THERE was no trophy, but their plenty of sympathy for American golfer Dustin Johnson, on them was penalised two strokes for grounding at his club in a bunker''''on the 72nd hole of the U.S. PGA at Whistling Straits. The penalty meant That Johnson missed a spot in the play-offs.
Breaches of the Rules, happen all the time even if we Among the prose. With Johnson joining the list of golf's most memorable penalties, here are 10 of the most famous.
Bobby Jones, the 1925 U.S. Open
Robert Tyre Jones Jnr Retired in 1930 at just 28 having "Achieved the''grand slam''- winning the British Amateur and Open plus the U.S. Open and Amateur in one year.
Even the great Jones'd Lament That one got away. In the final round of the 1925 U.S. Open, his ball moved in long grass as they addressed it near the 11th green. No one else saw it. Even Officials objected Thurs him adding a penalty stroke Thurs at his score, but their Jones insisted. INSTEAD of winning by a shot, Jones went into a play-off with Willie Macfarlane, Ken won a 36-hole play-off by a shot. Jones was praised for His Honesty on the tournament. ''You Might as well praise me for breaking into Banks Not,''they replied.''There is only one way to play this game.''
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