided to own up to it.
Lexi or Alexis or alexi or lexis, whatever she changes her name to, she has a history of it, she has repeatedly broke the rule. 2 times she has been called out on it. Both times she cried and complained. She has admitted that , in her words, she can bend the rules because of being Lexi Thompson..
so if I drive 90 in a 20 speed limit, I will just say my name to avoid a traffic ticket... Lexi did this, still got the ticket. Oh well
In my opinion, Lexi cheated and got caught. End of story. I'm glad she didn't win. She received the correct penalty, 4 strokes, according to the rules. Through the years I have seen many people cheat that way, even pros. Golf is a game that must be played by the rules, no exception. Anyone who disagrees with me, must be a cheater too. As far as a TV viewer emailing in the infraction, that makes no difference. He did the right thing, pointing out her cheating, protecting the field. I'm sure one of her playing partners saw the infraction, and didn't say anything. That was incorrect, and not protecting the field.
2 strokes was the correct penalty. Not 4
@@slayerde440 2-stroke penalty for not properly marking her ball a day earlier, then another 2 strokes for signing an incorrect scorecard. That's 4.
I'm glad we covered the complete course of "2+2".
@@FuhqEwe It was the correct score at the time of it being signed. If the rules committee decided it wasn't 24 hours later, that's on them not her. It's literally their job to inform the player prior to the card getting signed and turned in. Ever play competitive golf?
@@slayerde440 You just vomited a lot of irrelevant conjecture in response to my very pointed facts. Ever read the rules of golf before? Perhaps do as I instructed in my other comment and contact the R&A/USGA if you do not agree with the rules they've created, and the manner in which they choose to enforce them.
@@FuhqEwe THE RULE WAS ALREADY CHANGED AFTER THIS BECAUSE THE USGA AND R&A AGREED WITH MY REASONING.
Maybe it didn't look good but They made the right call, 1 inch makes a lot of difference in golf
And in bed 😂
Especially with her short putting "skills"
Is that what your wife tells you ?
All golfers know she cheated.Enough of the tears 'babe'.
100%......! Did anyone go through her whole round and see how many times she did this....... by accident of course 🙄
Yeah, lets have other sports allow viewers to call in and get penalty flags thrown . If they didn't catch it at the course, it didn't happen .
and heres the email person
Once a cheat .,.........
You have to be kidding. She marked her ball for the sole intention of moving it's position. Whilst this is not uncommon among pros, this was clear as day. She is not a victim here, she is a cheat.
Sexy Lexie!
They do mark it to rotate the ball to line up ball markings. But it needs to go back on the same spot and it didn'.
So someone sees that someone cheated. And they shoot the messenger? I'm kinda shocked these other golfers would so happily support a breaking of the rules. Makes me wonder how many of them owe their fame to getting away with doing the same things.
People have ultra clear 4k tv's as big as a wall now, the resolution's so clear they can see into her cheating mind.
The problem is that the penalties occurred during the previous round. She wasn't informed of the 4 lost shots until after she completed the 12th hole on the next day. She certainly broke rules and deserved the penalties but she also deserves to know about it as soon as possible. I really don't think she purposely cheated. It's unfortunate.
They probably say it was a viewer, to take the blame away from the on course officials.
asian1871 even if it was the viewer then so be it. the official's job is to catch violations
The real crime here is that someone is actually sat at home watching women's golf
ahahaha, love this :)
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Best comment here!
She was doing this every time on short putts and finally got caught. She's American, she's likeable, she's pretty. But she's a cheater
You can't change the fact that she did cheat. It's the rules people suck it up.
R. Miller when your playing a game and want to cheat you don't just tell everyone you want to cheat and not conceal it!
Props to the viewer that actually noticed that. Imagine what that would say about cheating
It isn't remotely cheating. 100% of the people on tour have done something similar.
If everybody is doing it, everybody is cheating. It's not nobody is cheating. But it's a moot point. 100% of tour players aren't cheating.
I wonder how many other times that Thompson has "inched" the ball closer to the hole when replacing the ball after marking it. This is not something that is done by "accident" because usually the edge of the coin is located near the tangent where the ball contacts the green, not perpendicular to the edge of the ball looking downward. The fan was right in calling about the infraction, and it was up to the officials to decide the consequence of his finding, so Tiger is wrong about the comment.
