Jerry Rice is wondering at this hour how Charlie Manuel and Bill Belichick get away with these shenanigans. Rice was competing in the BMW Charity Pro-Am at Mill Spring, N.C. today when it was discovered that his caddie was using a scope to check yardages. Around them parts, that’s called cheating, and Rice was tossed from the Nationwide Tour event. From USA Today:
Rice called the error a rookie mistake and apologized to BMW Charity Pro-Am officials. That means Rice won’t take part in Saturday’s third round, the last one before the field is cut for Sunday’s finale.
Which doesn’t make much of a difference; as Rice shot a 92 on Thursday, the highest score in tournament history. He had an 82 today. Rice apparently has backed off on plans to try and join the Nationwide Tour on a full-time basis. His first tournament, the Fresh Express Classic in Hayward, CA last month, did not end well; he finished 17 over par and failed to make the cut.
That all worked out about as well as that day he decided to get a deep tissue massage.
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Jerry Rice disqualified on Nationwide Tour in caddie gaffe [USA Today]
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- Alan - May 14, 2010 at 6:31 PM
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Jerry Rice made a dumb mistake, when told of his error he disqualified himself. This is not cheating and should not be held against him and his reputation. I know that journalists like Rick Chandler like to ruin reputations and think not of what their words really do to someone’s reputation. How low can you go?
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- jeff - May 14, 2010 at 8:00 PM
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I agree – come on mishandler! Talk about using a headline to draw a reader in – this is just blatant defamation and irresponsible sensationalism! I won’t even bother to call it journalism.
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- Dave - May 14, 2010 at 9:46 PM
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The articles are saying that it was Jerry Rice’s caddie who used the scope but that is incorrect. The caddie told Rice in Round 1, that these devices are not to be used. Rice told him that they were allowed the previous week. I saw the Rules at the First and Tenth tees and near the top of the Rules sheet it stated that these devices were prohibited. It was Rice who used the device, not the caddie. (By the way, the caddie is a better golfer than Rice and has a better understanding of the rules.)
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