Got royally screwed with a 4 shot penalty today as she was walking to the 12th hole. Apparently, she misplaced a ball on the 17th green yesterday (a 2-shot penalty) but no one caught it. Signed her score card (which was now an incorrect scorecard) and incurred another 2-shot penalty. They told her about this as she was walking off the 11th green to tee off at the 12th.
The broadcast team wasn't happy at all about this being allowed some 26 hours after it happened, nor were other players (even Tiger tweeted about it). At what point do golf officials on all of the tours draw the line on letting viewers contact them about stuff like this? Or should the viewers continue to be allowed to call in/email about infractions they see that aren't picked up, for the integrity of the game? Or should there be a reasonable time limit on allowing this to happen?
To her credit, Lexi went from a 2-shot lead in the final round of a major to being behind by 2. She rallied and regained the lead, but just bogeyed 16 to fall back into a tie.
Thoughts?