The fine folks Golf Twitter can be a passionate bunch. That passion was on fully display once again this week when a clip of a college golfer allegedly walking in her opponent’s line at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate went viral.
In the video, you’ll see Louisiana State University golfer Carla Tejedo Mulet, a junior from Spain, rolling in a birdie putt on the 18th hole at Long Cove Club to post a one-over 72. You’ll also see one of her playing partners enter from stage right and walk directly through the line Tejedo Mulet’s putt was on, though the player was technically walking behind the ball. Have a look for yourself:
https://twitter.com/AmandaGolf59/status/1630343100684984321
Given the fact this event is three rounds of strokeplay and not matchplay, these two are not facing off, so to speak. But they are still playing against each other in a tournament, and this is not a move you typically see on a week-to-week basis when watching golf. The fact it has half a million views tells you it certainly struck a nerve with Golf Twitter.
The thing is, the player didn’t literally “walk in her line”. That would be if she did it before Tejedo Mulet struck the putt or was still reading it. The optics of her walking across it while the putt was still rolling, a putt Tejedo Mulet would like to see roll in all the way, are not great, however. Just ask these people:
A LOT of people here saying “oh she already hit it so it doesn’t matter”.
If I hit a putt I’m watching it allllllll the way to the hole to see how true my read was. It absolutely matters. She should’ve walked behind.
— Ryan Maples (@GUSMAPLES) February 27, 2023
We’re fighting sorry. That was completely disrespectful!!!
— Jerry Hairston, Jr. (@TheRealJHair) February 28, 2023
That’s a pretty sorry move on the competitors side.
— Soonerbornoku (@soonerbornoku) February 28, 2023
Correct. You are still “reading” the putt until the ball drops or stops rolling.
— William Walker (@WilliamWalker09) February 28, 2023
If the putt was missed, you’d want to watch the line of the miss for the putt coming back.
— Bullock (@BullockPoints) February 28, 2023
Jesus. I’d never think of doing that. Can’t believe seeing that at the collegiate level.
— Austin Stevens (@AustinDStevens) February 27, 2023
All fair points. But let’s not make it out to be some criminal offence here. Plus, as many pointed out, she had already putted and the player walked behind the ball, so it’s really not her line anymore. People are seriously mad because for one split second, Tejedo Mulet’s view of her putt was slightly blocked? Not to mention she saw it go in anyway.
How about this for an all-time find by Twitter user Tony Darby:
— Tony Darby (@TonyDarby88) February 28, 2023
Well, well, well, would you look at that. Nobody died here. Fred Couples went on to win. He’s not still having nightmares from someone walking in his line well after he struck an eagle putt in the damn Players Championship. Everybody relax. Now, having said that, this is still an odd and very avoidable move, but s–t happens.
