If Dustin Johnson were a bit more of a history of golf, could've gotten me to watch him in a playoff Sunday evening.
The 26-year old isn't the first person To Fall Victim to the more than 1.000 Bunkers at Whistling Straits. Six years ago the course in Kohler, Wisconsin was home to the PGA Championship and Stuart Appleby Similar Rules in a committed a violation in one of the sandy Hazards.
"I moved a piece of dead grass and grounded my club Because I did not think it was a bunker," Appleby said.
Sound familiar?
A memo Similar to the one Johnson That Did not Fully read or comprehend was circulated back in 2004 Saying That players were Forbidden Thurs ground clubs or remove loose impediments Even If'd balls up in the fans' Footprints.
Both Mistakes Appleby made a 16 hole known as "Endless Bite." They Received two-shot penalties for EACH act wakes Gave him a quadruple bogey-nine on the par-five. It dropped him out of contention and out of the top 10 The Difference in tournament prize money was roughly $ 200,000.
Appleby owned at his error Saying, "The quad was Entirely my fault and it cost me."
Not as much as it cost Johnson though. Not only did they miss out on a shot at at his first major victory, but their 5th place finish at his cost him in the neighborhood of $ 600K-$ 1M Depending Where are they would've ended up in the three-hole playoff.
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