| Tiger Woods was distancing himself from angry | | | | also went further by describing the lay as being |
| claims that he was being more favourable treated by | | | | awful, and most difficult for Tiger to make the shot. |
| the R&A Officials during the opening round of the | | | | Roe stated it was very moveable and moments later |
| British Open at Carnoustie. | | | | went on to prove his point. |
| Tigers ball came to rest from his drive from the 10th | | | | Later Roe was to be surprised even more to find |
| tee against Television cables. Mr Holmes the R&A | | | | out that Tiger had not asked for the rule to be |
| official with the party, tried and failed to move the | | | | invoked. Tiger Woods himself stated that he had |
| cables himself and failed deemed them a immovable | | | | been surprised to be offered the drop as he did not |
| obstruction . Hence tiger was entitled and given a | | | | ask for it. ( Television Cables are normally classed as |
| free drop. However Mark Roe the radio | | | | moveable but on this occasion immovable ). |
| commentator who was also with the group told his | | | | Later Holmes said it was ridiculous that he had |
| listeners that in the twenty or so years he had | | | | deemed the cables immovable because of whose ball |
| played the European Tour he had never seen or | | | | it was, ( Tigers ), and that he had applied the letter |
| heard of such a drop given. He suggested that | | | | of the rule. I couldn't move the cables, so they |
| Holmes only called it because it was Tiger Woods.He | | | | became immovable, and that is that. |