I have never played golf in my life and don't watch it and I spotted that the first time they showed the clip. She shouldn't be crying like a child, she made an error that matters
that sucks...but dam that viewer got some good eyes...
Being beautiful doesn't entitle her to cheat.
She got caught cheating. Simple as that. She knew what she was doing. The officials SHOULD have been watching that. For a viewer to pick it up at home and not the officials is a failure on the part of the officials. Every time a golfer handles a ball, there is always an official present. It's the same in billiards. An official watches the player closely to see if they bump any balls on the table.
I like Lexi Thompson but her infraction was completely INTENTIONAL. If you look at it closely, the ball came to a stop in a SMALL DEPRESSION. You can tell it by the slight height change of the ball when after she replaced it. She could've marked her ball and fixed it IF she was allowed to do it under the rules but she just went ahead and placed it away from the depression. That's cheating. 4 stroke seemed harsh and I feel for her but she deserved it and IT WAS BY THE RULE.
I’m confused, why be mad at someone spotting an obvious penalty? Whoever called in didn’t determine the outcome, she tried to move the ball a little closer and got caught. Bet she won’t ever do that again!
Cheaters should ALWAYS be accountable, regardless who sees the infraction.
Tell that to Joe Biden.
@@tooch1180 lmaooooooooo
@@tooch1180 c'mon, we all know who is the ultimate cheater is in golf. TRUMP.
I don't get why people defend her. This was clearly not an accident. Everyone who plays golf knows that if you move the ball like this it is 100% deliberate. You pick up the ball and put it down in a different spot within the same motion. There is NO WAY a pro golfer does this by accident. I do not for one moment believer her when she says she didn't mean to do it. She plays golf every day. She knows how to correctly mark the ball on a green.
Because she didn’t know until the next day that she had lost strokes, and thus had no way of knowing at the time she signed her scorecard that it was incorrect. Imagine if a football team scored a touchdown in the 3rd quarter and the call was reversed in the 4th quarter.
For me it doesn't matter if the violation is caught during the time it happened or after. The point of officiating is to get the call right and that was the right call.
No, she had the right to know about any penalty ASAP so she could adjust her strategy accordingly. She didn’t know at the time that she was signing an incorrect scorecard with the penalty not even being assessed until the next day.
So you think pass interference should be called after the game?
@@MissLippy-fy6bjgood point
Okay, i watched the replay of Lexi marking her ball. It was only moved slightly, but if you watch which direction she moved it (to her left). This spot gave her a straighter putt against the break. It was a breaking left to right putt, and trust me even though it was a foot away, it could give her an advantage in this tournament situation where nerves play a factor. Golf is a game of inches, right? Thoughts?
So in other words she intentionally cheated? It was on purpose? Why doesnt she have a Patrick Reed reputation then??
Definitely look like she was trying to improve her chances to me
Look, I'm a hack and I know you can't do that, it matters
It was recorded and televised for millions to see, and to watch over and over. If you cheat you will likely be seen. If the viewer had not called it in, she may have won, but the video would have been put up with a title calling her a cheater. The LPGA doesn't want to have that making them look bad. Just don't cheat. This isn't a friendly game, it's for big money.
Yes. Just one inch is still cheating. She should have just gone for the full 8.
She didn't cheat
57HarleyDavidson it's against the rules clearly, so wether she was doing it on purpose or not she did cheat
@@57HarleyDavidson then what do u call it ?? Jus curious
lets be honest, we can't let things like that pass or people all over will be doing it, keep it strict, keep it fair. that's just the bottom line.
She deserves the penalty for moving the ball back to an incorrect position but it's a little weird to get penalized for signing the wrong scorecard when she wasn't even aware of her mistake
Trust me, she knew she was cheating
Oh she was definitely aware but thought she got away with it
@@hittingreens2320 we all golf and all golfers know she knew what the hell she was doing.
lmao celebs coming to the rescue because she’s hot and she cried
So true.
For sure she is not hot. That baby butt for a chin.
White knights to the rescue
@@mattfullmer4402 i wudnt kick her out of bed
Lmao at the little boys commenting, go talk to a girl once
Golf is a game of honor. It’s probably the most etiquette-focused sport ever. If you can’t acccept the rules and play in a respectful manner than you shouldn’t be playing
Sure looks like cheating... after marking the ball, the only thing she does is to move the ball over an inch. She does nothing else BUT move the ball. Also, it's not the home viewer who penalized her, it was the judges who ultimately agreed it was cheating.
