Criticism was boundless following Masters officials' decision to penalize Tiger Woods two strokes for an illegal drop, and one of the USGA's most ardent detractors was a surprising name: Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana.
In a string of tweets, the San Francisco 49ers great called those in charge at Augusta "full of crap" and said making the ruling after the fact was an unjust act:
During the early morning hours prior to Saturday's third round, Masters officials reviewed a drop Woods took on hole No. 15 in the second round. After knocking a shot off the flag and into the water, Woods' drop shot came from a couple yards away from his initial spot—a violation of the rulebook.
Not noticed at the time of the violation, Woods carded a 71 for his day and went into the weekend three strokes behind leader Jason Day. However, an interview Woods gave after the round with ESPN sparked the interest of the USGA officials and a review was launched.
Initially thought to be in danger of being disqualified, Master officials decided against barring Woods and issued a two-stroke penalty instead. Though not as swift of a penalty as taking the world's No. 1 golfer out of the tournament, the two-stroke penalty put Tiger at one-under—now five strokes behind the leader.
Montana's reaction was like many others, who saw penalizing Woods as a nonsensical application of a ruling that had no bearing on the outcome. The officials had taken their biggest calling card and rendered him a non-contender due to a small break of the rules.
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