In fairness to the officials, they gave written notice to all of the players that they should be extra careful about playing from sandy areas outside the "usual" playing area, as the course is full of bunkers that don't come into play for the pros. Golf Digest did a bunker count at Whistling Straits earlier this year, and came up with an "actual count" of 967, which may or may not be accurate. Occasionally the course designer, Pete Dye comes in and says "lets open up this bunker", and they remove some grass and expose a bunker that nobody knew was there. The CBS announcers said that there are more than a thousand of them. Personally I felt terrible for Dustin Johnson, but he seemed to handle it well and had a good interview with David Feherty right after it happened. He showed a lot of class.
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