Tiger Woods was on his way to a decent round Friday when he hit this, his second shot on the 15th hole.
When his shot (incredibly) hit the flag and rolled into the drink, he was assessed a stroke penalty. The rules state he must then place the ball as close as to the original spot and hit it again.
His drop, it seems, was two yards behind his original divot. (He was, in essence, hitting a longer shot now.)
Well, some guy at home who was watching on TV called the Masters — you can do that? — and alerted them that the drop may have been illegal.
They reviewed the drop and ruled there was no infraction. Woods finished his round, signed his scorecard, and everything seemed to be fine.
Until, that is, Woods gave his post-round press conference and actually said he played two yards behind the original spot.
This morning, Woods met with course officials and was given a two-stroke penalty. He was not disqualified because course officials had already ruled once (yesterday) that there was no issue.
Woods himself weighed in just a short time ago.
And the Masters even sent out an official statement explaining the whole debacle.
To recap, Woods technically ratted on himself, but some random TV viewer at home started this weird chain of events. Now, Woods starts today at -1, five strokes off the lead.
Wait, none of this makes much sense? Seems out of touch? How shocking.