Duke commit Erica Shepherd wins (controversial) jr national golf championship

[Furniture]

I think we're spending a lot of time analyzing the snap reaction of a high school senior.

Also -- and perhaps this is my fault for skimming so I'm just catching up to y'all -- this did not occur in the championship game:

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/no-...ms-dream-title

I'm moving on.

I agree. Please close this thread!!

[Indoor66]

Two teenagers in a pressure situation, one couldn't look and the other swiped her putt away in frustration without checking first. The rules were correctly applied, and they'll both learn from this.

Thank you. May your sanity prevail in this mostly ridiculous discussion.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

I agree. Please close this thread!!

Huh. I guess you could close the thread. I have found it rather fascinating.

[Furniture]

Huh. I guess you could close the thread. I have found it rather fascinating.

Fair enough if we are just talking about golf rules. However in my opinion this thread is very much about criticizing a Duke Athlete.i didn't think we were allowed to do that. I can't imagine that there would be as much criticism of Justice Winslow if he stepped out of bounds, got an advantage from it, and did not admit it!

[OldPhiKap]

I don't think there was anything wrong with the thread. And I can personally attest, having met the OP before the Sun Bowl in El Paso, that he is a true Duke guy. I appreciate him bringing the matter to my attention.

I just think the subsequent analysis on this thread is getting somewhat skewed. The event happened in a blink of an eye. By definition, everyone who has thought, typed, and posted has spent more time on the issue than it took to transpire.

She is a high school senior. She acted within the rules. Making judgments about her sportsmanship in such a situation seems mighty unfair.

I would hate to be judged by what I did in certain situations in college, let alone when I was 17 or 18. Jeesh.

[gep]

Is it possible that Moon thought she lost the match when she missed that putt!? Might explain why she picked up her ball so abruptly and quickly wjrhout looking around first.

[kcduke75]

Is it possible that Moon thought she lost the match when she missed that putt!? Might explain why she picked up her ball so abruptly and quickly wjrhout looking around first.

No, it is not possible.

And she's a 16 year old rising Junior, not a Senior.

Close the thread please

[nmduke2001]

I don't think there was anything wrong with the thread. And I can personally attest, having met the OP before the Sun Bowl in El Paso, that he is a true Duke guy. I appreciate him bringing the matter to my attention.

I just think the subsequent analysis on this thread is getting somewhat skewed. The event happened in a blink of an eye. By definition, everyone who has thought, typed, and posted has spent more time on the issue than it took to transpire.

She is a high school senior. She acted within the rules. Making judgments about her sportsmanship in such a situation seems mighty unfair.

I would hate to be judged by what I did in certain situations in college, let alone when I was 17 or 18. Jeesh.

Thanks, OPK. Frankly, I'm a bit surprised that people want to close the thread. My intent on opening the thread was just to let people know that she had won but with a bit of controversy. I went on to write why there was controversy. I think the rules analysis since has been pretty fascinating. I actually meant to post in the "off-topic" forum but mistakenly opened it here.

[SilkyJ]

Actually, that's against the rules as well. both feet must be on the same side of the putting line.

Well Chevy Chase, Ty Webb, and Mitch Cumstein would all vigorously disagree!

and people wonder why golf is losing popularity (I now duck and scurry away in my lime green pantalons)

Huh. I guess you could close the thread. I have found it rather fascinating.

I think the issue is that there wasn't a great Caddyshack reference...until now!

[uh_no]

Well Chevy Chase, Ty Webb, and Mitch Cumstein would all vigorously disagree!





I think the issue is that there wasn't a great Caddyshack reference...until now!

did Miss Moon perhaps shout "I'M HAVING THE ROUND OF MY LIFE" before lighting struck?

[rsvman]

See the ball; be the ball.

[kcduke75]

I'm a bit surprised that people want to close the thread

Because people that don't know about golf are opining that there's a controversy. Wrong. But, the Caddy Shack turn means this thread needs to go on forever!!

[Jim3k]

...(I now duck and scurry away in my lime green pantalons)

What? Did you outgrow your plus fours?

What? Did your plus fours have holes in the knees?

Wait...You're wearing pantaloons? With or without a top?

[Reilly]

I don't think there was anything wrong with the thread ...

Not yet, anyway, but we haven't gotten to Erica's views of Woodrow Wilson.

[OldPhiKap]

Not yet, anyway, but we haven't gotten to Erica's views of Woodrow Wilson.

Woody would not concede the putt, but instead would form a standing body aimed at preventing the problem from arising again.

[Indoor66]

Woody would not concede the putt, but instead would form a standing body aimed at preventing the problem from arising again.

It is a huge Princeton/UVA problem. Call in John J.

[sagegrouse]

When I went back and looked at the video again, I got a different impression. After Elizabeth Moon's putt missed, she raked the ball back,and prepared to take a practice putt. That's what's often done in match play when one misses a putt and loses the hole. Except, except -- she halves the hole with a tap-in and, if she had truly lost the hole, the sudden-death match would have been over. I think Elizabeth had a double brain freeze.