"That the LPGA stuck to its business on golf's most difficult-to-enforce issue should be applauded."
/I've been a little surprised that a sport which is so quick to pat itself on the back for having athletes who call penalties on themselves is so upset by the LPGA enforcing rules on Sunday at the Sybase Match Play, including Stina Sternberg who argued that "common sense should be applied before penalties are assessed."
Thankfully, there's plenty of healthy cynicism in other winds of the press tent.
The business of golf got personal between Pressel and Munoz. But as Hyman Roth said to Michael Corleone, "This is the business we've chosen." That the LPGA stuck to its business on golf's most difficult-to-enforce issue should be applauded. It should also make the PGA Tour take note.
Bob Harig, writing for ESPN.com:
Perhaps such a penalty is unjustified when it is in a match and nearly nobody else is on the course, but there has to be some equity to the other competitors and to spectators. The rules are there, and they were enforced.
