NBC golf analyst Mark Rolfing: Wie ruling a "travesty"
NBC golf analyst Mark Rolfing, who was live on the course and on the scene when Michelle Wie dropped her ball on Saturday, said, "If I had thought there was any situation that was questionable, I would have said it on air. I watched the whole thing, and it looked fine to me. In my 19 years, I've never seen anything like this happen — not a drop from an unplayable lie."
It was a "travesty," said Rolfing. "I really don't think this is the way the rules of golf ought to be policed."
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``I thought about it more and was just uncomfortable that I knew something,'' Bamberger said.
If he was that unfortable, he should had said something that day, not wait till the next day after the tounrament was over to open his stupid mouth. Integrity? Obviously this magazine's writer has none.
Bamberger's got no balls.
Put up or shut up right then, not after a day and a phone call to his editor.
While I agree that this ruling was a joke, Mark Rolfing should not be considered an objective observer. As a fellow Hawaiian, he has been a friend of the Wie's for 5 years and would like nothing better than to cement a cozy relationship for the benefit of his own career.
The most questionable aspect of this whole thing was the "recreation" of Saturday's round on Sunday. Where in the Rules of Golf are tournament officials allowed to base decisions on day-after recreations?? As that mulligan guy pointed out, the PGA did not ask Tiger Woods to "recreate" how he putted at the Masters. The tape was inconclusive and they let Tiger stand by his word.
She shouldn't have worn a cross.
Non-white athletes must realize that any display of Christianity or pro-Americanism will result in attacks and harassment by the press.
Bamberger has already begun to receive his rewards for punishing Wie's indiscretion. SI Colleague Alan Shipnuck was given the featured-article space to simultaneously attack Wie's cheating and praise Bamberger's integrity. Further rewards and awards will follow.
Woods learned his lesson early when he still referred to himself as "Cablanasian," implying his heritage included white, black and Asian. That, of course, was intolerable. The attacks began and continued until he dropped all reference to anything other than black.
He learned; so will Wie.
what a crock...it is not the irs where they can go back in time and do an audit. Call now or don't call it all.
The biggest travesty was NBC not sticking with the golf coverage until the end. Is there really that big of an audience for BMX bicycle riding? Thats what I got.
jimmy roberts should never be allowed to talk to anyone
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