British Open bunkergate: R&A does away with tradition of having a crew rank bunkers
Hayes was going to have to rake the sand himself.
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If the ball did come to rest on another spot and the movement was discernible to the naked eye, is it known or virtually certain that the player's actions caused the ball to move? Assessing whether the movement of the ball was visible to the naked eye in such a situation assumes the player being in a normal address position for the stroke. The R&A went further to explain, "In these circumstances there is a one stroke penalty and the ball must be replaced. However, as the ball was played from the spot where it was moved to, the player played from a wrong place and incurs a total penalty of two strokes." Shane Lowry doubts the camera angles used for the penalty The official notice came after Lowry was left "disappointed" and doubted the camera angles, which led to the penalties. "I didn't know anything happened until walking up the 15th fairway and then the rules official came over and told me that there was a possibility the ball moved on the 12th for my second shot," he told reporters during the post-round press conference on Friday. Later, he voiced his concern over the footage used. BREAKING Shane Lowry was assessed a two-stroke penalty for this incident on the 12th hole. According to @ToddLewisGC The R&A spent nearly 20 minutes reviewing the video with Lowry, Scheffler and Morikawa after the round. — (@GOLF_com) July 18, 2025 "I was in there with the rules official and wasn't arguing my case, but I'm disappointed that they don't have more camera angles on it," he told reporters, per a transcript. "The one zoomed in slow motion -- they're trying to tell me if it doesn't move from the naked eye, if you don't see it moving, it didn't move. I told them I definitely was looking down towards the ball as I was taking that practice swing, and I didn't see it move". But the real reason Lowry accepted the penalty was reputation. "The last thing I want to do is sit there and argue and not take the penalty and then get slaughtered all over social media tonight for being a cheat," he shared with the media on Day 2. The incident sparked intense debate across social platforms, some rallying behind Lowry's integrity, others defending the rules committee's precision. Even World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who played alongside Lowry during the first two rounds, weighed in. Scottie Scheffler Speaks Out on Shane Lowry's Penalty "I felt like Shane was put in a pretty tough situation there when they were zooming in on his golf ball," Scheffler told reporters on Friday. "In the rough it's hard to tell. From what I looked at very briefly on the video, it looked like it was very difficult to see if the ball was moving --sorry. 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