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yep..I agree. He took his time laying out his line, approach, etc, and then wow...huge miss. A bit behind is one thing, but off to the side that much would definitely improve that hyzer shot.
Intentional or not (and I fully believe it wasn't intentional), isn't that always the case?
The next time I see someone miss their lie on a fairway run-up and the miss isn't to the side that most benefits the throw/thrower, it will be the first.
Lends further credence to the theory that he didn't really really care if Stokely foot faulted @ Worlds, Climo just didn't want him in the finals.
Actually, I think it's more complicated than this, and I'm not saying that Climo and Brown weren't Richards, they were.
I think the difference for Ken was effort. Did Stokely try and hit his foot placement? And the answer, if you look at the whole thing, by my measurement, is that he didn't. Ken actually tries, he misses often enough, but he does try. You see that here.
The question of whether or not that should make a distinction is one that I like to think about. I will point out that Paul, well he tries too, and I don't think I've ever seen him miss. There are some others at the top who are the same. To do it, you have to change your primary focus from the throw, to your foot, and bring it back up to the throw at the unload, a hard thing to do. That is, by my measure, Ken sets it up, and he thinks that is good enough, but he doesn't follow through. That logic gives him carte blanch to look at those who make less effort than him as wrong, but he never compares his approach to those who get it right start to finish.
This leaves us with the greater question - if arguably the best player of all time, and the ambassador of the sport, can't get this right, perhaps there is a problem?
This leaves us with the greater question - if arguably the best player of all time, and the ambassador of the sport, can't get this right, perhaps there is a problem?
I hope the answer to this isn't to try and change the rule...
I guess I'm in a different camp;
I think Kenny missed this one on purpose. You see him mark where he needs to hit to not have a foot fault, and he misses it anyway. Someone should have called him on this.
Thankfully it didn't cost someone else a victory.
Despite what camp you might be in, I think it is impossible to read intent into that throw.
. . . perhaps there is a problem?
I do think it's a bit harder to observe your own foot fault if you're running up and following through than it would be to see that you accidentally hit your ball in bolf.If there is a problem, it is in the way that the rules are enforced at the pro tour level. I think golf gets it right. The onus should be on the individual competitor to penalize himself, no warnings and no exceptions. If he fails to do so, the stroke should be added along with penalty strokes, even if the mistake is only later discovered by video, with the current enforcement mechanism remaining in place at all other levels and as a backup at the top.
Under no circumstances should it be okay for other players to "overlook" a penalty or call it at their discretion.
I do think it's a bit harder to observe your own foot fault if you're running up and following through than it would be to see that you accidentally hit your ball in bolf.
I hope the answer to this isn't to try and change the rule...
If there is a problem, it is in the way that the rules are enforced at the pro tour level. I think golf gets it right. The onus should be on the individual competitor to penalize himself, no warnings and no exceptions. If he fails to do so, the stroke should be added along with penalty strokes, even if the mistake is only later discovered by video, with the current enforcement mechanism remaining in place at all other levels and as a backup at the top.
Under no circumstances should it be okay for other players to "overlook" a penalty or call it at their discretion.