Cheater
Looks fishy to me. Marking a golf ball picking it up and putting it back down in the same place is not that hard to do. Anyone who plays golf enough would look at this suspiciously. Tiger should be ashamed of himself. It's supposed to be a Gentlemans game or in this case a gentle ladies game. You're telling me she just doesn't know how to mark her ball properly? Give me a break
22? she's looks 32! too much time in the sun
I know, when I first saw her play when she was 17 years old, she looked like she was in her mid to late 20s. Like 25-27 years old.
Shut up
@@siddharthsabharishankar7714 no
rude
She moved it sideways on purpose. The ball was sitting in a depression.
She did not realise she did that! 🤣😂🤣😂 Classic stuff.... A 1/2 an inch to a pro is a couple of feet to the rest of us..... She was caught cheating simple as that, all pros (except for Bobby Jones who actually wasn't a pro) do what she did.....
I play golf a lot. That much distance off, wouldn't have mattered. There is one problem she should correct. You go behind your marker to reset the ball, not from the side. That, is why this happened. She thought she was placing it back to the right spot, but because she was on the side, her view of the marker was blocked or at least skewed by the different angle. I believe it wasn't intentional.
Lmfao what. Just put the ball in the same spot you picked it up ??? You don’t think it matters cause you shoot 115 and miss those putts anyway
So your point is that Lexi did not intentionally miplaced the ball. Correct? I'd buy that argument. I even buy your theory how this could have happened. However, intent to violate rules of golf is NOT a factor in determining whether or not to assess penalties. The real issue here is: Did Lexi fail to put the ball back precisely where it had been, befoe she picked it up? Intentionally or inadvertently, it makes no difference. Do you agree?
People sitting at home wouldn't have to call people out if the officials actually do their job. You can't just move your ball closer to the hole and expect people to be OK with it.
All she did was rotate the alignment line to the top and set it down a third of an inch sideward not closer by accident
I don't even understand the point of picking it up and replacing it a second later. To me it looks like blatant cheating.
If I was the viewer at home I would be like "yeah that was me, I'm a smart ass"
Ridiculous. Is she not aliging the ball markings with the hole?
"I didn't realize I had done that"...
ok... I'm so done with people XD
LoSk then don't cheat.
she clearly moved the ball towards the hole... thats cheating... whether intentional or not.. i mean really,, she didnt notice how far she moved it.... lol
I don't understand how you can mark a ball and accidentally move it over from where you picked it up less than a second ago and I don't see how you can whine afterwards about how ridiculous the call was when there's absolute proof you did it. Woman up.
What difference does it make who caught her? She cheated. End of story. She knew what she was doing.
Ever marked a ball? I guarantee you have never put it in the same exact spot.
Cheating is cheating plain and simple
An adult crying because she was caught cheating at golf. Absurd.
Cheaters never win.
Not always...
I think things like that, if officials missed it and didn’t call it out themselves at first, and then decide to call it out based on a tv viewer’s input, then they should just keep it at a warning.
But she still moved it
How do u not realize u put a ball half a inch in front of a Marker blatant cheating
You know, the officials didn't have to listen to the viewer at home. Why is this person catching the blame?
A inch? Really?
No way its an inch - more like 1/4 inch. And the movement was lateral, not towards the hole.
Massive mistake by LPGA to get involved in a meaningless indiscretion that gave Lexi no advantage, particularly the day after, on a viewer say-so, when they had to intervene in the middle of the final nine! No other sport would tolerate this situation. It ruined this tournament, and the best golfer did not win!
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fool, she violated the rules face it
Kapp
But- but my heart!!
Trevor Sedis
Triggered mich
Wow thats harsh. I don't know how a viewer even caught that to me it looks like she is placing it right in front of her ball mark like she is supposed to. Never understood why golf has people calling in penalties. Imagine if we did that in other sports. Umm yes we now regret to inform you that Leveon Bell did not break the end zone plane on that touchdown run we would like to thank Joe Schmo from Nowhere, IOWA for calling in and helping us with that one.
movie guy99 ikr do they have to b so specific damn as if they r golf specialist if u think you're better an anybody else y don't u come up on a golf pitch and do it yourself...a 1 tiny inch doesn't even make a difference lol
lol leveon bell sucks kid, and this is a very good call, trust me i play golf and right when i saw that clip i knew that she placed the ball in front of the marker
She did place the ball in front of the marker the issue is that she moved the marker to the left instead of directly behind the ball. She didn't move the ball closer like this video says. She moved it to the side probably to avoid a mark on the green. Yes it is a good call after i looked at it a few times I agree. I golf too. The bigger issue is letting fans call in and then changing the call the next day or later in the round. Golf needs to be like every other sport and either make the call right away by an official or let it slide. And I don't care if you don't like Leveon Bell...I'm not even a Steelers fan just an example.
