Phone calls prompt Weir review
From scoregolf.com:
In what has to be one of the craziest rulings I've ever witnessed on the PGA Tour, Mike Weir's birdie from the second round [of the Canadian Open] was changed to a par mid-way through the third round. And you can blame television.
Weir was in a strange situation on the 18th hole. After placing his ball on a good lie on the edge of a divot in the fairway and getting ready to hit his shot, the ball toppled over into the hole. Initially Weir was assessed a one-shot penalty. Later, he was cleared and his par was turned into a birdie.
The [next day], officials told him they wanted to review it again. Remarkably, the four was turned back into a five because Weir may have cause the ball to move.
So what would cause the Tour to suddenly re-visit the situation after it had been finalized the night before? Television viewers, that's who. According to two different sources, the Tour received a flurry of phone calls form arm-chair rules officials who lambasted the decision that was made after seeing the situation on television. They referred to Rule 18-2A which says something about the player being guilty until proven innocent in such a situation.
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