She didn't get disqualified for making a closer shot. She got disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. That's because at the time she signed it, it was correct. But after Bamberger got the officials back out there after her round was over, they declared the error which is a two-stroke penalty.
Imagine if football games or baseball games were changed long after play was over. "I'm sorry, Mr. Torre, but we've now decided the ball was foul. Your team doesn't get the double so you've lost instead of won. Sorry."
If they are going to punish a golfer, it should be before the round is over. That part of the rules is what really sucks.
.............. better...... at least before they sign their scorecard that particular day..
If he told her his 'concern's the day before she would have been able to change the score on her card. He waited an extra day making me believe he wanted to 'get her'.
I agree. I really don't have a problem with the retroactive assessment of the penalty, but if you're going to do that, she should have had the opportunity to correct her scorecard to reflect the penalty.
That said, the moral of the story is to never, ever take an unsupervised drop.