WynDham Clark explains the situation of ‘disappointing’ rules

WynDham Clark had just signed for one under 71 years old in the second round of Arnold Palmer Invitational Last Friday, but he was surprised when an official of the rules met him in the note area, warning him that the media could ask what happened in the 3rd para-4 hole.

“I was like, In 3?“Said Clark. “I hit him in the middle of the road, I hit him in green and with two putt. I am like, What are you talking about? He goes, ‘is your fall.’ “

Clark got some good news shortly after: he did nothing wrong and there would be no penalty, though it was a Short controversy This was created in the broadcast.

Clark hit his shot in the 3rd hole in Bay Hill, and the cameras showed him to dance on the road and come to rest near her landing area. When the broadcast returned, Clark had his ball marked on the road and was preparing to get a decline. This decline would be legal as free relief if his ball was resting in his pitch mark, but if he fell into another and he would take relief, he would be penalized.

This is when it became confusing. Rich Pierson, the director of PGA Tour’s rules and videos, was broadcast to say: “The Wyndham ball was not included. His ball jumped and he rolled in the sign of someone else’s pitch. “

If that was true, a penalty was inevitable. But six holes later Pierson returned to the broadcast and cleaned Clark.

“Using our television and our Shotlink cameras, we were able to determine that it ended up on its original arm,” Pierson said. “Therefore there would be no penalty.”

When they were asked about this in Championship On Wednesday, Clark had thought: “I have some comments on this rule in general,” he said.

“They showed me the video, and then that leads me to think, well, how should we know? We were 300 a few meters away,” Clark said. “We didn’t see the ball dance from our distance, and get up there and is locked. How should I know? No one told us. So my disappointment was that if I were struck, how is my fault when no one told me I got into something, if I would go into someone else’s pitch. And if the volunteers don’t tell me and I’m struck for something I didn’t know, it’s a kind of unfair.

“But I’m glad it was correct because I was not trying to cheat in any way. Once we climbed, Ball was tied, we got an embedded ball rule.”

Clark also ended up at Arnold Palmer Invitational, good for a tie for 22.

Clark begins his first round of players at 8:46 in the morning on Thursday, 10th. He is grouped with Jason Day and Jordan Spieth. You can find Full round 1 time here.