Jason Dufner, like a lot of folks watching and scratching their heads (or hurling invectives and other things at their TVs) at home, was irked by the team refereeing the Cowboys-Lions playoff game Sunday night and the famously stoic PGA champion went to Twitter to let off some steam.
Jason Dufner slams Jason Garrett’s Masters analogy, picked-up flag in Cowboys-Lions Wild Card game
Jason Dufner compares golf to football rules and finds the latter wanting
The immediate target of Dufner’s ire was the controversial pass interference call down the stretch against the hometown Cowboys that mysteriously became a non-call and fueled Dallas’ comeback 24-20 victory in the NFC Wild Card game.
All u, "lion player had hand on face mask" folks, they didn't throw the flag for that, I can accept missing calls. Not picking flags up.
— Jason Dufner (@JasonDufner) January 5, 2015 I need a Lion player to man up on the questions about the "picked up flag", and just go ape shizzzzz.
— Jason Dufner (@JasonDufner) January 5, 2015 I personally think this game should be played over due to this injustice. Hope the Cowboys win by 7 or more in this second game
— Jason Dufner (@JasonDufner) January 5, 2015 Dufner was so peeved that he slammed Dallas’ coach Jason Garrett for his postgame golf reference and claimed the rules of the game he played had more integrity than those that govern the gridiron. Referring to his decision to go for it on fourth down with 6 yards to go from the Lions’ 42-yard line with six minutes left in the game, rather than punt the ball away and hope his defense could get Tony Romo the ball back, Garrett looked to Augusta for inspiration.
“What kept going through my mind was if you get a chance to go play at the Masters, you don’t lay up,” Garrett told reporters after watching his team rally for the win. “You go after it.”
Maybe if you’re Phil Mickelson from the pine straw at Amen Corner, but not always, according to Dufner.
Sometimes at the Master u do lay up Mr Garrett, ask @ZachJohnsonPGA. No more golf/football references please. #Hit the film room.
— Jason Dufner (@JasonDufner) January 5, 2015 Duf referred to 2007 Masters champ Johnson’s strategy of laying up on every par-5, even on the 13th from 204 yards out. Though ZJ’s choice met with scoffing from some corners, he walked away with a two-shot victory over Tiger Woods and two others.
As for the rules, Dufner threatened to take a dive on the PGA Tour’s stop down the road in Irving in May in to see if frontier justice played out similarly across the Lone Star State.
Anyways, next year at Byron Nelson when I duck hook one in the water on 18, not a penalty. Pick the ball up, We in Dallas boyz...
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