WOW! What a tournament. I was not a fan of this course to begin with and this tops it off. There was a moment during the week where I thought to myself "This is boring". It was not till Sunday afternoon at about 4:30 eastern time did I focus in. We had a five way race with D. Johnson, Z.Johnson, R.McIlroy, BuBBA and M.Kaymer. Sure others made a push. When Dustin Johnson came to the 18th green, I had this feeling. The feeling was he was going to hit a bad drive. Sure enough he went 20 rows deep into the crowd. He found his ball in a "bunker", or was it? Dustin Johnson did not think it was a bunker nor did his caddy. But the rules sheet did say --"All areas of the course that were designed and built as sand bunkers will be played as bunkers (hazards), whether or not they have been raked. This will mean that many bunkers positioned outside of the ropes, as well some areas of bunkers inside the ropes, close to the rope line, will likely include numerous footprints, heel prints and tire tracks during the play of the Championship. Such irregularities of surface are a part of the game and no free relief will be available from these conditions."--
This is a dumb rule! What courses allow fans to walk through bunkers? Oh I guess this one does. It is like the folks from Whistling Straits wanted to prove a point. Wanted to be like we have 1200 bunkers and we are the best! This bunker should have been a waste bunker. Yes, after watching the replay, you can see the lip of the bunker. But I see grass and such, it looked like a "manger" said CBS golf analysis David Feherty. What a classic quote. But overall this rule was dumb and should have been in effect! It will be interesting to see what happen in 2015.
Monday, August 16, 2010
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