So someone tells you something is wrong, you go back and look at it, and they were right, you would propose we do nothing because a viewer caught the mistake first? Great logic.
chels x if there was a spike mark in front of the ball an inch would make a difference. I don't believe this was the case. Just sloppy replacement of the ball by Lexi. However fans calling in to make the call should not be allowed.
did anyone complain about TV viewers during the playoff at Whistling Straits when DJ grounded his club in a hazard? nope! it was just [he messed up, better luck next time]. i don't remember DJ crying about it either.
You just have to do the right thing .
Play it (0:22) where it lies. That's a golf rule. No matter who calls it. Gender issue??. Why's she acting so... (17😕
just can't believe a pro golfer we would mark there ball from the side and not behind the hole. If she marked her ball from behind the putt we wouldn't be talking about this at all
You can’t cheat in the first place.
Why did she place the ball marker next to the ball instead of directly behind the ball. I've seen amateur golfers do that all the time but not a professional golfer that should know better.
Accept the penalty, accept your mistake. That's sportsmanship. A tearful "I didn't mean to" isn't going to help you, female.
If it didn’t matter than the officials wouldn’t have cared about the email ??
SHE IS A CHEAT!!!!......should be banned!!!...
She knew already
This is ridiculous that some jerk would call in.
This viewer is the person you don't want in your group. Happily calls out violations for everyone else except himself.
And probably can’t break 100
The rules of golf should not allow for 3rd party officiating. Leave instant replays to football.
the shocking here is that someone actually was watching golf on TV.
She did cheat
This
type of event (deliberately mis-placing a ball to avoid a spike mark)
can be avoided by the introduction of a 'standardised' ball marker that
MUST be used by ALL players, incorporating a semi-circle indent at the
end that must surround the ball when the ball is marked - replacement
'outwith' this semi-circle will be easily observed and quite obviously
discourage 'forgetting' where the ball was! I have today submitted a
representation to the R+A to have this issue addressed and included in
the 2019 rule change process. BTW - golfers KNOW EXACTLY where they have
placed the ball, AND they KNOW it is WRONG. The establishment have
chosen to call it 'careless/not intentional' for the sake of numerous
reputations (I think Elliott Saltman may have something to say about
that!), however, what is clear is that the 'process' of 'marking a ball'
has to be better regulated to avoid such 'errors'. The TV viewer ref.
issue will also be changed eventually, but the most important issue is
stopping the actions of players who appear to 'forget' the basics -
standardising the marker will stop this!
"Viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes"
Tiger if you still played golf and someone did that to cost you a title you would be complaining until the day you die.
That was his point...? Viewers shouldn't be involved with the rule decision making.
You can't remark your ball IMMEDIATELY and change the position. There was no real advantage there, but the immediacy of her replacement clearly showed that the position had changed, and she should have been VERY careful about that. When you mark the ball, and then others putt, you can simply replace your ball pretty much in front of your coin etc...and nobody cares. Trevino joked that if you let him remark his ball a few times, his 3 foot putt, would become a 2 footer.
The way this entire report is put together is amateurish.
I have seen many great catches in College Football but Because one of there feet was a tenth of an inch outside it cost the team a touchdown...And in some occasions when the team is on the goal line a tenth of an inch could decide wether that ball crossed the plain....And in College Basketball a quarter of an inch could decide wether it was a two or Three pointer and that has decided many games in the past. She was penalized and it was the right thing to do. Golf like Hoops & Football is a game of inches..
If she didn't notice or know she did it when it looks this obvious...by inference she must do it all the time by reflex and just got caught. Lucky she wasn't disqualified.
Robert Di Vincenzo lost a chance to be in a playoff in the 1968 Masters because he signed an incorrect scorecard not because he cheated but because he gave himself a par on a hole he birdied.
Hale Irwin calling a whiff (no one saw or knew about) on himself and losing the British Open by one stroke.
Those were heartbreaking applications of the very strict rules of golf at a professional level.
