Hmm... the more I read on this the more I think he should have been disqualified.
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The R&A and U.S. Golf Association relaxed its rules on disqualification for signing an incorrect scorecard after an incident involving Padraig Harrington in a European Tour event. A television viewer, watching coverage in high definition TV, phoned tournament officials that Harrington's ball moved ever so slightly as he addressed a putt. Harrington did not realize the ball had moved. When it was reviewed, however, officials determined the ball had moved and gave him a two-stroke penalty. Thus, Harrington was disqualified a day after the incident for signing an incorrect scorecard.The governing bodies determined players should not be disqualified because of "facts that he or she didn't know and could not reasonably have discovered prior to returning his scorecard. Thus, stroke penalties will be added to a score retrospectively.
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...sters/2079725/
Is it not right to assume that a professional golfer and his caddy should know the rules and be responsible for doing so? i.e. Tiger was aware that he didn't drop from the same spot.
My point is if he had known the rules this wouldn't have happened. And it is reasonable to think he should have been aware to that "fact"?