Woods spared penalty because of high-tech video evidence

NASSAU, Bahamas --- Upon further review, Tiger Woods hit the ball more than once trying to escape from a palm bush. And under an 18-month-old decision in the Rules of Golf, he avoided a penalty Friday in the Hero World Challenge because PGA Tour officials --- and Woods --- could only see the violation through a high-definition replay in slow motion. The decision from May 2017 says that a player is not deemed to have broken a rule if it could not reasonably be seen with the naked eye. "I didn't feel like I made contact twice," Woods said. "In slow motion, you can see I did hit it twice. But in real time, I didn't feel that at all." Woods hit his tee shot right of the 18t...

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