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So what if this Price Is Right contestant's putting stroke is blatantly illegal? It still won her a new car
Something tells us that when 84-year-old Margaret is riding in the new $16,000 car she won on The Price Is Right, she won't be lamenting her violation of the Rules of Golf. Nor should she -- last we checked, a TV soundstage is not a regulation golf course, and it was good enough to net her a new set of wheels.
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As Snead told Sports Illustrated in 1967, the stroke was ideal for players of advanced age. "Not too many people can bend over quite as well as I can, but I think it is good for old golfers," he said. "They don't have to coordinate two hands, only one."
The stroke was deemed objectionable by a number of golf people, including Bobby Jones, and it was made illegal by the USGA in 1968, with the rule stating:
The player must not make a stroke on the putting green from a stance astride, or with either foot touching, the line of putt or an extension of that line behind the ball.
For the record, the penalty here is two strokes or a loss of hole, but for now, we'll let Margaret off with a warning.