Thursday, December 12, 2013

Tiger Woods penalty controversies, ensuing Brandel Chamblee rules drama is No. 8 golf story of 2013


Tiger Woods has had his feuds over the years (see: Sergio Garcia). The spitting contest between the world No. 1 and Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee may have finally come to an end but we’ll have to wait until next year to know for certain.

Tiger Woods enjoyed a five-victory, player-of-the-year 2013 season in which he regained the No. 1 spot in the world and repeatedly praised his overall performance as "pretty damn good."

On the flip side, Woods flopped in the four grand slam events and ended pitching a shutout in the majors for a fifth straight year. He was also in the spotlight, as he is wherever he is, on or off the course (and deep in Brandel Chamblee’s doghouse), for incurring four high-profile (is there any other way with Tiger?) penalties.

Chamblee, in assigning Woods an "F" for the season, as part of his year-ending report card, backed up the grade with a highlight reel of Tiger’s well-documented 2013 rules faux pas:
  • An illegal drop at the Abu Dhabi Championship, which cost Woods a weekend tee time in his first global contest of the year
  • That much-investigated improper drop at the Masters, which sparked extensive forensic scrutiny and came close to earning Tiger a DQ
  • A controversial drop at the Players Championship that had Johnny Miller in full froth
  • The removal of a twig during the BMW Championship that caused Woods’ ball to move and the golfer to refuse to concede, despite video evidence to the contrary, that his Nike One Tour D did more than "oscillate"

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