Walking through the Kapalua clubhouse earlier this month, a PGA Tour player pivoted as he made his way to the locker room and quickly approached one of the circuit’s rules officials.
“So if my golf ball moves on the green . . .,” the player began before being interrupted by the official. “I only have two questions, did you cause the ball to move or did something else [wind, gravity, etc.] cause it to move,” the official explained.
A wide smile inched across the player’s face, it was like Christmas in January for a man whose livelihood is often governed by a set of exceedingly complicated rules.