Jay Busbee has the scoop on a fan calling in and busting Juli inkster for the hideous crime of using a swing donut on a club while waiting for a backup to clear.
My favorite similar story is the time Virginia team golfer Buddy Patch took the Medicus into play by accident during his first round at a team event. Then he slurred an apology drunkenly to the team for “bringing the Meniscus into play…”
MENISCUS??!!
From the article:
“Inkster was disqualified from the Safeway Classic on Saturday afternoon for a rules violation, but that’s not the real story. The more interesting element is how she was caught.
First, the story. Inkster was playing well — just three strokes behind leader Ai Miyazato — when she hit a traffic jam on the 10th hole of the Pumpkin Ridge course. With a 30-minute wait stretching out before her, she attached a small “doughnut” weight to her nine-iron and swung to stay loose, much like a batter in the on-deck circle.
However, unlike a batter in the on-deck circle, a golfer can’t use a weight like that during competition; it’s illegal to use a training aid during play. And so Inkster was disqualified once she finished her round.”