This wasn't. She cheated and got caught.
very stupid ruling by the rules officials. Rules were wrote assuming common sense, its absolutely impossible to replace a ball in the identical position. USGA And R&A need to act fast otherwise u'll have guys calling just as stupid and ridiculous penalties.
I don't think it was intentional at all ....all I want to know is why does the LPGA let a viewer from home make a ruling call.
Hello from 3 years later! The LPGA made the call, not the viewer.
The viewer noticed it.
I absolutely don’t condone what she did, moving the ball. Accident or not.
If it’s missed by the tournament judges on the course and she ends the day with a signed, validated scorecard, then judges missed it and that card should be left as is.
For the viewer complaint, judges should then be keenly aware to watch for that ball movement the remainder of the tournament. If done again, the player is penalized at that point.
Football, baseball, basketball, hockey, etc - they don’t change the score of the game, or impose penalties afterwards. People call MLB, NFL, NHL, etc all the time to complain a referee completely blew some call. It’s a human game judged or ref’d by humans that can make mistakes and miss something.
The viewer calls should only be allowed to raise awareness, but never change the outcome of a finished round or completed game. The course judges missed it. But the next round they could certainly say “we’ll be watching you closely “.
that viewer is the type of guy to see a bruised apple at the store and whisper "who did this to you?"
Somebody asked below the same question I am asking. For those of you who know golf, please respond. Why in the world did she mark her ball, pick if up slightly, and then put it down again? Clearly she was going to putt the ball, so why did she pick it up in the first place? Did she have to mark the ball prior to putting? If she had to mark the ball, did she have to pick the ball up?
That was the perfect ending to that tournament.
Officials should be with each golf group. That way golf would be like ALL THE OTHER SPORTS AND HAS OFFICIALS, NOT SPECTATORS OFFICIATING THE TOURNAMENTS!! ! Could you imagine a critical play in basketball or football game where the fan 20 rows back says, that was a foul or a penalty and the game stops and the fan comes in and makes the call based on their camera footage? Golf needs to get into the alignment with the rest of sports and have officials make calls on the spot so a player knows where they stand with their score at the instant in time, not the next day!
Whether or not she cheated we will never know. But what kind of organization listens to some fan to determine the outcome of a tournament? Why bother hiring officials?
Obviousley,the officials werent paying attention.Someone has to.
its called fudging ,and it is cheating
....i don't get it
Another LPGA golfer Chella Choi did the same thing once. Chella Choi and Lexi Thompson have both illegally moved their ball.
that viewer is the type of guy to fart on a toilet and flush it
That Inside Edition commentator is wrong the ball was no closer to the hole just slightly to the left of its original position but no closer to the hole. Get it right IE!
that viewer is the type of guy to lick his finger before flipping a page on a kindle
It was Tiger Wood the guy who Snitch on her...I'm not winning...you're not winning neither !!
The reason everyone is mad at the guy watching at home is funny. Golf is the only sport were you call your own penalties. No other sport does this. She had to of known she moved the ball. She sets up to ball with putter like she is going to putt, then decides to marks the ball, picks it up about 2 inches moves her hand toward her body then sets the ball down.She does not even try to line up any part of the ball to the hole just picks it up and moves it. strange. She never did this move on any other hole in the tournament.
Just like football you have the guy sitting on the couch making the call on the close play. i think baseball is talking about doing something also. At least golf does not have to pay there TV referee caller official
She moved it an inch out of a depression. That's why she misplaced her coin & moved the ball to the coin.
No.
LPGA Officials robbed Lexi of a well-deserved win. Very very very poorly handled by the LPGA
Looks pretty deliberate... if she'd have walked away then came back and placed the ball, nobody would have noticed, but it was simply a pickup and put down instantly in the wrong spot. Deliberate.
The solution to the problem is easy. Change the rule to place the marker in front of the ball instead of behind.Everyone from the course to Timbuktu will see the placement. However, I thought the rules committee enforced the rules not someone at home.
I accidentally moved my ball 1 nanometer closer to the hole, does that also count as cheating?
The thing is that she probably did that on purpose.
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The viewer may of seen her doing it before and thought f*** this i'll get her.
+Phillip kim Why would she risk a penalty by moving her ball one inch closer to the hole? That makes no sense at all
I believe she was just putting the line up mark up top and didn’t pay a lot of attention to putting it to the nearest atom back, it looks like it was set 8 mm sideward of the original location and provided no advantage