Os dejo una reciente e interesante reflexión de Phil Mickelson sobre cómo marcan la bola algunos/varios jugadores del PGA Tour. Y su reflexión sobre lo ocurrido en el affaire de Lexi Thompson.
"I know a number of guys on (The PGA Tour) that are loose with how they mark the ball and have not been called on it,'' Mickelson said. "They will move the ball two, three inches in front of their mark, and this is an intentional way to get it out of any type of impression and so forth and I think that kind of stuff needs to stop.
"But I think it should be handled within the tour. I think that the tour should go to those players and say, "Look, we've noticed you've been a little lax in how precise you've been in marking the ball. We'd like you to be a little bit better at it,'' and see if that doesn't just kind of fix the thing.
"Because we've all marked the ball imprecisely, especially when you're standing on the side of the ball like she was and not directly behind the ball, in line with the hole, where it's easy to draw a line.
"And I think that that should have been handled within the LPGA saying, "Hey, look, you're a little lax in how you're marking the ball. You need to be careful. Here's a warning and let's go from there.' ''
When asked about the situation again later, Mickelson wanted to make clear he wasn't speaking about Thompson directly.
" I feel like we've all kind of been a little lax at times in the markings of our golf ball and I hate to see it cost somebody a major championship because of that,'' he said
"To have a tournament be decided like that, with all the scenarios going around, as far as viewers calling in, as far as it being a 1-foot putt with really no advantage, just a little bit of loose marking, if you will, something that happens all the time, intentionally and unintentionally. ... I think it should be reversed. I think she should be given the trophy,'' Mickelson said.
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