Austin Eckroat Sees Putt
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Austin ecro sees putt an exhale of collective relief rippled around TPC Saw Grass as Austin ekro birdie putt finally abandoned its precarious position on the edge of the cup and dropped in yet the satisfaction would be short-lived the American left with a par on the 11th hole during the final round of the
PLAYERS Championship in Florida on Sunday as a rule relating to the length of time a ball can overhang the hole saw him hit with a one-stroke penalty eot who won his first PGA Tour title at the cognizant classic earlier this month had looked to have converted super ably from
20 ft only for his ball to pause on the edge of the stadium courses par five 11th hole e wrot in action during the first round e wrote In Action during the first round Jared C Tilton Getty Images North America Getty Imes the world no 48 and playing partner Joel domor crouched
Over the ball staring intently when it finally fell in almost 40 seconds later it sparked a Roar from the onlooking crowd but a more muted reaction from ecro whose mind had perhaps already drifted to a section of the rules of golf under rule 13 threea a player is
Allowed reasonable time to reach the hole and 10 for their seconds to wait and see if the ball drops in E root Bernie would have stood had his putt fallen during this time but as it was classed as being at rest an additional penalty stroke saw him card par for the
Whole the rle drew the ey of some fans responding to video of the incident posted by the PGA Tour onx stupid rule replied Michael mckuin Deputy editor at golf site bunard since the ball took longer than 10 10 seconds to drop a stroke was added to Austin eot score and
Was counted as a par pick Twitter XU datesy PGA tour at gatter March 17 2024 a similar series of events at last year’s PGA Championship involving American Le hudes saw the tournament’s rules body issue a statement explaining the penalty there was no official statement from the players Rules
Committee for eots incident as the penalty was just the application of the rule a spokesperson for the PGA Tour told CNN the penalty compounded what had been a frustrating final round for ekro
