PGA Championship Recap
Are you smarter than a fifth grader?
Answer the following:
Can you build sand castles in bunkers at a PGA tournament 8th hole
Whistling Straits?
Can you walk through bunkers and throw sand at each other or other friends?
Can you play with the ropes that tell where you are suppose to walk in
the bunkers?
If you see a professional in a bunker can you go up and talk to him
and get his autograph?
Is it permissible to go potty in a bunker outside the bunker or do you
have to ask an official for the potty rule?
Comments from players:
Stuart Appleby received a four shot penalty for picking up twigs in
so called bunker in the 2004 PGA Championship finishing fives shots
from the lead. Comment ridiculous conditions for any tournament.
Trevor Immelman Us Open Champion, when can have thousands of spectators walk
through sand traps with gallery ropes to guide them through-possibly
Iraq?
Stewart Cink quick update from the masters rule committee announces
green side bunker on number eighteen will have spectator seating for
corporate sponsors.
Whose to blame: PGA , Peter Dye, officials, players, spectators, All
of the above. Not the PGA they play by the rules of golf as observed
by millions of golfers world wide. One observation that has been on
going is the rule officials that either are there to help the players
with rulings and the others who try for notoriety and fame searching
for the spotlight for rule violations. You be the judge
David Price is a club professional at Bentree GC. Dallas Texas. David
was the official with the final paring and was confronted by Dustin
and his caddie on the fourteen hole concerning bunkers if you could
take a practice swing in a so called bunker and if it was possible to
remove stones that were in a sanded area bunker? They would told
practice swing was permissible and stones could be removed. Upon
arriving on the trampled dirt sanded area on number eighteen David
knew it was a bunker even though a hundred or so spectators were
standing inside the trampled bunker and his quote on why he didn't
inform Dustin was amazing. I am not here to advise every player if
they are in a bunker or not and all Dustin or his caddie had to do was
ask me. David is no stranger to imposing rule violations in 1999 Ryder
cup match between Andrew Collard and Tiger Woods he imposed a
penalty for a lost ball when seconds later the ball was found
creating a controversy on the five minute rule and when was it started
to be timed. David will be going to the Ryder Cup as an official for
the PGA lets see if he can achieve notoriety once again.
