Mark dusbabek

March 10th, 2024

Wyndham Clark’s rough situation had Golf Twitter howling for a penalty

With a mere couple of taps of his club behind a ball in the rough, reigning US Open champion Wyndham Clark caused a stir on the television broadcast of the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and, of course, in many golf corners of social media.

February 19th, 2024

Jim Nantz had an A+ line for the internet rules sleuths who thought Hideki Matsuyama’s ball moved

A number of rogue videos of the supposed incident have already been removed from social media. But they had been spreading like wildfire, as all potential rules controversies do. The CBS crew must have known this was the case, because Jim Nantz quickly brought in rules and review analyst Mark Dusbabek to explain that there was no foul play from Matsuyama. 

February 4th, 2024

Wyndham Clark’s ‘burrowing animal’ rules break at Pebble Beach played a big part in his record-setting 60

Wyndham Clark got an enormous rules break during his otherwise spectacular, record-breaking round of 60 in the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. And on the day after Groundhog Day in the US, he has some kind of critter to thank for it.

May 29th, 2023

Emiliano Grillo could have hit a moving ball and other crazy things we learned from his bizarre rules incident

Rule 10.1d notes that, “A player must not make a stroke at a moving ball.” However, there are a few exception also listed. Exception 3 states, “When a ball is moving in temporary water or in water in a penalty area, the player may make a stroke.”