Many people have long suspected Tiger Woods could walk on water and now there is a video to “prove” it. The first look at a long-rumoured “Jesus Shot” has been posted on YouTube, showing Woods hitting a wedge from the middle of a water hazard. Problem is, he does break Rule 13-4 in the process.
The video is expected to be part of a new promotion for the EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 Video game and comes about because of a glitch in previous editions allowing Woods, or at least his digital persona, to hit shots while walking on water.
In the new video, filmed at Woods’ Orlando, Florida compound, when his ball lands on a lily pad in a water hazard, Woods nonchalantly takes off his shoes and socks, grabs a wedge and walks across the surface of the water and hits the ball in the hole.
Keen eyed observers have already pointed out that when Woods dips his club into the water prior to his shot he clearly violates Rule 13-5.
According to the rule a player must not “touch the ground in the hazard or water in the water hazard with his hand or a club.”
Though he can violate the laws of physics by walking barefoot across the surface of a lake, breaking the laws of golf is a much more serious matter.
For violating Rule 13-5 he would incur a penalty of two strokes in stroke play or loss of hole in match play.
If Woods really can work miracles, he should do something about his knee.
I suspect Tiger should also be penalised for taking of his shoes within the hazard and while doing so, placing his club on the ground within the hazard. I’m not certain, but I believe he attracts a further penalty for having sat down in the hazard.
Cabn anyone confirm my suspicions?