US Girls match semi-final ends in gimme controversy
Cast your minds back to the gimme controversy in the 2015 Solheim Cup involving Suzann Petterson and Allison Lee. The Norwegian claimed that she hadn’t given the American’s their two foot putt and therefore Europe won the hole.
Well, the exact situation happened during the semi-final of the US Girls Junior match play. Erica Shepherd had completed the first extra hole – the par-5 14th – with a par so Elizabeth Moon stood over a birdie putt to win the match and had a chance to move into the final.
Moon’s putt missed on the underside of the hole before immediately raking the ball back and practised the same putt, knocking the ball into the hole.
Unfortunately for Moon controversy would follow. Shepherd straight away turned to her coach and said: “I never said that was good.”
After a conversation with the rules official Moon was given a one shot penalty for moving her ball.
If you didn’t see it, here is the incident…
This is an absolute disgrace. pic.twitter.com/wpef50qZPn
— Mark Harris (@TweetsByHarris) July 29, 2017
The ruling has divided opinion amongst the golfing world. Moon shouldn’t have presumed the putt had been given but on the other hand should common sense come into play? She wouldn’t have missed.
Shepherd went on to win the competition by defeating Jennifer Chang in the final 3&2.
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Matthew Beedle
Matthew has been playing golf since he was around 13 and took up the game at a local nine-hole municipal course with his friends before joining Pontefract & District Golf Club just over the hedge.
Still a member of Pontefract with a handicap of 3, he currently sits on the board of directors to help with digital and marketing initiatives in order to improve membership and visitor income.
Matthew graduated university with a First Class in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University and has been working in the golf industry since graduating.
NCG’s social media & marketing manager, Matthew’s main job role is to increase website traffic to the National Club Golfer website via our email and social media channels as well as driving entries to grow our NCG Top 100s Tour events amongst other tasks.
Not one to change his equipment too often, Matthew currently plays the TaylorMade M2 driver which has lasted the test of time in his bag. Elsewhere, you’ll find him using the TaylorMade Stealth 2 three-wood with a Ping G425 Crossover 2-iron to aid his long game.
Through his 4-iron to Gap Wedge, Matthew uses the Ping i500 irons accompanied by Ping’s Glide 3.0 56-degree and 60-degree wedges.
Another club that has stood the test of time in his bag is a Nike Method Core MC-3i putter which has had to have the SuperStroke grip changed at least three times. Ball of choice is the Titleist ProV1.
