ian poulter
among the certainties of life, along with death
and taxes, is the outcry that always comes after
a rules violation in professional golf from those
who think the game is overly supervised. almost
as soon as ian poulter was assessed one-stroke
for accidentally dropping his ball on his marker
on the green at the second playoff hole with robert karlsson sunday in the dubai world championship, causing the marker to move, twitter and
the blogosphere lit up with folks saying, among
other things, the penalty “does nothing to thwart
the game’s uppity image,” as one tweeter put it.
shouldn’t we instead be celebrating the fact that
poulter called the penalty on himself? there is a
chance that both the ncaa football champion
and the heisman trophy winner this year will be
stripped of those titles if accusations involving
cam newton and auburn are proven true. karlsson won the dubai event on the second extra
hole when poulter’s gaffe gave him a pressure-free run at birdie. what’s wrong with that?we’ll
take the game where the rules still matter. personal accountability is a good thing.—Ron Sirak
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