One of the things I love about golf is that it is the only game I know where players call penalties on themselves.

In basketball and soccer, we see flops. In football it is usually the second guy who gets flagged. In tennis and hockey, missed calls are taken advantage of without hesitation.

But in golf, if you break a rule, you are expected to take the penalty and move on.

That expectation is part of what makes the game different.

When Patrick Reed was caught moving his ball a few years ago, it cemented his reputation as a “cheater.” In golf, that label is hard to shake.

But Sahith Theegala cemented his true character at the 2024 PGA Championship. He thought his club had brushed a few grains of sand in a bunker before his shot. No one else saw it, and it gave him no advantage. But by

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