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Been disqualified because of the illegal drop, but they brought him in ht follthe following mor. woods was open and frank about it. and it was deemed that a two stroke penalty would apply which would have applied in the case had the augusta national committee spoken to him right after the round and before he had signed his scorecard. so there was room to maneuver there because of a new rule 33-7. >> shane, thanks so much. can you imagine if that were to happen in baseball or football? hey, i tho...

Flu, two new cases in the regions from where the outbreak first began and b beijing as well. live markets have been shut down to stop the spread. c.d.c. has been working on a vaccine for the new china flu. despite a 2 stroke penalty for an illegal drop tiger woods enters the final round of the masters four strokes after the lead. shot a 2 under 70 in his third round a shocking claim this morning from the ex-husband of tigers girlfriend lindsey vonn. thomas vonn says hes the one who alerted the m...

For jay-z, but now becoming an agent for major league baseball players, and part owner of the mets, but he will have to sell his share so there are no problems with the players association. theres a chinese teenager has done something no other person on the planet accomplished. >> he is 14 years old, and made the cut in the masters. the youngest to do so. patrick, he made the cut, but there was that one stroke penalty. what was that for? >> reporter: good morning to you. it was all about contr...

They deemed that where he dropped the ball was appropriate, so they let him sign his score card. however, later tiger gave an interview where he said that he dropped the ball, you know, about two yards from where the initial shot was. well, thats too far, so they went back, looked at the tape yet again and talked to tiger this morning and watched the tape with him and decided he should have the two stroke penalty and did stop short of saying he should be disqualified because they said they made ...

Going to be harder although he is off to a good start today. take you back to yesterday and what happened on 15. he struck the ball so well, in fact, it actually hit the flag stick that was stuck in the hole. unfortunately, it then careened off and went into the water. then he did what we all do on the golf course, while we hack it around on the weekends. he took a drop. the rules say he had to take that dron, quote, as close as possible to where his original shot came from. instead, he took tha...

Viewership. jon: you and alan just agreed and i have to wrap my head around that and bring you guys back on the other side of the break because there is the matt lauer thing to talk about. back with more on that in a moment. jenna: a golfer in the arnold palmer invitation algoes out on a limb to make a shot. sergio garcia gets a bad break when his ball lands in a tree. how does doe that? thats part of the question we have in the story. he doesnt just leave it in the tree and take the one stroke ...

In wisconsin. dustin johnson needed to make par on the final hole to win but his tee shot put him in a little bald space near some people. unfortunately for him, they decided, the experts said it was a bunker. moments later, johnson touched the sand with his club before hitting the ball. thats a big no-no. he was assessed to a two stroke penalty. martin keimer would go on to win in the playoff. johnson finished fifth. >> what a bummer that is. >> no kidding. >> all those rules in golf. >> they h...

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