David Eger Had No Choice but to Call in Tiger Woods’ Masters Rules Violation

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Published: May 2, 2013

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David Eger was left with no choice but to contact PGA officials and alert them of a slight violation of a subsection of a rule, in a lengthy rule book, which was committed by Tiger Woods.

On the surface, this seems like a pretty petty thing to do as it would appear that it was simply someone watching at home who got overly excited at someone's misfortune and called them on it.

After all, Woods was dropping further from the hole, and he was clearly not intentionally violating the rules. 

However, there is far more to this story. 

The honor code in golf reigns supreme. It is at the core of the game, and for good reason. There are so many opportunities to cheat, and even in this day and age of video and pictures seemingly capturing every movement of everyone everywhere, there are still times when golfers would have opportunities to gain an unfair advantage without anyone noticing. 

We don't have to look any further than Woods' violation to realize this. Woods is far and away the most observed player on the course, and were it not for Eger, his incorrect drop—in the middle of the fairway—would have gone unnoticed. 

As fate would have it, it did not go unnoticed.  

Golf.com's Michael Bamberger points out, Eger was sitting at home when he caught up with Woods in action on No. 16 in the second round at Augusta, and he noticed he had dropped a shot from last time he saw Woods. 

So, he went back in the coverage, and saw this:



He then saw Woods drop another ball and hit another beautiful shot. However, he noticed something else on the drop, which he explains in this quote provided Bamberger: 

I could see there was a divot—not a divot, a divot hole—when he played the shot the second time that was not there the first time. I played it again and again. I could see that the fairway was ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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