The Masters has received tremendous publicity for the qualification of 14-year-old Tianlang Guan from China to the 2013 Masters. He won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand to punch his ticket to Augusta National.

Guan posted a one-over par 73 on Thursday with five bogeys and four birdies on his card.

The problem came on Friday when his group consisting of 61-year-old Ben Crenshaw and 19-year-old Matteo Manaserro were informed on No. 10 that they were out of position on the golf course with two holes open ahead of them.

They would be on the clock and each player would be timed while executing their shots.

Guan received his first excessive time warning on No. 12 and took too much time to hit his tee shot on the par-3 No. 16.  He received his second excessive time warning from rules official John Paramor and was assessed a one-stroke penalty on No. 17.

The penalty brought him to three-over par for the day and four-over par for the tournament right on the cut line.

Jason Day finished as the leader at six-under par allowing all players within 10 shots of the lead to make the cut.

14-year-old Tianlang Guan is the only amateur to play the weekend and is a huge story in Asia. In spite of a time penalty he made the cut at the Masters.

The biggest story from the Masters came to light on Saturday morning. After a forced lay-up, Tiger Woods hit a perfect third shot at the par-5 No. 15 on Friday. His shot was so good that it hit the pin and ricocheted back into Rae’s Creek fronting the green.

Woods had three options for relief at No. 15 and chose to drop near the previous spot. The rule states that he was to drop as near as possible to the exact spot of the previous shot.

A caller phoned into the Masters and alerted them to an incorrect drop. The Masters Rules Committee reviewed the drop and confirmed that no violation had occurred while Woods was still on the course.

In his post-round interview, Woods mentioned that he had dropped his ball two yards behind the previous divot. Was that as near as possible to the previous spot?

The Masters Rules Committee again reviewed the video tape of the drop and subsequent shot executed by Woods and ruled that a violation had indeed occurred. Woods was assessed a two-stroke penalty.

The problem now became the rules committee had already affirmed to Woods prior to signing his card that no violation occurred. With the penalty shots added, Woods would have signed an incorrect scorecard and be subject to disqualification.

The Masters being the Masters issued a statement and announced that Woods would not be disqualified.

Media and some players are calling for his disqualification but Woods has decided to accept the penalty and play on.

He will start Saturday’s third round at one-under par five shots behind the leader Jason Day.

His perfect chip shot on No. 15 on Friday turned into a triple-bogey and moved him down to T-19.