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It's not every day a golfer hopes their ball stays lost. Listen to Scottie Scheffler break down his clever use of the rules on the 17th hole, which made abandoning the search the better strategic option.
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00:00The rules official originally said it landed just barely left of the grandstand thing.
00:05I don't even know what you call that.
00:06It was like a sponsor area or something.
00:08And Teddy had a beat right on where it was coming down.
00:11And so when we get up there, it's past the fence that marks the TIO.
00:14And so he said anything that's in there is part of the TIO.
00:18And so then we said, we tried to figure out, well, if I find it, does that help me?
00:21Like, can I drop it?
00:22You know, since that would be about 50 yards closer to the hole.
00:24He said, yes, you can then use that spot, but you might have to go, like, to the other side.
00:30Of the TIO, which I didn't know exactly where that would be.
00:33And that was not a great angle coming across there.
00:35So I decided to stop the search and go back and drop it, doing point-entry TIO relief.
00:41Actually, I did that once this year during the Byron as well.
00:44So it's not something I'm proud of, but I was familiar with.
00:47So you didn't actually have to find the ball?
00:49No.
00:50You didn't find the ball, just to be clear.
00:52Like, you stopped the search?
00:53I stopped them.
00:54They had guys pointing from up there, like, that landed right here.
00:57And I just kind of hauled up there.
00:59I was like, guys, get out of there, stop, do not find the ball.
01:01And fortunately, it was my security guy that I've had for a few years here.
01:05And then his name is Rousy, and then Woody was up there as well.
01:08And so both those guys are pretty, you know, I know them quite well.
01:14And so when I said, please don't look for the ball, they got out of there.
01:17Yeah.
01:17Yeah.
01:18Bye.
01:18I'll see you next time.
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