Tiger Woods vs. Padraig Harrington: Enough About The Clock Already

There is perhaps no clock in the world right now, other than possibly Big Ben, more famous than the stop watch John Paramor was holding in his hand on the 16th hole on Sunday afternoon at Firestone Country Club. For those of you who haven’t turned on a television, picked up a newspaper, or logged onto a website since Sunday, Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington were put on the clock by rules official, John Paramor, on the 16th hole of the final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. At the time, Harrington was holding a one-stroke lead over Woods with just three holes to play. At the time, Woods and Harrington were also nearly an entire hole behind the group in front of them. Harrington went on to make an eight on the hole and there has been outrage ever since. How could the rules official possibly put Harrington and Woods on the clock when they were the final pairing of the day and involved in an intense battle that’s so very rare whenever Tiger Woods is in the m...