That was a good listen, and confirmed what I suspected was how it went down. I was watching coverage and couldn't work out why Ian and Elaine weren't commenting on the lovely spectacle of mother and daughter out there together, and then Isabelle wasn't there any longer.
I enjoyed as well, and learned quite a few things about the incident, however a few of her comments were not quite correct.
- Joe is not the PDGA President (that's Nate Heinold). He's the Executive Director. Just a misnomer but worth mentioning.
- No TD has the right to override a rule. Simply saying that I should have just removed that rule is not something allowed. Only way a rule can be override is with Big Dog's approval of a waiver.
- the notion that we should have clarified this like we did stance stuff at the players meeting was a little silly. We certainly aren't going to open the book and just read it at a players meeting.
- the notion that players didn't know likely is accurate, but not the fault of the event. Not only are rules public, an announcement of changes each year is posted. Finally, and ironically for This event, the player email included a direct link to caddy rules.
- The conversation I had with her when she asked me about it was pretty accurately told from my memory. I think I said something along the lines of "imagine Paul playing with a disruptive child on the bag." I do understand her point regarding that a player should know who is ready to be there and who isn't.
Again disappointing that this is the narrative and not the 99.999% of the event that was incredible (not my words, that's a players).
