It’s 2 am, I’m tripping balls, and I’ve been watching PGA tour videos for an undetermined amount of time

This clip is a good representation of my golf career.

0:40 guy in shorts, looking for the t-shot, checks his own butt before checking the woods.

Never fails this guy is in the group in front of me. Sends one 200yds straight right into a canyon, spends 10 minutes trying to save $4.00 and a stroke. Eventually drops in the fairway, skulls another 30yds ahead.

It would've been nice for the replay to have happened well before the time was up

i thought during these professional events that they always have so many officials and fans that it's almost impossible to lose a ball. There should be so many people around to spot every angle of the shot.

One of us! One of us! One of us!

Welcome to my game!!

5:42 I would have fucking died

No way they could be 'virtually certain' where the ball was lost, evidenced by the fact they then found it outside the hazard. Should've been going back to the tee imo but kick up a bit of a fuss and sometimes you get your own way.

Judging by the comments most people don't know the rules. Of course you should still look for the ball in this hazard because if you find it there is option to play without penalty OR take a drop.

I agree with the ruling

WTF?... I'm so confused. If the ruling was that Poulter had to play it as a lost ball, and re-tee, why would the rule official allow Poulter to play it as a hazard?... You can't bed the rules because a player throws a hissy fit.

Number 26, Ian Poulter, 2 minutes for whining! C'mon buttercup. The ref isn't changing his mind. Oh, and he's right. They usually are. So take your stroke and distance and don't pound it 30 yards right!

IAN POULTER'S BALL JUST FLEW OVER MY HOUSE

You should be able to change the ruling if you haven't hit yet

The official does NOT have the option to make a judgment call. The rules are the rules.

Yeah we’re kidding you Ian, here it is

Would have Been absolutely classic plot twist if that had been it in that chair drinks holder, I was willing it to be the ball!

Referee is right, you can't be 100% sure that the ball is in the hazard as no one saw it enter the hazard. So it's a lost ball.

you can see ball in middle of screen at 1:45

Lost ball outside the hazard and gets to drop because the ref. Give in madness.. if he was fair after known it wasn't in the hazard.. should of gone back to the tee.. bad sportsmanship

brilliantly ironic that the rules official looks like Boss Hogg from the Dukes Of Hazzard... :-)

Ernie Johnson does everything

That would DEFINITELY put me on golfer's tilt. My found ball being declared lost. What if it had been inbounds? OMG RAGE!

The ball in the woods 👁 _ 👁

Why not use the TV camera angle at 7:23 to find the ball? The golf course got tied up because it took 12 minutes to figure this thing out.

It will be in there somewhere....right next to my shot no doubt.

Didn’t realize that on tour they would also assist their playing partner with looking for their ball. I would think that would distract one from their own shot

I was watching this Tournament! It hit those boulders and ricocheted into the next county!

I don't get it ?? Didn't they find his ball at the end and why couldn't he play it ??

In this episode of Pro Golfers Like Us...

when does the 5 minute start?

Why wouldn't you review the tape and help him

Welcome to my world lol

Is that Ernie Johnson?

Hence the 3 minute rule for pros.

Thats interesting he barely bends his knees on his tee shot he looks like hes just standing upright

Ian was right, his ball virtually certainly went in the hazard

Imagine if it was the ball in the cup holder

I have trolled the woods many times for my ball, lol.

+3 or give up!!

Perfect example of why refs should not be brow beaten into making decisions. The rules are the rules. end of!

lol they love manipulating the rules

I feel like most people commenting dont plat golf that often. The stress of looking for a lost golf ball especially under these circumstances is crazy. Im really not a poulter fan, but give the man a break, he had a dozen guys looking for it and it was lost. Just play golf and relax. Ian poulter finished tied for 22nd in this tournament

Its in the 🌳

Why is that area marked as a lateral water hazard anyway?

AT 3:43 YOU SEE THE BALL IN THE BACKROUND AGAINST A TREE

It’d be unlike poulter to have a sook and blame someone else for his fuckup

Gteat effing camera work!

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Wow he got lucky with that. Should be lost ball after 5

did he play a provisional straight away

1:59 white hat guy steps on it ???

Ball at 1:45. He purposely didn't find it.

Good 👍🏻👍🏻 bye bye IOn polter

can someone clarify why not hitting it in the hazard is worse than hitting it in?

Could Jordan have said he “saw” the b-ball just to help him out with a normal penalty? or would that be considered cheating? I would kinda fall it good sportsmanship. I hated how he started to insist on not taking stroke and distance... once they make a ruling you gotta say okay

Who else thinks someone should get paid to just watch for golf balls that go out?

So funny how pissy these guys get when they’re the ones that hit a fucked up shot, don’t get mad at the ref, you fucked up

Yeah Ian I’m kidding. Just drop a ball wherever and hit

These are the kinds of stupid rules that golf has to get rid of. If your playing partner agrees with you that the ball crossed the hazard before being lost, then just move on with it and drop a ball. No need to actually find the damn ball. That's the whole deal with it being lost.

Ahhhhhh Golf, the game where you spend 2% of your time on the course playing, and the other 98% looking for your ball

might have been stuck on a tree

It is obvious the ref tried to do Poulter in this situation

Basically the rule is written so vaguely that the rules guy was like “uhhh yea whatever” - and they still found it lmao.. either way, Poulter is a tool

they found the ball not in the hazard?? embarrassing for Poulter then

First of all, poulter was on the Tee box when the ball landed almost 300yards? So how the fuck is he going to pin point his ball? I have an absolute Eagle Eye on the course and over 250 yards you lose a little lazer focus. Not much but yes a little. He was not 100% certain . and he played a fade.

Its stuck in the tree

idky but i feel like poulter may have cheated there

Such a dumb ruling, it just doesn’t make sense, should have just been able to hit his ball, some rules just have no common sense.

Tough life of a golf referee. Oh well, golf must continue.

No 5 min search rule on the PGA Tour?

Don't know why he put it in there if he's supposed to be a pro

Maybe a bird or raccoon or something took it. Golf balls look like eggs to them

PGA rule 2345: who gives a shit.

Full-blown baby with a lost ball

That’s a terrible rule

Lol his bad

This is cheating

Virtually certain and 100% sure are two totally different things. When the two players both 'think' the ball is in the hazard, that is 'virtually certain'. Hit it in the middle of a pond, see the splash... 100% sure. There's a small creek in front of a par 3 on my course, can't quite see it all because of the lay of the land. When no rain, your ball is easily found in it. Heavy rain and it runs fast and carries balls away. So because i can't find my ball you think i should be going back to the tee? Some people need to read the rule book.

This is where the ethics of the person come into the rules of the game. The rule is that you have to be "virtually certain" the ball went in the hazard. If Poulter was virtually certain the ball was in the hazard, why did he spend all that time looking for it, when he just could have dropped another one where it entered the hazard. (He was virtually certain it entered it). This rule is designed so you cant just assume the ball went into the hazard, even if you cant find it. He should know better. I would say this is pretty close to cheating.

Couldn’t have happened to a more terrible person.

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CRY BABY...rule is not hard to understand. Its not 'did the ball PROBABLY" go there. Im surprised he never ran across this circumstance Unless hes just being a little British drama queen😁

I'm not OK with Ian arguing with the rules official. That was classless.

Ever notice how alot of golfers have rich sounding names? Poultry, pampling? All sound snobbish. Alot of golfers have those silver spoonfed names lol