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The Masters: Augusta committee backed over Tiger Woods call

Image: Tiger Woods: just a two-shot penalty at Augusta

Golf's governing bodies have confirmed that Masters officials were right not to disqualify Tiger Woods at Augusta.

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The statement also clarifies that rule 33-7/4.5 was not a factor as had been originally thought in some quarters. It added: "The decision...was not and could not have been based on Decision 33-7/4.5, a 2011 Decision that permits waiver of disqualification where 'the competitor could not reasonably have known or discovered the facts resulting in his breach of the Rules'. "That extremely narrow exception, which relates generally to use of high-definition or slow-motion video to identify facts not reasonably visible to the naked eye, was not applicable here and had no bearing on the Committee's decision." The so-called 'Harrington rule' was brought in after Ireland's Padraig Harrington was disqualified from an event in Abu Dhabi in January 2011. He had already signed his scorecard when a television viewer raised the issue of his ball moving as he marked it on a green.

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