PGA Tour veteran units report straight on Justin Rose penalty in Maui

Justin Rose was a part of an attention-grabbing penalty in the course of the first spherical of The Sentry that price him two strokes.

The incident occurred on the 537-yard, par-4 seventh.

Rose and one in all his enjoying companions, Taylor Moore, had related balls throughout that spherical, and as an alternative of hitting his personal ball, he by accident hit Moore’s.

After the primary spherical, Moore known as out Golf.com on Twitter for their article in regards to the state of affairs and the way their story was fallacious.

“Need to make clear this because it paints me out to be somebody who doesn’t talk with my enjoying companions or respect the “unwritten guidelines of the sport,” Moore wrote. “I truly by no means switched balls. Solely performed 1s all day. Sadly, this text isn’t remotely near what occurred…”

Moore didn’t cease there. He had much more to say about this text and what occurred on the course final Thursday.

“I felt unhealthy that Justin hit the fallacious ball and in the end stated sorry which I feel threw the announcers/protection off,” he wrote in his response to his unique tweet. “Rosey is the last word skilled and dealt with the state of affairs with class. All air has been cleared and excited for the ultimate spherical of @TheSentry tomorrow.”

Each golfers use Titleist ProV1 balls which have ‘1’ written on them. Due to this, Rose switched to the identical ball with a ‘2’ on it. However he forgot in regards to the swap and by accident hit Moore’s.

Golf.com initially reported in regards to the state of affairs, detailing how Rose’s and Moore’s drive on the seventh ended up on the appropriate facet of the golf green.

It was not till the 2nd spherical that the small print unfolded.

After realizing he hit Moore’s ball, the cameras confirmed Rose together with his palms over his head. The published mics picked up the interplay, however the publication reported that Moore switched from a ‘2’ ball and didn’t inform Rose.

Nonetheless, this was not the case.

Thus, Moore went public about it on social media.

Picture by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Pictures

After Moore tweeted about it, Golf.com issued an replace on the high of its story with a correction. The web site indicated that they noticed his tweet. Additionally they famous Moore’s agent emailed the corporate.

However on the Golf Channel telecast, analyst Curt Byrum and PGA Tour guidelines official Mark Dusbabek stated Moore switched balls and forgot to inform Rose.

They have been fallacious too.

Nonetheless, this penalty not often occurs on the PGA Tour, as the highest gamers on the planet not often neglect what ball they play.

Consequently, Rose obtained a two-shot penalty for breaking Rule 6.3c (1), but it surely may have been worse.

For the reason that group acknowledged it instantly, Rose may settle for a two-shot penalty—thus a double-bogey as an alternative of a par—on that gap and proceed his spherical.

If he waited, the 2013 U.S. Open champion may have been disqualified.

Rose went on to tie for fortieth at 16-under after going 71-69-75-61 on the par-73 structure. His ultimate spherical 61 tied Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, and Matt Jones for the bottom 18-hole rating on Kapalua’s Plantation Course.

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