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Originally Posted by JPsuff
Reason?
Hardly.
Maybe the voice of convention and conformity, but certainly not "reason" because any reasonable person can see the abject absurdity of this "rule", which amounts to little more than her being penalized because she didn't say "Simon Says".
And as far as the field's reaction to her "disqualifying offense" I hardly think that anyone would lay awake at night worrying about it.
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"Convention and Conformity," where would golf be without them?
You just don't get it. Every sport is "Simon Says" because the players have to obey Simon or they don't get to play.
Sometimes Simon gives players a tough task (for example: know what is and what isn't a balk in baseball) and sometimes Simon gives the players an easy task.........like
Sign your scorecard before leaving the scoring area.
Wie got DQ'd because she didn't follow the simplest of Simon's commands. Too bad for her but great for the rest of the players of your little Simon Says game because they were smart enough to move on to the tough stuff. Like where to take a proper drop and what can be removed from a bunker.
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Maybe if Wie stayed awake at night studying the rules a bit more carefully she would avoid foolish and costly mistakes like this one.
