Like Jeff said, next we will have players going back to room after the event, and watching slo-mo of everything they can see on their competitors. Of course in reality I don't think there would be any or a very few professionals who would do that. But, there are obviously misguided fans hoping to help their player out, at another's expense on a trivial technicality like this and don't give a crap about 'spirit of the game' of which I think this is an insult. And, the actual put was a one footer and of no consequence and she gained no earthly advantage of the fractional remark of the ball.
I do give Tirico and Judy Rankin have done a great job as announcers of handling this and saying what needed to be said. Two excellent commentators....
I also hope that if someone other than Lexi wins this, they do something like the divisional winner in Hockey where they symbolically don't touch the trophy. I know it is a different sort of superstition with the hockey trophy, but something demonstrated by the other players as solidarity with the one getting the short end of this trivial niggling would be a welcome gesture from my perspective.