Backward was an option. Ma Celine Boutier he went with one where he was able to put his ball over a tuft of grass — one analyst thought the move looked like it was back — and shoot his ball into the fairway.
To reach that point during the first day’s game at the Solheim Cupthere was a little bit of everything. A mix off the tee. An evaluation of a fan deck. An employment of a rarely seen rule.
It’s a defeat. We will recover.
– The mix off the tee. It came on the 479-yard, par-5 16th hole at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands, like Boutier and European teammate. Nanna Koerstz Madsen they played the American duo of Alison Lee and Lauren Coughlin in an alternate stroke match. Madsen played for the Europeans, and his ball sailed right off the fairway. It ended to the right of a creek, but in a penalty area – and in a rough patch and on a side slope.
Boutier, soon after, was in prison.
“Celine has a really challenging shot,” announcer At Cockerill he said on the Golf Channel. “He’s thought about all his options. It’s just an awkward stance. He has to really think about going almost backwards, back towards the fairway.”
– An evaluation of a fan deck. Yes, the walkway was about 25 meters in front of Boutier – and it was considered a temporary immovable obstacle. According to the rules of golfrelaxation of the rules would be given if it is believed to be within Boutier’s line of sight of the hole – although it would not be if “a player chooses a club, type of stance or swing or direction of play that is clearly unreasonable”. The relief should also be taken in the penalty area.
In an earlier look through the Golf Channel broadcast, it appeared that the bridge was between Boutier’s ball and the hole, but it appeared that Boutier’s game would be to the left of the bridge and back into the fairway. Boutier spoke with an official, Koerstz Madsen and his caddies, then took his ball and crossed the bridge.
– An employment of a rarely seen rule. The “point of maximum relief” was ruled to be to the left of the creek – and on a slope. The descent was important. Twice, Boutier dropped her ball, and twice an official standing between her and the water stopped her before she flipped into the water. Because of that, Boutier was able to put his ball – and he did so on the tuft of grass.
Was the TIO tackle taken from inside a penalty area? It is, but it is rare, given everything that is necessary for it to happen. As the process played out, the captain of the United States Angela Stanford also spoke with a rules official.
Analyst Alison Whitaker said on the Golf Channel broadcast: “It almost looks like Celine Boutier didn’t take the tee, as the ball is now sitting.”
Analyst Paige Mackenzie said: “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen where an immovable temporary obstruction comes into play while you’re in the penalty area. It’s a very, very rare case. It’s very smart of the European team to investigate that free relief.”
Cockerill said: “Yes, this is much easier. Yes, the ball is under her feet, but she can handle that.”
– A defeat. After all, the match ended a few shots later.
After his fall, Boutier hit an iron into the fairway. But the Europeans cut the hole, and the Americans, two holes up entering the 16th, won the match 3 and 2.
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