Check out social medias reaction to Nelly Korda's controversial putt.
“Even The Solheim Cup Has Had VAR Controversy” – Social Media Reacts To Solheim Cup Incident
The Solheim Cup is never short of controversy and, on the very first day, we saw an incident that sent the Twittersphere into a near meltdown.
With Korda’s putt hanging on the lip for eagle, Madelene Sagstrom picked up the ball and passed it back to her.
In doing so she broke rule 13.3a; therefore, team USA went on to win the hole and then the match by 1-up, with the rules decision proving the deciding factor.
You can check out the incident here.
But how did social media react to the incident. We take a look below.
Overhanging or not is the question here. The 🇪🇺 picked up the 🇺🇸 ball after 7 seconds, Korda/Ewing win hole. @missyjonjones made the call based on another official determining it was overhanging. https://t.co/4dsbPHCXAy pic.twitter.com/hOKC4Dp7Ax
— Geoff Shackelford (@GeoffShac) September 4, 2021
Nothing like when rules officials want to be the centre of attention…
— Thomas Bjørn (@thomasbjorngolf) September 4, 2021
Korda and Ewing should have conceded the next hole. Ludicrous to win one in those circumstances.
— Ewan Murray (@mrewanmurray) September 4, 2021
hahahahaha reallyyyyyy
— Meghan MacLaren (@meg_maclaren) September 4, 2021
Words fail me. Neither Korda nor Ewing did anything to stop Sagstrom picking up their ball, which was patently not moving. Americans must be desperate.
— Maureen Madill (@mogolf99) September 4, 2021
Rules are rules I guess but that ball was never dropping even Korda knew it. Not a Solheim Cup without a bit of controversy…
— Isabel Baldwin (@izzycbaldwin) September 4, 2021
Well I wouldn’t be buying them a pint in the clubhouse after the fiddle at Worksop if they tried that one on me! The rules might have been applied correctly but I’m not sure it falls in line with the spirit of the game.
— Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) September 4, 2021
Even the Solheim cup has had VAR controversy ☹️
— Sean Gosling, Toby & little Ted (@SeanGosling5) September 4, 2021
It’s September 2051 , Nelly Korda’s putt is still hanging an inch from the hole and not dropped 30 years later 😂😂😂😂😂
— Jason Bishop (@theBishopis) September 4, 2021
The #SolheimCup where you can miss an eagle putt, but still make an eagle. Yes, she shouldn't have picked it up but that ball wasn't falling in ten seconds or ten hours or ten days. pic.twitter.com/2o5Db5a3xp
— Robert Lusetich (@RobertLusetich) September 4, 2021
Surely the 10-second rule can only apply when a ball is overhanging the hole and, sorry, that was clearly not the case with Nelly Korda's ball. Bad call by the rules official, in my opinion
— Martin Dempster (@DempsterMartin) September 4, 2021
Do rules officials in golf realise how unbelievably stupid they make our game look.
Clear cut….
🤷🏻♂️— Thomas Bjørn (@thomasbjorngolf) September 4, 2021
Another angle of where Nelly Korda’s putt finished up pic.twitter.com/0jsBv5GUFD
— Mark Townsend (@MTownsendGolf) September 4, 2021
Absolutely no way that ball was ever gonna drop. The rule is BS. Always have to create controversy 😂 #solheimcup
— Paul Beckwith (@paulbeckwith96) September 4, 2021
The #SolheimCup has made for great viewing today. Until a rules official stepped in and made a shite of a match. Wonder how many people turned off?! The nonsense rules of golf will be its downfall….
— Dearbhla Stapleton (@dervstapleton) September 4, 2021
I respect the hell out of Nelly & Ally.
But you concede the next hole. It wasn’t the rules official’s fault. She did her job.
One of the beauties of match play is u can correct an error in how the rules are written.
Should’ve happened in the Lee/Pettersen match #SolheimCup
— Lisa Cornwell (@LisaMCornwell) September 4, 2021