A Major Marking Issue

I was fascinated by the marking issue with the lass Lexi Thomson when she eventually got a four-shot penalty, after someone on TV seemingly phoned in to highlight her waywardness. She eventually lost in a playoff and basically throw away a major over the marking of a 2-foot putt

"These decisions are left up to officials," said Rickie Fowler

Moreover, the new fad dimension of markers already alluded to throw up a further point. Now I’m no Sherlock, but it strikes me rather forcibly and poignantly that the actual distance of the erroneous marking was actually more, and significantly more, as the ball effectively got replaced round the circumference of the rather too large marker.

Yes, we have to watch the way our game is going. It’s beginning to get out of hand on many levels. The introduction of ‘metal’ woods was the start of a very slippery slope for me.  And then we had the ridiculous looking long shafted putters which guys and girls put under their chins and into their bellies and goodness knows where else. I mean who ever allowed that to happen. It just looks very silly and is not the game I grew up to love. And as for that adjustable head driver nonsense. No please no. Enough is enough.

Let’s at least get back to old fashioned marker size for goodness sake. Probably would have saved Lexi Thomson on missing out on winning a major.

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Written by The Kilted Caddie

Photography by AFP

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