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.
Cameron Smith was trending on social media after being slapped with a penalty by the PGA Tour in the moments leading up to his final round tee time at the FedEx St Jude Championship.
We’ve all done it before. Your ball is on the green, and you pick it up without marking it first. It’s one of the more common rules breaches in amateur golf.
While sorting through the balls, it came to Henley’s attention that he had accidentally used a ball other than his usual Titleist Pro V1x during the round.
This year has seen no shortage of bizarre rules snafus since the USGA and R&A rolled out the new Rules of Golf on January 1. Sunday at the Players Championship was no exception.