The United States Golf Association and The R&A have jointly decided on modernizing the rules of golf by limiting the use of video technology in some situations when it produces evidence of a breach in the rules.
The announcement Tuesday came after Lexi Thompson earlier this month had her lead in a major wiped out by a four-stroke penalty issued in the middle of her final round after a television viewer reported a breach from the previous day’s action.
“Video technology, especially the use of methods such as high resolution or close-up camera shots that can be replayed in slow motion, has the potential to undermine this essential characteristic of the game by identifying the existence of facts that could not reasonably be identified in any other way,” the decision read.