Golf in the 21st Century
Remember when we were kids, and the year 2000 seemed like a lifetime away? It was the FUTURE, when we'd all be wearing silver jumpsuits and driving flying cars, right? Well, fashion and technology might not be what we expected, but we've got some pretty cool stuff in the year 2003.
But apparently 21st-century technology continues to elude the sport of golf.
Today, two golfers (Mark Roe and the the always fashionable Jesper Parnevik) were disqualified from the British Open for using the wrong scorecards. Yep, scorecards. We've all played putt-putt, right? The scorecards are those crummy little pieces of paper that you fill out with a tiny pencil and jam in your pocket. They get sweaty, they get dirty, and yet, they're apparently the most important measurement of a golfer's performance on the PGA Tour.
Never mind that there are tournament officials at every hole. Never mind that golf fans all over the world can view real-time scoring of any PGA event on the internet. Never mind that players always golf in groups of two, three, or four and therefore have their competitors double-checking and triple-checking their scores. Never mind the fact that there are placard-holders updating the golfers scores after every hole, and that the PGA uses a freakin' Global Positioning System so that your Palm Pilot can display a shot-by-shot chart of every single player's performance on every single hole. Never mind all that. Apparently, if you sign the wrong piece of paper, it's over for you. There's absolutely no other way to verify your score. Archaic? You betcha. But it is the 132nd British Open Championship after all.
Remember when we were kids, and the year 2000 seemed like a lifetime away? It was the FUTURE, when we'd all be wearing silver jumpsuits and driving flying cars, right? Well, fashion and technology might not be what we expected, but we've got some pretty cool stuff in the year 2003.
But apparently 21st-century technology continues to elude the sport of golf.
Today, two golfers (Mark Roe and the the always fashionable Jesper Parnevik) were disqualified from the British Open for using the wrong scorecards. Yep, scorecards. We've all played putt-putt, right? The scorecards are those crummy little pieces of paper that you fill out with a tiny pencil and jam in your pocket. They get sweaty, they get dirty, and yet, they're apparently the most important measurement of a golfer's performance on the PGA Tour.
Never mind that there are tournament officials at every hole. Never mind that golf fans all over the world can view real-time scoring of any PGA event on the internet. Never mind that players always golf in groups of two, three, or four and therefore have their competitors double-checking and triple-checking their scores. Never mind the fact that there are placard-holders updating the golfers scores after every hole, and that the PGA uses a freakin' Global Positioning System so that your Palm Pilot can display a shot-by-shot chart of every single player's performance on every single hole. Never mind all that. Apparently, if you sign the wrong piece of paper, it's over for you. There's absolutely no other way to verify your score. Archaic? You betcha. But it is the 132nd British Open Championship after all.
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