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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- The PGA Tour rescinded the two-shot penalty given to Justin Rose before his final round Sunday in The Players Championship, changing its mind to say sophisticated TV technology was the only way to determine the violation. Rose was given a reprieve by an addition in January to the "Decisions on the Rules of Golf" that waives a penalty if the slightest movement of a golf ball can only be detected by enhanced technology. It was the first time Decision 18/4 was used. "I didnt know that this new recall was in place," Rose said after closing with a 3-under 69. Rose was penalized after the third round when he addressed a chip shot off the 18th green, and suddenly backed away. Rose said he didnt think the ball had moved from its original position, even after consulting with playing partner Sergio Garcia and seeing a replay on the video board. Only after his round, when he met with officials and watched a third television angle zoom in on the ball, was it clear that it moved ever so slightly. He was penalized under Rule 18-2b -- one shot for the ball moving at address, another for returning it to its original position. His 71 was changed to a 73, and he went left the course seven shots out of the lead. About an hour before he teed off Sunday, he was back to where he was. Because it was too late to adjust the tee times, Rose started his final round more than an hour before the other players on the same score of 7-under 209. Rose was within two shots of the leaders at the turn until three straight bogeys. Rose closed with back-to-back birdies and finished at 10-under 278. "We feel like we did the right thing here," said Mark Russell, vice-president of competition for the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour said in a statement the incident had been reviewed because Decision 18/4 had never been used. "The Rules Committee reopened the incident and focused on how much the use of sophisticated technology played a part in making the original ruling," the statement said. "After that review, it was determined that the only way to confirm whether and how much the ball in fact changed position was to utilize sophisticated technology." Russell said the tour consulted Grant Moir from the Royal & Ancient and Thomas Pagel of the USGA before deciding to apply the new decision. Decision 18/4 waives the penalty if a ball movement is not "reasonably discernible to the naked eye at the time" and required enhanced technology, such as HDTV. The example often cited by rules officials is when Peter Hanson had a double-hit that could not be detected except through HD in super slow-motion. One reason cited for penalizing him in the first place was the way Rose backed away from the shot, aware that there might have been movement. Rose maintained he did not think the ball moved until seeing the close-up view that he said was magnified so much "the golf ball looked like a Lego ball." "I was willing to accept the way things played out last night, and under 50 times magnification, you could argue that there was a tiny bit of a roll toward the toe (of the club)," Rose said. "Im talking a hair or a millimeter or a quarter dimple or whatever it might be." Russell did not made clear what triggered their decision to review a ruling that had already been made. He described sophisticated technology as "HD zoomed in." "It was such a slight move that it was not discernible by the naked eye," Russell said. "He didnt know. He knew something happened when he grounded his club and felt like he pressed the grass down. And it came right back. Everything went down and then the grass went down and the ball came back up. He knew something happened, he backed away from that, but it took something really zoomed in that was not seen on regular television to determine if the ball did indeed move. And it did." Rose said it was "interesting" that Decision 18/4 was not mentioned Saturday night as he met with officials. He said he only learned about it through comments he was getting on Twitter, and when he saw the decision, it sounded exactly like what had happened to him. "We have never had this tool before that we could apply," Russell said. "We asked for this and we feel like that this is the first time this has ever been used and we feel like this is exactly why this decision is in there. ... I think he deserved exactly what he received under the rules." Rose said he wasnt going to argue with the officials Saturday night that he would happily go along with whatever they decided. "Im certainly surprised its overturned," he said. "Very rarely is that ever the case. Never, ever the case. Im not sure." 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The two goals brought Huntelaars total for the season to 18, level with Bayern Munichs Mario Gomez for most in the league.BELLEVILLE, Ont. -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Remi Elie scored once and set up two more for the Bulls (2-6-2) while Andrew Ming, Jake Marchment, Brendan Gaunce, Luke Cairns and David Tomasek had the others. Jason Dickinson led the Storm (5-3-0) offensively with two goals and an assist as Ryan Horvat, Brody Milne and Hunter Garlent each scored once. Justin Nichols only lasted 13 minutes in net for Guelph after giving up three goals on eight shots. Matthew Mancina replaced Nichols and recorded the loss after stopping 18-of-21 shots. Guelph crushed Belleville in the shot category in the opening period 20-9, and 72-29 overall, however the Bulls led 4-0 after 20 minutes of play. Marchment opened the scoring 1:13 into the game and Elie added the next one at 5:36. Ming scored next, which led to Nichols being pulled, and Gaunce made it 4-0 at 18:55. Milne and Garlent scored three minutes apart for the Storm, cutting the Bulls lead in half, however Cairns made it 5-2 Belleville at 11:30. Horvat and Tomasek then traded goals to make it 6-3 Bulls heading into the final period. Dickinson scored twice for Guelph in the final period, however Graham stopped 23 shots to preserve the victory. Belleville went 0 for 3 on the power play while Guelph scored once on four chances with the man advantage. --- Otters 6 Spirit 5 (SO) ERIE, Pa. -- Connor Brown scored twice in regulation and again in the shootout as the Otters slipped past Saginaw. Dylan Strome scored the shootout winner for Erie (6-2-1) while Dane Fox, Nick Betz and Jake Evans had the others. Eric Locke had a pair of goals for the Spiriit (4-4-2) and Justin Sefton, Sean Callaghan and Justin Kea had the others.dddddddddddd Devin Williams made 29 saves for the win as Nikita Serebryakov turned away 43 shots in defeat. --- Whalers 4 Rangers 2 PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 37 shots as the Whalers doubled up Kitchener. Gianluca Curcuruto had a goal and an assist for Plymouth (4-6-0) as Zach Lorentz, Victor Crus Rydberg and Carter Sandlak scored a goal apiece. Ryan MacInnis and Matia Marcantuoni supplied the offence for the Rangers (3-4-0). Jack Moylan took the loss after giving up three goals on 23 shots. --- Greyhounds 5 Spitfires 0 SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. -- Matt Murray turned away all 24 shots he faced as the Greyhounds blanked Windsor. Blake Speers scored twice for Sault Ste. Marie (6-1-1) while Sergey Tolchinky, Tyler Gaudet and Kyle Jenkins added the other goals. Spitfires (4-5-0) goaltender Dalen Kuchmey stopped 11-of-15 shots before giving way to Jordan DeKort, who allowed one goal on 17 shots in 32 minutes of relief. --- Steelheads 2 Colts 1 BARRIE, Ont. -- Sean Day scored the winner early in the third period as Mississauga defeated the Colts. Bobby MacIntyre also scored for the Steelheads (5-4-0) while Spencer Martin made 36 saves for the victory. Andrew Mangiapane supplied the lone goal for Barrie (3-5-1). Daniel Gibl turned aside 21-of-23 shots in a losing cause. --- Attack 1 Battalion 0 OWEN SOUND, Ont. -- Cameron Brace scored the winner 58 seconds into the third period as the Attack blanked North Bay. Brandon Hope made 36 saves for Owen Sound (4-5-1) while Gemel Smith and Kyle Hope assisted on Braces winner. Brendan ONeill stopped 23-of-24 shots for the Battalion (5-6-0). ' ' '