AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Tim Clark finished the third round of the Bridgestone in a tie for third place, but within an hour was tied for 14th after being assessed a two-shot penalty for not properly replacing his ball on the 16th green.
Clark's ball was in the line of playing partner Padraig Harrington, so he moved the mark one club head away.
After completing a 71, he expressed doubt about whether he had returned his ball to the correct spot after Harrington putted.
"It is an unfortunate situation," Clark said. "What happened is that Padraig asked me to move my ball on the last hole, and it got me thinking that I may have forgotten to move it back on the 16th hole. I just had a feeling that I had not moved it back."
Tour official Slugger White looked at television footage and determined that Clark had not put the ball in the proper spot. He then showed the video to Clark, who agreed.
"He came up and he looked at it and he knew right away as well - as honest as he could possibly be," White said. "I'm sure it'll come back to him tenfold. That's the gentleman's game we deal with."
Clark was relieved he had done the right thing.
"The good thing about it is that I called it on myself," he said. "That sort of saved some integrity for me. That is about the only good thing that I can take out of the situation."
ANOTHER GREEN JACKET: Masters champion Angel Cabrera made a special detour on his way to the Bridgestone Invitational so he could slip on a green jacket at the club where he won a major.
Only he went to Pittsburgh, not Augusta.
Cabrera returned to Oakmont Country Club for the first time since winning the 2007 U.S. Open for his first major. The club invited him, showed him the new Angel Cabrera Suite and honored him with a membership.
All members at Oakmont wear green jackets.
"It was very emotional," Cabrera said.
He was supposed to play with his coach, manager and head pro Bob Ford, but was worn out from the overnight flight that took him from Cordoba, Argentina, through Santiago, Chile, to Atlanta and up to Pittsburgh.
Instead, he walked out to the 18th green and gazed toward the tee, where Cabrera hit what he still considers the best shot of his career, a driver that split the fairway and set up a winning par.
"It looked so different without the grandstands," he said. "But it was a special feeling."
The pins were set as they were that Sunday two years ago, and Cabrera said he took two balls with him to replay the downhill putt from 20 feet that he lagged close for his par.
It was different from going back to Augusta National.
"I go there every year," Cabrera said. "We won't go back to Oakmont until 2016 (for the U.S. Open)."
Cabrera will go back in seven years as a U.S. Open champion - and an Oakmont member.
STILL HURTING: It's clear that Kenny Perry remains pained by the condition of his gravely ill mother.
Mildred Perry is under hospice care as she battles blood cancer back home in Kentucky.
Perry, who did not defend his title at the Buick Open so he could be with his mom, said he may cut back on his schedule soon.
"Well, if it gets worse, yeah, I've thought about it. We'll see," he said. "Dad told me to come out and play for right now."
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