Watch: I didn’t try to cheat – American golfer

A controversial incident happened at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, but Wyndham Clark was deemed not to have broken a rule.

March 10, 2024

Compleat Golfer 1 minute read

Did American Wyndham Clark move his ball as he was sizing up his second shot out of the dense rough left of the 18th fairway at Bay Hill on Saturday?

According to rules officials, he did not.

Ken Tackett, the chief referee of the event, later confirmed that the PGA Tour’s rules committee at Bay Hill (where the Arnold Palmer Invitational was played) agreed that the ball wobbled but returned to its original spot, thus no penalty.

🚨NO #PENALTY — After reviewing footage of the potential rules violation by Wyndham Clark, rules officials concluded that the ball had not moved, per @espenblaker — Clark said he did not feel like it moved. “I didn’t try to cheat.”

Agree with the ruling?pic.twitter.com/BGkozGSmiR

— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) March 9, 2024