Even High Schoolers Wonder If Favoritism Influenced Tiger's Masters Drop Decision

Justin Tasch files a fun NY Daily News story--well it's fun unless you're Billy Payne assessing the impact of Fred Ridley's botched initial assessment of Tiger's Masters drop--talking to Catholic High School Athletic Association coaches and players who know their Rules of Golf.

Namely, they wonder how both Tiger and the committee blew last week's Masters water hazard drop. Even worse, they wonder if the committee played favorites.

“The kids said, ‘We spotted it, but why didn’t the marshals?’” Niklaus said Wednesday before his team’s match against St. Francis Prep at Douglaston Golf Course. “In their minds, they were thrown off by, ‘Is it favoritism?’”