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Originally Posted by JPsuff
So when the volunteer told her that she didn't sign her card, which was right after her round on Friday, why wasn't she asked about it or asked to "tell her side of the story" until after she teed off on Saturday? Does the volunteer operate in a vacuum? Does she not turn in the cards to someone? Could she not have told someone at "Rules Headquarters" that Michelle had not signed her card within the designated area?
The opportunity to have Michelle tell her side of the story existed from when this happened all the way up until her tee time on Saturday, so why did they wait until after she teed off to make an issue out of this?
I have no problem with rules, but in this case, Michelle simply forgot to do something that she's done automatically for years and the mistake was apparently corrected shortly after it occurred. No one was put at any disadvantage, no one lost their place in the standings and the scorecard she did sign was correct. Yet no one saw fit to address any of this until well into the next day and then when they finally got around to it, they DQ'd her.
Come on, will ya'? How does an organization like the LPGA not find the time to address this situation in a more timely manner than that?
Michelle got hosed, plain and simple. And if the LPGA or any other golf organization doesn't wish to have this happen again because someone - some human being innocently or absentmindedly forgot to do something completely irrelevant to anyone but him or herself, then make it a rule that no one can leave the scorer's tent until the scorer tells them they can.
But no, that would be too simple.
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Again, you continue to put the blame on everyone but Wie. The rule seems very simple to me.....Sign your scorecard and don't leave the scoring area before doing so. Wie failed to follow this simple scoring procedure and got herself DQ'd. Its as simple as that.
I disagree that "no one was put at any disadvantage." The entire field would've been at a disadvantage if Wie were allowed to continue playing after her disqualifying offense was confirmed. I do agree that the timing of her DQ was poorly handled but the LPGA got the end result right. Change the scoring rules, change the procedure, or even go as far as taking scoring completely out of the player's hands and make the tournament committee responsible for every scorecard. I don't care how its done or who does it. The only thing you have to keep in mind here is that Wie did not follow the current rules and procedures and she has no one to blame but herself.