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06-19-2016 , 07:27 PM

#551

Thamel18

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Commercial free sounds good, until you realize it's going to be a lot of Joe Buck talking

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06-19-2016 , 07:28 PM

#552

suzzer99

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Lowry right now.

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06-19-2016 , 07:28 PM

#553

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Originally Posted by loK2thabrain

Considering the fact that he didn't even touch the ground I'm having a hard time understanding how he could have put sufficient force on the ground..

Right, it didn't look like he did to me. I assumed he did the first time I watched the clip because of how the ball rolled. But the second viewing it looked like he didn't even touch the ground hard at all

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06-19-2016 , 07:28 PM

#554

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Gonna be mad if DJ wins by two and essentially lets the USGA off the hook.

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06-19-2016 , 07:28 PM

#555

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

If you swing the club back and forth a few millimeters from the ball, and ground your club next to the ball twice, then less than a second later the ball moves - they're going to rule it more than likely moved because of the player.

Yeah, and if the conditions of the greens are such that you aren't safe with routine address procedures, WTF are the players supposed to do??

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06-19-2016 , 07:28 PM

#556

Tom Ames

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sprinkler heads. more rules controversy incoming.

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06-19-2016 , 07:28 PM

#557

loK2thabrain

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Yesssssss

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06-19-2016 , 07:28 PM

#558

younguns87

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Cliffs on the penalty?

or possible penalty

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06-19-2016 , 07:28 PM

#559

Roger Clemens

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

He didn't have a compelling reason when they asked him at the 12th hole.

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt he does not want to engage in a conversation about something that happened 2 hours ago with no video in the midst of the US Open 4th round.

Which is why USGA is giving him the opportunity to discuss after the round with a clearer head.

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06-19-2016 , 07:29 PM

#560

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4 way playoff at - 1

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06-19-2016 , 07:29 PM

#561

suzzer99

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If Piercy made that he was going to win.

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06-19-2016 , 07:29 PM

#562

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Originally Posted by loK2thabrain

Considering the fact that he didn't even touch the ground I'm having a hard time understanding how he could have put sufficient force on the ground..

Your argument makes no sense really. On one hand, you say the greens are so lightning fast the ball could resettle by itself. Simultaneously, you seem to argue that it would take a lot more than touching a blade of grass to make the ball move.

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06-19-2016 , 07:29 PM

#563

pindawg

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

Lowry right now.

Lowry started today with a 4 stroke lead and hit prob 0/9 fairways to start. His wheels coming off started way earlier

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06-19-2016 , 07:29 PM

#564

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Lowry falling apart

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06-19-2016 , 07:30 PM

#565

suzzer99

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Originally Posted by Roger Clemens

I'm just saying if the standard is "more likely than not that his actions somehow caused the ball to move" he's probably ****ed. That doesn't leave room for coincidences.

The USGA should have just let the ruling on the green stand.

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06-19-2016 , 07:30 PM

#566

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Couldn't DJ have simply said you feel that wind bro but he was all like uhhhhh I dunno smh

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06-19-2016 , 07:31 PM

#567

suzzer99

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He totally should have said that.

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06-19-2016 , 07:31 PM

#568

loK2thabrain

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Originally Posted by Roger Clemens

If DJ can offer any compelling reason other than his actions then USGA will almost certainly rule no penalty.

The ridiculously obvious compelling reason is that no matter how fast the greens are, sometimes a placed ball will move on its own. Add in the fact that these greens are lighting fast and you expect it to happen more than once during a tournament.

On an unrelated note, Pittsburgh fans you can go ahead and kill yourselves tyvm.

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06-19-2016 , 07:31 PM

#569

pindawg

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STFU Azinger

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06-19-2016 , 07:32 PM

#570

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I wish Miller was announcing see what he said.

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06-19-2016 , 07:32 PM

#571

Roger Clemens

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Originally Posted by mjw0586

Does gravity count as a compelling reason? Probably not for the USGA.

If he can explain why gravity moved it, e.g. the ball was resting between dimples and was unstable.

I asked a physics professor in college why things that appear to be balanced move. He gave me a sufficiently long explanation about imbalance of moving molecules that convinced me that things can move without apparent force from an outside agency.

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06-19-2016 , 07:34 PM

#572

loK2thabrain

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Originally Posted by ctyri

No. My post was in response to a hypothetical.

Hypothetically, one way for a player to cause a ball to move is to put force on the ground behind the ball. I simply pointed out that is impossible in this scenario but nowhere did I say that's the only way to cause a ball to move.