Jordan Spieth and Hideki Matsuyama in 2022.
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Some recommendation. Some self-deprecation. With seven words typed in on social media, Jordan Spieth didn’t miss.
Of course, simply two days earlier, he had whiffed, although that simply added to what was to come back.
Playing the Genesis Invitational final week at Riviera Country Club in L.A., Spieth had been contending. On Thursday, he opened with a five-under 66. On Friday, through the second spherical, he was even-par for the day till an unsightly double bogey on the 18th gap. But he was achieved for the day.
A short time later, although, he realized he was achieved for the event.
During his second spherical, on the 245-yard, par-3 4th, Spieth had hit his tee shot simply left of the inexperienced, hit on to 4 ft and two-putted for a bogey 4. It was about right here the place issues began to unravel. According to CBS announcer Jim Nantz, Spieth’s taking part in associate, Tom Kim, had marked Spieth down for a par three, which, whereas not best, was OK, however Spieth wanted to right it.
He didn’t. He signed his scorecard after the spherical. He left the scoring space.
It pressured a disqualification. Spieth was advised within the gamers locker room, in accordance with guidelines official Mark Dusbabek, by way of CBS’ broadcast. Most of the remainder of the world was knowledgeable simply after 5 p.m. native time, by way of a brief put up from the PGA Tour Communications account. It learn:
“Jordan Spieth has been disqualified from The Genesis Invitational for signing for an incorrect scorecard. Spieth signed for a 3 and made a 4 on No. 4.”
Unfortunate? Yes. Is it a very good rule? Is it a foul rule? After the information broke, people weighed in. Fans. Players. On Saturday, Xander Schauffele referred to as what occurred unlucky.
“Yeah, it’s part of the tradition of the game,” he mentioned. “I mean, Jordan, he knows, he knows what happened. He was really sick and he had a rough last hole and I can see how it all went down. I heard he had to go kind of ask some questions around the — I heard he had to go to the restroom and came back like a minute later and the card was wrong. Maybe there needs to be some sort of softening on the rules, but for the most part, we all kind of know what goes on in there. It’s really unfortunate it happened.”
On Friday night time, Spieth himself weighed in, by way of one other social media put up. He wrote:
Jordan Spieth DQ’d from Genesis Invitational after scorecard mixup
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“Today, I signed for an incorrect scorecard and stepped out of the scoring area, after thinking I went through all procedures to make sure it was correct. Rules are rules, and I take full responsibility. I love this tournament and golf course as much as any on @PGATOUR so it hurts to not have a run at the weekend. Really appreciated the support in LA @thegenesisinv @thegenesisinv”
From there, the event performed on. Patrick Cantlay led after 54 holes. In the ultimate spherical, Hideki Matsuyama went berserk, taking pictures a nine-birdie, no-bogey 62 to win by three photographs. He missed the Riviera course file by a shot, but it surely was about the one factor he missed.
From someplace, Spieth watched. Or heard what occurred. That doesn’t matter a lot.
This does.
He logged on to the web. He went to twitter.com (or x.com). Notably, Spieth, or his handlers, aren’t on social media a lot. But Sunday, at 2:50 p.m. native time, he did. First, he provided three words of congratulations.
“Great playing, Hideki!” ‘Spieth wrote.
That was adopted by this:
“Just make sure you double check that scorecard.”
Well achieved. As of early Monday afternoon, the put up had been seen a whopping 1.8 million occasions, preferred 22,000 occasions, shared 990 occasions and commented on 263 occasions.
And sure, so far as we will inform, Matsuyama signed his scorecard accurately.
