The CSGA Links Volume 2 Issue 5 July, 2014 | Page 40

Play by the Rules! 2 Keeping Quiet W ho says nice guys finish last? At the 2007 Honda Classic, Mark Wilson, seeking his first PGA Tour victory, was leading the tournament on Friday when Camilo Villegas asked Wilson’s caddie what club he thought Wilson used. The caddie, without realizing the gravity of his response, replied he thought that the hybrid was eighteen degrees, equal to a two or three-iron. According to Rule 8-1, a player or caddie must not give advice to anyone playing in the competition other than his partner. The penalty for such a violation is two-strokes. Overhearing the conversation, Wilson promptly called the penalty on himself. He then proceeded to put his arm around the disconsolate caddy and told him to forget it, and said he had not even had a second thought about calling the penalty. Wilson rebounded from the penalty by playing the next 49 holes at eight underpar, catapulting him into a four-man playoff. Wilson got into the playoff largely because of a 45-foot par save at the par-4 16th late in the fina