Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – The 2-stroke penalty Justin Rose was assessed at the end of the third round of the Players Championship was overturned on Sunday due to one of golf’s new rules.<\/p>\n
Rose was issued the penalty after his third round when it was discovered his ball moved when he soled his club behind it on the 18th hole.<\/p>\n
But when officials decided on Sunday that the ball’s movement would not be discernible to the naked eye without the use of high-definition cameras, Rose was awarded his two shots back.<\/p>\n
The new rule limits how players can be penalized based on video evidence from HD cameras.<\/p>\n
“I was good with the way everything played out; I want to play by the rules,” Rose said about the penalty. “But I was reading an article in the evening and the rule states — and I’m paraphrasing — but if a player can’t discern whether the ball moved or not, it’s deemed not to have moved. I sort of scratched my head and said that’s exactly what happened to me and yet I was docked two.”<\/p>\n
Rose’s third-round score moved back to a 1-under 71 and placed him five shots behind overnight leaders Martin Kaymer and Jordan Spieth at 7-under 209.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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