Golf news of the day is usually less than controversial - it's a pretty boring sport - but we live in interesting times. It's not up to me to moralize about the behavior of contemporary icons of the game, and my commentary here is supposed to be timeless, so I must resist the urge to be topical. Among the questions of the day are those surrounding the personal behavior of World Number 1 - but that behavior has naught to do with golf itself, so I'll save that for another post. The recent cheating accusations against world number 2? That's got everything to do with golf. I'm a big fan of Phil Mickelson - I want to see him win. I appreciate the way he appreciates the fans, and I personally saw this in action at both of the Bethpage U.S. Opens. In putting that Ping in his bag, he is not in violation of the rules regarding wedges, not technically. It's that word technically, however, that makes all golfers uneasy. Phil might say that it's not up to him to interpret the rules, only to live by them. Others cite the "intent and spirit" of the rules, and insist that Phil is in knowing violation. What standard should we abide by? How's this for timeless: What would Bobby Jones do?
That's more than I wanted to say...
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