The official made a simple mistake to declare the ball lost. Once he realized that he quickly moved forward.

Great person...buoyant personality.

Fuck you’re stupid.

*makes horrible, “What do you call a journalist with no arms and no legs in the water?” joke.

More than one of the *ahem “women” that he slept with while spilling details for dollars made a point of saying it was, “the biggest they have ever seen.”

- When a player’s ball cannot be found, “knowledge” may be gained that his ball is in a water hazard in a number of ways. The player or his caddie or other members of his match or group may actually observe the ball disappear into the water hazard. Evidence provided by other reliable witnesses may also establish that…

In the case of when a ball may be in a hazard, after 5 minutes it doesn’t matter where the actually is, it only matters where the player an their marker agree it most likely is.

The official wasn’t even on the hole when Ian and Jordan tee’d off. What the official did in this case was the equivalent of a third base umpire calling a strike when the batter took a pitch. Not his call...spoke out of turn..put JuBangas panties in a twirl. Get over it.

Disagree all you want. You’re wrong.

No different I suppose, than a player running the bases yelling, “MINE!”

The official can no more declare the ball lost in that situation then he can declare it was in the hazard. When Jordan said he thinks that the ball was in the hazard, the official can’t disagree with Jordan and say it was.

Reality of what? The rules? Yeah dude...that’s the one thing you absolutely don’t have on your side. All you have on your side is your boner for Ian.

For gods sakes...wrong for the 70th time. The official never disagreed, he said it was lost before he even consulted with Ian or Jordan, which is not his job. Anything else? Your little non-golfing buddies have anything they want to chime in with?

Oh yeah...you mean an outpouring of support from all your “friends” who also don’t play golf or have a clue abut the rules? Your “friends” who also can’t read a USGA rules book or Decisions book?

At The Open, Jordan’s ball was neither unfound or potentially in a hazard. There isn’t a single solitary rules comparison to be made between the two.

What a dogs breakfast that was. Wow.

What you’re saying like telling someone you can’t find your car keys, and they tell you that they must have been stolen. Any fuckinG normal person, (which would exclude you), would say, “Well no...they’re not stolen, I just had them 10 minutes ago. They’re in the house somewhere. I needed them to unlock the door to…

Oh phew...FINALLY you admit that the official didn’t know where the ball was.

You know how you know Ian never cheated? Because the rules and decisions books play out the exact scenario that happened, and the player proceeded under the letter of that rule and decision.

The fact is that the ball wasn’t found in 5 minutes, then the player, the marker and the official determined it was most likely in hazard. Ian proceeded by taking a drop and eventually making bogie on the hole.