TIL that Tiger Woods opponent in the 1996 US Amateur Championship, Steve Scott, could have allowed Tiger to commit a rules violation and won the event on that hole

"Late in the match, with Scott leading, Woods had moved his ball marker on the green so Scott could putt. When Woods went to putt, he forgot to replace his marker. Had Scott not pointed that out to him, Woods would have lost the hole and the match.

"That was the right thing to do," Scott said. "There was no way I was going to do it any other way.""-https://www.pga.com/news/pga/twenty-years-later-steve-scott-reflects-epic-battle-tiger-woods

"“I would have won the hole and the match, 3&2,” Scott notes, but in the heat of the moment, he showed his true character, reminding Woods to return his mark to the correct position. Tiger did, and went on to hole the putt. “I was 19 years old at the time,” Scott says. “I could’ve very easily done something different, but I guess my parents raised me right. In every other sport, you wait for the referee to throw a flag, but in golf it’s the right thing to do. That moment will live with me forever. It’s something I’m very proud of.”"-https://www.linksmagazine.com/mark_of_a_gentleman/

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