Tiger Woods upset with penalty

September 16, 2013. Tiger Woods is not ready to concede that he deserved a two-shot penalty at the BMW Championship. He does not even rely on video evidence to prove so.

Woods was docked two shots at the end of his second round when his ball moved ever so slightly behind the first green. A Video footage by a camera operator hired by PGA Tour Entertainment showed the golf ball dip down as Woods was removing a twig before playing a shot from the trees.

Woods disputed by saying that it only oscillated, returning to its original position. However, the chief rules official at the PGA Tour was convinced.

[highlight] It is the third time this year Woods was given a two-shot penalty for a rules violation. [/highlight]

“As I said, from my vantage point, I thought it just oscillated and that was it,” Woods said to the media on Saturday after shooting a 5-under 66 at Conway Farms. “They replayed it again and again and again. And I felt the same way.”

Slugger White, vice president of competition for the PGA Tour said Woods did not take the penalty easily.

“He was a little disbelieving. How’s that?” White said Friday.

Woods did not argue with that description.

“We had a very good discussion,” he said. “I’ll end it at that.”

Despite all this, Woods’ name moved up the leader board, though not as much as he had hoped. He ran off six birdies in seven holes in the middle of his round and got within two shots of the lead at one point before his momentum stalled. He still moved up eight spots into fifth place, four shots behind Jim Furyk going into the final round of a tournament he has won five times.

It is the third time this year Woods was given a two-shot penalty for a rules violation.

In Abu Dhabi, he took relief from an imbedded lie in a sandy area covered with vines. It was determined that relief was not allowed in the sand. He was docked two shots before signing his card, and he had to miss the cut.

More famous was the incident at the Masters, where he took an improper drop after his shot on the 15th hole in the second round hit the flag and went into the water.

“The one at Augusta after going through it on Saturday morning, yeah, I did take the wrong drop,” Woods said. “But yesterday I didn’t feel like I did anything,” he reiterated.

Still, this has become a year of rulings for Woods.