Tiger Woods was among the many golfers who were not happy with the way Lexi Thompson was penalized at the ANA Inspiration on Sunday.
Thompson was penalized four strokes after a viewer emailed the tour about a violation Thompson committed a day earlier (full details here). Thompson was informed of the penalty during her final round on Sunday and still managed to send things to a playoff. Nevertheless, being told that your score from a day earlier was wrong and that you were penalized by a viewer didn’t sit well with many.
Take a look at this tweet Tiger Woods sent in response to the controversy:
Viewers at home should not be officials wearing stripes. Let's go @Lexi, win this thing anyway.
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) April 3, 2017
Many other golfers, including Tiger’s niece, Cheyenne, voiced their opinions on Twitter.
Viewers should not be able to call in rulings.
— Cheyenne Woods (@Cheyenne_Woods) April 2, 2017
Who's watching what is happening to @Lexi @LPGA? Can't believe this is happening. A viewers calls in a rule a day late or ever…. Not right
— Natalie Gulbis (@natalie_gulbis) April 3, 2017
This is our livelihood and a caller who had to have slo-mo and replayed the clip caught this tiny infraction. Get a life! No more call ins!
— Alena Sharp (@AlenaSharp) April 3, 2017
Come on @Lexi you can do it!!!!!
We really need to do something about people being able to call in. Especially days later . Poor girl— Brittany Lincicome (@Brittany1golf) April 3, 2017
