Serena Williams gets in trouble for attempting to take Tiger Woods’ picture

I understood the rationale for preventing pictures in the old 35mm 'film' days - the noise of automatic winders and shutter clicks, and the occasional flash, was appropriately labeled a distraction to the extreme concentration of a golfer approaching a shot.

But with modern digital cameras, there is no noise, and with cellphones, there is no noise and no chance of accidental flash. So I truly don't 'get' the continued over-the-top, even thuggish, approach to picture taking. Like the old quandary, 'if a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound?' ... if Tiger is on the tee, and someone takes a noiseless photo from the gallery, can it really be said to be a distraction to HIM? How? Tiger's visual focus is strictly on the ball. How is any golfer aware of any photo being taken in the current context.

It's obviously not about 'distraction' anymore, but either the tour trying to protect its exclusive video rights (i.e. money), OR just the irrational, mindless continuation of an antiquated policy beyond its appropriate life, out of pure habit - without any consideration of whether the original justification for the policy continues to exist.

The continuation of this policy is about as annoying as the continuation of some fans always yelling, 'get in the hole!', on putts.

People ridicule baseball players for not hitting cheese at almost 100 mph using a cylindrical bat with tens of thousands of fans sometimes screaming.  And golfers get to have library silence....kind of ridiculous, hah hah.

 @ReverendAl Tell me you're joking, please.  Are you really going to play the race card on this issue?  She was probably trying to take his picture right as he was playing a shot, which is extremely distracting.  And patrons are scolded for it all of the time at golf tournaments.  Black AND white patrons.  AND Hispanic patrons.  AND Asian patrons.  See, it's not the race of the person taking the picture that matters.  It's when they are taking it.  Even Serena allowed that she probably needed to learn golf etiquette (at least I think that's what she was trying to say).  And isn't Tiger marrying a white woman his business?  I know, maybe you really are the Reverend Al Sharpton because that's all he ever does.  Whether it applies or not, doesn't matter.  Play that race card.  The more the merrier, right, ReverendAl?  Dude, get a life.     

Obviously racism still exists in America! This marshal only wanted to put a black woman in her place! First Tiger marries a white woman, and now this! I am calling for an immediate boycott!

I know, let's have a spelling contest.

She needs to get a dictionary or spell-check  app. for that 'smart' phone!

Pro golfers -- what a bunch of overpaid wussies. They need perfect conditions to hit a stationary ball.

Send the top golfers and golf marshals into the media photographers pit  while Serena or Sharapova play. 

Nike controls all of the sports media outlets in this country They force stories about their brand and athletes on us every day. They use kickbacks, advertising and bribes to achieve this. Show you are tired of it and boycott nike!!