Champions Tour player blew the whistle on Tiger Woods at Masters

The person who called PGA Tour officials and reported an infraction that Tiger Woods committed during the Masters this year has been identified by Sports Illustrated: David Eger, who has won four times on the over-50 Champions Tour.

On the second day of the Masters, Eger watched Woods play the 15th hole. His third shot hit the flagstick and caromed into the water. Eger then watched Woods take his drop. For that situation, the rules are that the player is to drop “as nearly as possible” to the ball’s previous position.

“I could see there was a divot -- not a divot, a divot hole -- when he played the shot the second time that was not there the first time,” Eger, 61, told SI. “I played it again and again. I could see that the fairway was spotless the first time he played the shot and there was that divot hole, maybe three or four feet in front of where he played after the drop.”

So, instead of dropping the ball right behind the divot hole, Woods stepped back three or four feet, causing the penalty.

Eger then called Mickey Bradley, a rules official he knew was working the Masters.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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