Faldo: Tiger Dropping Ball By Not 'Manly' Withdrawing

CBS golf analyst Nick Faldo said Tiger Woods should do the “manly” thing and withdraw from the Masters after he was assessed a controversial two-shot penalty on Saturday for an illegal drop on Friday. Woods, as a result, had signed a wrong scorecard, but an amendment to a 2012 rule protected him from getting disqualified.

“He should really sit down and think about this and the mark this will leave on his career, his legacy, everything,” Faldo said. “He should really sit quietly with whoever he trusts, Mark Steinberg, a few others, maybe Lindsey as well, and sit and just go, wow, I would be doing the rule manly thing to go, I have broken the rules of golf.”

Faldo added that all golfers have “policed ourselves,” and that is the “most wonderful thing about this game of golf.”

“By the black and white of these rules. It’s been around since 1911, USGA, and, you know, sometimes the black and white is harsh,” Faldo said. “But i think Tiger would gain massive brownie points if he stood up and said, you know, you’re right, guys, I clearly have broken the rules. And I’ll walk, I’ll see you next week.”

Other golfers like Paul Azinger, who had been disqualified at Doral after a viewer called in a rule violation, said Woods should not withdraw to protect the integrity of the new rule.