[h=2]Lee Ann Walker finished 73 over par on the week at French Lick . When you haven't played competitive golf in a decade, life comes at you fast.[/h]Or it did for Lee Ann Walker at the Senior LPGA Championship this week in French Lick, Indiana. Walker shot 85-74 and would have missed the cut by a stroke, but instead she missed it by 59.
Why? Well, she wasn't aware of the new rule that your caddie cannot line you up behind a putt or a shot, and her caddie lined her up a total of 29 times before she realized what she'd done toward the end of her second round of competition. Most amazing about this bizarre episode is that Walker could remember which holes and how many times her caddie was behind her without her starting the process over. She had 21 violations the first round -- each penalty is two shots -- and eight in the second round before she was aware of her mistake.
Without the penalties, Walker would have missed the cut by one shot.
"What can you do at that point?" Walker said. "It was my fault for not knowing the rules. I don't have anyone to blame but myself. Big lesson learned."
Why? Well, she wasn't aware of the new rule that your caddie cannot line you up behind a putt or a shot, and her caddie lined her up a total of 29 times before she realized what she'd done toward the end of her second round of competition. Most amazing about this bizarre episode is that Walker could remember which holes and how many times her caddie was behind her without her starting the process over. She had 21 violations the first round -- each penalty is two shots -- and eight in the second round before she was aware of her mistake.
Without the penalties, Walker would have missed the cut by one shot.
"What can you do at that point?" Walker said. "It was my fault for not knowing the rules. I don't have anyone to blame but myself. Big lesson learned."
