“At the end of the day, whenever you’re out there, if you do something unintentionally that breaks the rules it’s not considered cheating,” he said. “I think it’s a case of what’s right and what’s wrong,” said Smith, a 26-year-old Australian. “I think there’s, you know, I think there’s something to be said about that.”Rory McIlroy, a four-time major champion from Northern Ireland, came to Reed’s defense in a Golf Channel interview this week. He said that the live shot of Reed’s brushing the sand “isn’t as incriminating at the slow-mo” replay. His actions looked eerily similar to Reed’s own transgression last week, but no one — especially not his peers — called out Player at the time.

Source: International New York Times December 12, 2019 16:52 UTC