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What happened with Lexi, how in the world she did what she did, I don't have any idea. She had a 12‑inch putt. She certainly wasn't getting any advantage from it. And I think she just made a mistake.

I don't think she did it on purpose. I don't think she did anything malicious about anything or trying to cheat. It just happened. She did it and did it wrong, and it was obvious that she marked it back probably an inch and a half away from where it was.

So I mean, I don't know her well, but I know her. I played with her. Nice gal. I don't think that's the way she was brought up or the way she would play. And so I think it just happened to be a mistake.

Now, my opinion on that kind of stuff is that once the round is over, and the scorecard is signed, the day is over. That's my opinion. I mean, that isn't necessarily what it is. But that's what I think.

JACK NICKLAUS: First of all, I was very careful how I marked the ball. I did not ‑‑ we govern ourselves. We call rules on ourselves. The integrity of the game is that you do things the right way. So I don't think I ever in my career ever marked a ball incorrectly, okay.

Second, on three occasions on the TOUR, guys were cheating. And I looked at my playing partner, and he came to me and we talked about it and we said, if it happens again, what do you think. So on three occasions, it happened again. Three occasions we took it quietly to the tournament director of the tournament and got out of it. Nothing was ever said publicly about it.

Do I like that ‑‑ and I think it's our obligation as a player, if there is a rules violation that's blatant ‑‑ I mean, it could be accidental. But if it's blatant, then I think it's not fair to the rest of the field not to bring it up. But you bring it up quietly and try not to embarrass somebody and do it in a class manner that would maybe ‑‑ we had one in The Presidents Cup last time, I think it was last time. Anyway, and we said, what do we do about it. And I don't know why I got involved in it. I wasn't in the tournament but I was there.

They just got the captains together and had a little conversation with the young man and it was probably the best thing that ever happened to him. I think you can handle it properly, to his advantage.