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PGA Tour star Scottie Scheffler wasn't happy with the two-stroke penalty handed down the LIV Golf superstar Bryson DeChambeau, who was hit with the penalty during the second round after allegedly improving his ability to play the ball.
"All I can really say is I think maybe we need to be a little bit more strict in the way that we are policing guys, but it's a little bit of a balance because you've got certain guys like a Bryson, who every shot he hits is going to be shown on TV," Scheffler said. "When you have camera angles that are far away, things can look different than they do when you're right there."
He took things a step further when he suggested there should be a change to how the game is officiated.
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"When I was growing up, like if this was the line, here are the rules and this was the right side of it and this is when you're doing things against the rule," Scheffler said. "You always tried to stray really far that way I feel like at times. Sometimes, you see players maybe push it a little bit further than they should.
"I think we need to kind of get back to the traditions of the game, and maybe we do need to police things a little bit more stricter in the game."
He pointed to an incident involving Jon Rahm from a few years back when his ball appeared to oscillate in the rough, though it would have been very difficult to notice with the naked eye. Technological advancement in cameras and other tracking systems leave golfers more open to scrutiny when it comes to potential penalties.
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