U.S. Open Notebook: Poulter continues to chirp about conditions
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- Ian Poulter has been Twittering all week at the U.S. Open, but last night might have been the most unusual tweet of them all. He posted a picture of his golf ball on the 10th fairway, speckled with mud.
Poulter has been critical of the United States Golf Association this week for not allowing preferred lies (lift, clean and place) in wet conditions.
"Perfect drive on 10th 235 yards to go into the wind. And that's what you get ... Perfect 3 wood straight into a bunker," he tweeted.
That means he had to take a picture of his golf ball with his cell phone during the round.
But the USGA said it was not a violation.
"As long as it's not being used to gather information that would help him," USGA rules official Wendy Uzelac said.
She referred to Rule 14-3, which covers artificial devices, unusual equipment and unusual use of equipment that cannot help a player "in making a stroke or in his play" and "for the purpose of gauging or measuring distance or conditions that might affect his play."
Nick Taylor went from tying a U.S. Open record for an amateur in the second round to having the worst score of the three nonprofessionals who made the cut in the third.
Taylor, a native of Canada who was first-team All-America at the University of Washington last season, shot a 5-under 65 in the second round, matching the lowest round by an amateur in the U.S. Open.
Yesterday, he finished a 5-over 75 that was one stroke behind Drew Weaver and Kyle Stanley, the only other amateurs to make the cut. Taylor entered the final round with a 213 total, two strokes better than Weaver and five ahead of Stanley.
Stewart Cink had a Twitter message for fathers and stock players yesterday once play was delayed long enough to require a Monday finish.
"Dads' Day gift to all: I was supposed to ring opening bell on Wall St in the morn but now I'll be finishing up USOpen. Black Monday Averted!"
First Published June 22, 2009 12:00 am
