PGA Chamionship

[golfer]

Now that the dust has settled, and we have found out the players were warned about these "bunkers" outside the ropes, it's just a shame that this had to happen to Johnson. He certainly believed he had simply hit his tee shot into the gallery, not thinking that the gallery would be standing in a bunker. Should a rules official have informed him he was in a bunker, yeah, I guess that would have helped, although I'm sure there was no obligation on their part to do so.

[herkhorse]

You're right, though this was more of an embarrassment to the pga officials than to Johnson, and since it was the last hole of a major championship they could have handled it better.

[jms62]

I don't understand what took so long to resolve it. Johnson knows if he grounded or not and course officials know what is and what is not a bunker. After he hit his tee shot they showed a graphic and it clearly showed it was a bunker.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by golfer

Now that the dust has settled, and we have found out the players were warned about these "bunkers" outside the ropes, it's just a shame that this had to happen to Johnson. He certainly believed he had simply hit his tee shot into the gallery, not thinking that the gallery would be standing in a bunker. Should a rules official have informed him he was in a bunker, yeah, I guess that would have helped, although I'm sure there was no obligation on their part to do so.

it didnt even look like a bunker! looked like a very small area that had been worn down by the masses!