Long was penalized one shot when he informed officials that his ball had moved as he lined up a putt on the 15th green. He was putting for birdie and a possible share of the lead at the time. Instead, he was left with a 10-meter putt for par. He missed the putt, and his bogey gave Els a two-stroke lead. Els praised Long for his sportsmanship after calling the penalty on himself.
Golf is a gentleman's game.
It was quite a turnaround because I was not playing all that well at that stage. Long said the ball rolled back half a circumference after he addressed it. Els, the 1994 U.S. Open champion, dropped a shot on the last hole for the final margin. He had taken the lead at the turn today. In the future I think I will have to play a lot better than that coming down the stretch.