Tianlang Guan One Shot Penalty For Slow Play

http://espn.go.com/golf/masters13/story/_/id/9164772/2013-masters-tianlang-guan-shoots-75-penalty-slow-play

I don’t even want to contemplate the fallout if 14 year old Tianlang Guan misses the cut at the Master’s by one stroke, and that one stroke is the penalty for slow play.  This could provoke a massive international incident that will have repercussions for Western athletes wherever they play.  “Fortunately?” the penalty was assessed by an official from the European tour, but I’m certain that fact will be over-looked in the backlash.  I wouldn’t want to try to get a tee-time anywhere in China in the next few years…