Matt Kuchar - Cheating Git!

Fore Iron

Did anyone else see Matt Kuchar when his ball ended up buried in that pine straw today? He marked and lifted it to see if it was plugged and therefore could get free relief and called a rules official - fair enough - he couldn't and had to replace it. Before he lifted it you could not see the ball and he had to stick his fingers way into the hole in the straw to get to it. When he replaced it, it was sitting just below the surface in full view and at the front edge of the hole that the ball made in the straw when it landed. It made me think of an amateur in the Captains Prize who hasn't won a thing all year and suddenly realises nobodys watching. Cheating feck!!!!!!!

The rules official wasn't there when he lifted it so he could not have known....

dvemail

Ya i saw that, the pine straw is a loose impedament so he was allowed to move it. But i think the caddy took away some of it whilst the tee was down marking the position of the ball. Dont know if that is allowed or not?

Fore Iron

Yeah I thought that too, but the rules official audibly said you must replace it first before you move the loose impediments. In any case I'm sure that ball was a good 2 or 3 inches higher after he replaced it. I really don't see how he could get the position that wrong without doing it deliberately considering he was staring at it for a while before he lifted it. Hmmm.....

Trampas

I think he shouldn't have moved anything until the the rules official arrived. I say people will have their rule book out and checking the video and make a complaint as wouldn't be the 1st time it has happened.

Fore Iron

Mind you. Just thinking....

For 11.3 million dollars, I'd probably have put it back on the tee!!