I wonder if anyone has run across a situation like seen at the US Open this weekend in the golf world.
For those not much into the PGA, Phil Mickelson missed a putt, which was going to roll away a considerable distance, into a collection area off the green. He jogged to the rolling ball and hit it back at the hole. Missed a couple more times and collected a two stroke penalty for the infraction of hitting a moving ball. Incredulously, instead of claiming frustration and a temporary loss of composure, he stated he did it to save strokes. He felt it would have taken more than the two stroke penalty to get up and down.
I wonder if anyone has seen this kind of blatant rules breaking to the benefit of the player, in our game. I am not really asking about times where the correct interpretation of rules benefit the player, but actually breaking them has. Or....even if you might see any of our rules that might be beneficial to simply violate....if so inclined.
For those not much into the PGA, Phil Mickelson missed a putt, which was going to roll away a considerable distance, into a collection area off the green. He jogged to the rolling ball and hit it back at the hole. Missed a couple more times and collected a two stroke penalty for the infraction of hitting a moving ball. Incredulously, instead of claiming frustration and a temporary loss of composure, he stated he did it to save strokes. He felt it would have taken more than the two stroke penalty to get up and down.
I wonder if anyone has seen this kind of blatant rules breaking to the benefit of the player, in our game. I am not really asking about times where the correct interpretation of rules benefit the player, but actually breaking them has. Or....even if you might see any of our rules that might be beneficial to simply violate....if so inclined.