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PGA championship leader, Dustin Johnson, put out for grounding club.

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January 11, 2014
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25 Reply to “PGA championship leader, Dustin Johnson, put out for grounding club.”

  1. RBZ Golf says:
    January 11, 2014 at 11:43 pm

    you can ground your club in a bunker with no rake…

  2. huskair says:
    January 12, 2014 at 12:24 am

    I didn’t realize they allowed fans to walk all over “bunkers” at Major
    Championship courses.

  3. coolram52 says:
    January 12, 2014 at 12:35 am

    @bwcrackhead Well, 90% of the people think he got screwed. You are in the
    minority. And he *was* thinking…he was thinking about how to get his ball
    on the green. He wasn’t thinking “hey, is this patch of dirt a bunker?” Did
    you notice that when he hit the ball it wasn’t a spray of sand that came
    up, it was a cloud of dust.

  4. bwcrackhead says:
    January 12, 2014 at 1:31 am

    @sketto i dont know if ever in walking around in the woods have i ever seen
    an area where there was an obvious lip on an area covered in WHITE SAND.
    this was a bunker clear and simple.

  5. Rjn0101 says:
    January 12, 2014 at 2:23 am

    @OrchidDada grounding the ball is when your club touches the sand anytime
    prior to your swing. I am not sure exactly why they made it against the
    rules… but it just is. Possibly because if that rule did not exist you
    could move the sand around to your liking before making your shot

  6. doracrossedtheborder says:
    January 12, 2014 at 3:12 am

    where is the rake

  7. Defiantest says:
    January 12, 2014 at 3:55 am

    Tough call, on whether it’s “really” a bunker (seems like a helluva lot of
    footprints in there around the ball, if it is), but good man-up and aplomb
    on Dustin’s part to accept the judgment with such grace and manners. I hope
    we will hear much of this gentleman in the future, and that his integrity
    brings the reward it deserves.

  8. coolram52 says:
    January 12, 2014 at 4:12 am

    @bwcrackhead How is not a bunker? Well for one thing fans are not allowed
    to stand in bunkers. Johnson saw lots of fans in the “bunker”. He said
    several times when he was interviewed that it never even crossed his mind
    that it was a bunker. He’s seen thousands of bunkers in his career, and if
    he didn’t think it was a bunker, it wasn’t. And if it was, the officials
    should have shooed all those fans out of there. Sandy soil does not a
    bunker make, especially when it’s outside the ropes.

  9. coolram52 says:
    January 12, 2014 at 5:09 am

    @bwcrackhead Yes, he should have asked if it had “crossed his mind” that
    this might be a bunker. As he said, it *never* crossed his mind that this
    was a bunker. I don’t blame him; I was watching live and just thought it
    was a patch of dirty, grass-covered, sandy soil. If that was designed as a
    bunker, it’s stupid, especially due to its location way off the course.
    Bottom line is that what he did gave him no advantage. It’s a
    spirit-of-the-rule vs letter-of-the-rule thing.

  10. HSGolfer2 says:
    January 12, 2014 at 6:06 am

    Shittiest bunker ive ever seen

  11. Bruce Sa says:
    January 12, 2014 at 6:36 am

    It;s funny how all those fans r wearing the same kind of shoes lol faggots

  12. IowazFullaCorn says:
    January 12, 2014 at 7:09 am

    I am so mad about this. I hate the PGA.

  13. bwcrackhead says:
    January 12, 2014 at 7:47 am

    @coolram52 definitely a crappy bunker. i agree on that. but…..rules is
    rules……

  14. martian59 says:
    January 12, 2014 at 8:20 am

    It’s clearly a bunker you nimrods. Look at how the hillside is cut out and
    sand dominates the immediate area. Whether it is taken care of or not is of
    no consequence. If it is ground under repair, it would have been outlined
    by a white line but it wasn’t.

  15. Robert Andrews says:
    January 12, 2014 at 9:16 am

    He was done before he even set up because his caddy, Bobby Brown parked his
    bag in the bunker while they were talking about the shot, which is a
    penalty.

  16. bwcrackhead says:
    January 12, 2014 at 9:16 am

    @basa820 it’d be like going to a basketball game and all those invalids are
    wearing jordans…….gay on 2 accounts.

  17. sketto says:
    January 12, 2014 at 9:22 am

    How about, prior to the tournament just calling it “not a bunker” rather
    than pretending it is, handing out flyers, warning players, posting it in
    the locker room, allowing fans to walk all over it and then penalizing
    players for something affected by random fans walking on it? Or does that
    make too much sense?

  18. bwcrackhead says:
    January 12, 2014 at 10:11 am

    @StretfordReds i see that you’re infatuated with me…..its a bit scary.
    and as for not knowing anything about golf…..i dont know how you can
    infer that from anything ive said.

  19. bwcrackhead says:
    January 12, 2014 at 10:20 am

    @jamessalvant agreed.

  20. Shnooka30 says:
    January 12, 2014 at 10:59 am

    This is crazy…No way thats a bunker!

  21. bwcrackhead says:
    January 12, 2014 at 11:23 am

    @coolram52 if it never crossed his mind then he wasnt thinking…..im a
    nurse….if i assumed stuff —-people would die. he depends on every
    detail to win a course…..at that level nothing should escape his
    assessment. its what he does for a living.

  22. Sketto8 says:
    January 12, 2014 at 11:48 am

    @bwcrackhead Well, he still seems like a tough competitor mentally, so
    let’s hope he’s in a major again soon with another chance to put it away.

  23. szsori says:
    January 12, 2014 at 12:08 pm

    Unfortunate, but pretty obvious that he broke the rule. Even more clear
    knowing the memo they gave to the golfers before the tournament. Regardless
    of his intent, rules must be enforced absolutely otherwise every rule can
    be debated in every situation.

  24. OrchidDada says:
    January 12, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    @Rjn0101 Thanks Rjn.

  25. bwcrackhead says:
    January 12, 2014 at 1:25 pm

    @transamjames he is good….but he shouldve read the rules of the course
    before playing….they wouldnt post such things if they didnt think they
    would be useful….kind of like speed limits….theyre not suggestions. if
    you disobey….you will be penalized. and he was.

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