SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Dahil sa inis, kusang ginalaw ni Phil Mickelson ang bola sa No.13 green. Hiniling niya sa USGA na bigyan linaw ang ruling matapos ang usap-usapan na nararapat siyang idiskwalipika.
Phil Mickelson
Sa naturang laro, umiskor si ang four-time major champion ng 81.
Nang mahimasmasan, hiniling niya sa USGA officials na pag-aralan ang Rule 14-5.
Goodbye PBA? John Amores, tinanggalan na ng professional license!
“Phil really did want to understand how the rule operates because he didn’t want to — frankly, as he said to me: ‘I don’t want to play in this championship if I should have been disqualified,’” pahayag ni Mike Davis, ang USGA’s chief executive.
“That’s where we clarified that, ‘Phil, you actually made a stroke at a moving ball, and so we have to apply that rule.’
“That’s different than if he had deliberately just stopped the ball or whacked it in another direction or something like that. So it’s just, it’s us applying the rules.”
