{"id":301421,"date":"2023-12-04T18:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301421"},"modified":"2023-12-04T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T18:54:00","slug":"matt-fitzpatrick-spots-golf-rule-break-in-awkward-moment-with-us-pga-tour-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/golf\/matt-fitzpatrick-spots-golf-rule-break-in-awkward-moment-with-us-pga-tour-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Fitzpatrick spots golf rule break in awkward moment with US PGA Tour rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Paige Spiranac plays golf<\/h3>\n<p>Matt Fitzpatrick has insisted that it&#8217;s &#8220;nothing personal&#8221; following his involvement in getting\u00a0Collin Morikawa penalised at the\u00a0Hero World Challenge. The duo were taking part in the tournament when\u00a0Fitzpatrick noticed a ploy that has landed his\u00a0fellow PGA Tour golfer in hot water.<\/p>\n<p>The moment of controversy arose when\u00a0Morikawa\u2019s caddie, Jonathan Jakovac, was found to have been writing notes in his yardage book. The notes were written down when Jakovac used a spirit level on the practice greens to determine the slope.<\/p>\n<p>While the use of a spirit level isn&#8217;t a banned move, the act of writing them in a book is a breach of the rules. After hearing discussions between\u00a0Morikawa and\u00a0Jakovac,\u00a0Matt Fitzpatrick &#8211;\u00a0Morikawa&#8217;s playing partner &#8211; brought the issue to the attention of\u00a0the PGA Tour\u2019s chief referee, Stephen Cox.<\/p>\n<p>Morikawa learned of the ruling &#8211; a\u00a0two-stroke penalty &#8211;\u00a0during his warm-up for the closing round.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/71\/590x\/secondary\/5098986.jpg?r=1701713844841\"><\/p>\n<p>Amid the controversy,\u00a0Fitzpatrick has since spoken out about the incident and claimed that it was &#8220;nothing personal&#8221; against his playing partner.\u00a0\u201cI wanted to use AimPoint [a putting statistics technique] earlier this year,\u201d The 2022 U.S. Open champion said.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke to my putting coach, Phil Kenyon, about it. He told me that he was pretty certain I can\u2019t write the numbers down or use the AimPoint numbers. So I didn\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen obviously yesterday it happened and I asked Coxy just to clarify what the situation was. I asked the question and he was like: \u2018Well, now you\u2019ve asked the question, I need you to tell me what\u2019s going on.\u2019 That was it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/71\/590x\/secondary\/5098982.jpg?r=1701713844905\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/g> <defs> <clipPath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"\/> <\/clipPath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><\/p>\n<p> <strong> Don&#8217;t miss&#8230; <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Tiger Woods responds to reports of \u00a3230m deal for Jon Rahm to join LIV Golf[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Jordan Spieth leaves caddie facing monstrous hangover as golf bet goes wrong[LATEST] <\/strong> <br \/> <strong>Major champion risks PGA Tour ban after entering December tournament[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s nothing personal. Whether it was Tiger Woods or whoever, it\u2019s just I wanted to know because I would have used it earlier this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the ruling, Cox shed further light on the issue by saying:\u00a0\u201cI met with the caddie to explore whether there was any breach and, after reviewing the documentation within the yardage book and the formulation of a putting system\/chart, which in itself is not necessarily a breach of the rules, the manner in which you obtain that information and develop that chart is super-key. That\u2019s why this rule is very complex in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The issue was also addressed by\u00a0Morikawa who added that while he holds no grudge against Fitzpatrick, he is unclear on the ruling and the time in which he was notified of the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe made the mistake,\u201d the 2021<strong> <\/strong>The Open Championship winner<b>\u00a0<\/b>said. \u201cFrom our understanding it was fine to use a level on the practice green and see how putts break and write that down. Obviously it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStephen said apparently to JJ this morning that it was a grey area in all this. Why are there grey areas? There shouldn\u2019t be grey areas in the rules, right? That\u2019s what rules are for.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a little mad at Stephen. He told us to meet him in the locker room. I was waiting in there for around five minutes and he didn\u2019t show up and this was midway through my warm-up. If you are going to tell me some news, I think you should show up on time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/golf\/1841996\/Matt-Fitzpatrick-Golfrule-PGA-Tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paige Spiranac plays golf Matt Fitzpatrick has insisted that it&#8217;s &#8220;nothing personal&#8221; following his involvement in getting\u00a0Collin Morikawa penalised at <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matt Fitzpatrick spots golf rule break in awkward moment with US PGA Tour rival - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/golf\/matt-fitzpatrick-spots-golf-rule-break-in-awkward-moment-with-us-pga-tour-rival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matt Fitzpatrick spots golf rule break in awkward moment with US PGA Tour rival - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paige Spiranac plays golf Matt Fitzpatrick has insisted that it&#8217;s &#8220;nothing personal&#8221; 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