"After Mr Ancer had signed his scorecard and exited the scoring area, video evidence was reviewed by the Committee regarding a potential breach of rule 12.2b(1), which states that touching sand in a bunker right behind the ball results in a penalty," a statement from Masters competition committee chairman James B. Hyler, Jr said.<\/p>\n
Many fans argued that you could hardly see a change in the sand behind the ball, but the committee doubled down.<\/p>\n
"The touching of the sand was deemed visible to the naked eye," Hyler said.<\/p>\n
"Had this not been the case, the video evidence would have been disregarded and a penalty would not have been applied."<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/Abraham_Ancer\/status\/1380311045210836992<\/a><\/p>\n Ancer tweeted a clip of the incident, saying "while I'm gutted, I can't wait to get after it tomorrow."<\/p>\n The replies were almost universally in support of him, with fans calling it an "absolute joke" and "ridiculous" among other more colourful reactions.<\/p>\n "Sorry to see this because it's not how the rules should be enforced," NBA legend Detlef Schrempf weighed in.<\/p>\n Ancer will have some work to do tomorrow to save his tournament and make the cut. He currently sits at 3-over, ten strokes behind leader Justin Rose, who is lapping the field<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n