cant be the best player in the majors this year if he cant close them out. absolutely choked in the us open like watney did today and now this has to be one of the most devastating #18's in recent memory
i really hope this guys career doesnt go downhill from all this as he really is a very good player that should be in the running for more majors down the road.
Okay i saw the interview too Bet monkey nice post an hour later? wtf
What I am saying is where was the official to say hey you are in bunker. They should have over ruled because he did not ground the club when he addressed the ball, he rested his club when the sun came through the crowd.
he was about to step back.
too bad for the kid - he's a player hope he comes back from this one too...
my cousin was on the 18th and had his drive sail right over his head. Here was his email to me this am
You just had to see it from his perspective - he walks up a narrow chute through thousands of people and his ball is sitting on a little sandy patch covered by loose grass. It looks just like the rest of the trampled area (which has a sandy base) and he could not see the rest of the "bunker." I doubt any of the folks standing there knew whether it was a bunker.
We started a "let him play" chant and one guy wrote "Not a bunker" on a little piece of cardboard and dropped it in there for Faherty. When everyone dispersed it was clearly a bunker but I guarantee Johnson had no earthly idea.
You just had to see it from his perspective - he walks up a narrow chute through thousands of people and his ball is sitting on a little sandy patch covered by loose grass. It looks just like the rest of the trampled area (which has a sandy base) and he could not see the rest of the "bunker." I doubt any of the folks standing there knew whether it was a bunker.
We started a "let him play" chant and one guy wrote "Not a bunker" on a little piece of cardboard and dropped it in there for Faherty. When everyone dispersed it was clearly a bunker but I guarantee Johnson had no earthly idea.
these guys were told of the different circumstances several times before and during the tourney. Rules were posted in areas that they normally were not. no excuse for him or his caddie to at least consider the fact it could have been a bunker. Christ, there is 1200 of them on that course. It is not the officials resp. to make him aware. Only if he were to ask. Unfortunate for him but he also should not have hit his drive 50yds right.
Dustin Johnson got hosed. That was a horrible ruling. There's no way that's a bunker. None. I would have loved to seen him tell the PGA to shove it up their ass by putting down a 5 for that hole and then signing and turning in his scorecard. Obviously he would have then been disqualified and not gotten any prize money so he handled it very well. I just heard some of his comments and he still doesn't see how that's a bunker. He's right. It was just a bad decision by the PGA. His fellow players know it but no one will come out and call out the PGA for their obvious mistake. They don't want to bite the hand that feeds them.
But you also don't have 20,000 people lining the fariway watching your snap hook drives 
Bad comparison but I tend to agree with your view. The big issue is with the course. I was outraged seeing and hearing that people could just walk through the bunkers. WTF?? An easy fix..Treat all those bunkers that are not greenside as waste bunkers. In this case you can ground your club. I guarantee when they are back in 2015 that will be the rule.
Bad comparison but I tend to agree with your view. The big issue is with the course. I was outraged seeing and hearing that people could just walk through the bunkers. WTF?? An easy fix..Treat all those bunkers that are not greenside as waste bunkers. In this case you can ground your club. I guarantee when they are back in 2015 that will be the rule.
