"I don't think it's breaking the rules, it's bending them."

Lee Westwood's thoughts on Phil Mickelson's decision to put a PING wedge in his bag this week prove far more devastating than Scott McCarron's "cheating" claim because Westwood's language is responsible but the content far more impactful. I believe this is Iain Carter reporting:

Mickelson's compatriot and fellow professional Scott McCarron had harsher words on the matter.
Speaking during the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, he told Friday's San Francisco Chronicle: "It's cheating, and I'm appalled Phil has put it in play.

"As one of our premier players, he [Mickelson] should be one of the guys who steps up and says this is wrong."

And...

Westwood, though, speaking at this week's Qatar Masters on the European Tour, stopped short of such a damning indictment.

"It's a very strong word to use, cheating.

"It wouldn't be my choice to use them, but it's obviously not against the rules or else he wouldn't do it.

"I could do it more than anybody else because I've got thousands of Ping wedges. I have the opportunity to do it and I don't."

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[Kevin]

It is interesting that there hasn't been much of a rally by his fellow pros in support of PM. The silence is deafening.