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**GinaIsWild** · 07-24-2011, 12:43 AM

Remember the final hole of the 2008 US Open playoff between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate? It was a par 4, and Rocco hit his second shot into a place where he was entitled to get a free drop. He took the drop, and almost got a penalty because of it:

The quoted section comes from this article: http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/usope...bob&id=4256164

Yeah, I remember this occasion actually, but not because of the drop, but because he pretended like he was gonna throw it at the hole instead of dropping. It was pretty funny, and the correct ruling.

07-24-2011, 12:43 AM	#23
GinaIsWild Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 526 Senior Member	Remember the final hole of the 2008 US Open playoff between Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate? It was a par 4, and Rocco hit his second shot into a place where he was entitled to get a free drop. He took the drop, and almost got a penalty because of it: The quoted section comes from this article: http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/usope...bob&id=4256164 Yeah, I remember this occasion actually, but not because of the drop, but because he pretended like he was gonna throw it at the hole instead of dropping. It was pretty funny, and the correct ruling.
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