Charley Hoffman may want to turn off his phone the next time a ruling doesn’t go his way.
Hoffmann, a four-time PGA Tour winner, took to Instagram on Friday and went scorched earth mode on the PGA Tour and USGA over a penalty on the par-5 13thhole at TPC Scottsdale during the second round.
It all went wrong for Hoffman after his tee shot headed right and found the water. Hoffman had no complaint about that penalty stroke. But after he took a penalty drop, his ball rolled back into the water. He was assessed a second penalty stroke that led to a score of 7 on the hole en route to shooting 1-over 72 for the day. Hoffman blamed the PGA Tour for the location of the penalty area line and charged that the USGA, an amateur association that governs the Rules of Golf in North America and Mexico, shouldn’t write the rules at the professional level.
