Golf is a game of honor. And tradition. Some of them unlike any other. But some of these honor-bound traditions might be in need of some modernizing, as Brian Davis showed last Sunday. Let’s set the scene:
Brian Davis Demonstrates Inanity Of Golf’s Rules At Verizon Heritage
↵Davis, looking for his first career PGA Tour win, was locked in a sudden-death playoff with Jim Furyk at the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town when the unthinkable happened: his club (albeit, nearly imperceptibly) hit some reeds. Because he was playing from inside a hazard, this meant a two-stroke penalty for Davis, who promptly reported the infraction -- which replay confirmed -- costing himself the tournament.
↵But while most have lauded Davis for his probity, Waggle Room’s Ryan Ballengee wonders whether this isn’t a better example of some of golf’s outmoded rules, and imagines some drastic new ways to incorporate instant replay:
↵↵Instead of waxing coolly about Davis’ honor for the rules, why not talk about how silly they are. [...] it just seems like some of the Rules of Golf could stand a little relaxing in this era of the new fangled TV. [...] Seemingly every sport has instant replay, including the rodeo that I went to on Saturday. [...] Perhaps instant replay would be a great way to introduce the shot clock to the ranks of professional golf. Players would only have 60 seconds to execute a shot inside of 250 yards, and just 30 seconds to hit a tee shot.
↵↵A shot clock in golf? Somewhere, Rory Sabbatini is smiling.
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