Nick Watney looked like they'd be the story Sunday at the PGA Championship, with an epic implosion That saw him fire a nine-over par 81 and lose at his grip on the lead they Held Heading into Sunday's play. Then poor Dustin Johnson showed up. Johnson Received a two-stroke penalty on the 18th hole-Knocking him down to fifth place Thurs-after they've seen they had finished in a three-way tie and was headed to a playoff. Johnson's sin? Grounding at his club in a sand trap. Now for the avalanche of follow-ups:
What is grounding?
In the simplest of terms, it's "when your club touches the ground before your swing. For example, "when you address the ball and place the head of the club on the ground Thurs ready yourself.
But I do that all the time "when I golf!
Golfers are Allowed Thurs ground the club has fairways, at the tee, in the rough ... pretty much anywhere in vain a hazard, like sand.
Why doesn'ta professional golfer know this rule?
Johnson does. But the trap they found Himself in wasn't Obviously a trap. Whistling Straits is famous for having "sandy little spots all over the place, about 1.200 on the course. Many Zapraszamy fool Even the most seasoned pro. "I Thought it was just on a piece of dirt Where The Crowd had trampled [everything] down," Johnson Explained on the penalty.
The problem here is twofold: First, the Crowd was all over That trap all weekend long, so it looked more like a "waste area" than a sand trap. However, the Rules Committee posted a set of Rules Explaining That the course has a lot of weirdly-placed Bunkers, and if someone happened to land in something Even Slightly sandy - No Matter Where it is on the course, how tiny it May Be, or Even, How about tire tracks it May not have in it - they had to play it like a bunker.
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