Ronald,
pretty damning story for the USGA. How can they treat the marker like that? It seems to me that the officials were so engrossed with their own importance that they forgot many of the basics when dealing with such a situation.
Jon
There seems to be a belief among tour players, a certain entitlement, to "their" officials. They seem to expect the same faces week in and out. Does the PGA Tour provide officials at the Masters? at the PGA? I don't know and wonder.
One would think that the USGA would invite a tour official to walk with each group (maybe it costs too much money) as a second set of eyes, as an observer only.
The USGA does, however, have officials working the Masters.. in fact, the very same people who brought you Tiger Woods' "Dropgate" were USGA officials...
That particular clusterf__k was the handiwork of Fred Ridley, past president of the USGA.
A man who, in the eyes of one of my colleagues who had dealings with him, 'Had the same ability to understand new concepts as someone in a special ed program, combined with a belief in his own opinions you would ordinarily find in a Warren Buffett or Steve Jobs."
As the writer Charles Bukowski said; "The problem with the world is the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid people are full of confidence."