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Originally Posted by deronsizemore
I agree.
If you look at the :16 second mark in the video when the camera angle is behind Perry, it looks like he's right next to the ball where he was just previously pressing the grass down (seemingly behind the ball). Right after second :16 in the video, the camera angle changes to the other side of the green and is zoomed in on the ball and you can see that Perry has not moved back at all between seconds 16 and 17 but when he starts to walk toward Hoffman for the ruling, he's clearly walks a couple feet behind the ball (where he was initially standing when he was patting the grass down).
If he had been even with the ball when he was patting the grass down with his club, he would have had to take a step back and then start walking over toward Charlie between seconds 16 and 17 and I just don't see him do that.
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That's exactly what he does. Freeze it at 15/16 seconds and you'll see he's taking a step with his right foot toward his bag. At 17 seconds you see his left foot come into the picture, in the direction toward his bag, no more than one footstep behind the ball.
You can even see by looking at the fringe. Look at it in the first camera angle and then look at it after the 17-second mark to see which direction he's walking. He's walking more or less parallel to the edge of the fringe, which is directly back toward his bag.
And remember, I'm not saying conclusively he
cheated per se, I'm saying he broke a rule.