Summary
In the neighborhood of 1,000 bunkers stretch across the landscape at Whistling Straits, creating this simple rule of thumb: if your ball's not on grass it's probably in the sand. Dustin Johnson not only failed to realize as much, he failed to even entertain the possibility, an oversight that cost him a spot in Sunday's playoff at the PGA Championship.
Johnson's plight unleashed a flood of sympathy as well as the empathy of fellow tour pro Stuart Appleby, who incurred the same penalty on the same course in the same championship six years earlier. Indeed, history does tend to repeat itself, especially by those oblivious to the occurrence and unmindful of warnings issued to prevent subsequent missteps.See the full content of this document
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Johnson's Naivete No Excuse
A litany of complacency led to the two-stroke penalty that dropped Johnson into a tie for fifth after yet another splendid major performance that ...
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