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Originally Posted by The Great Fumar
I am not a Johnson fan and I didn't want him to win, But that was a rotten call by the rules official because that has to be the worst alledged bunker I have ever seen........It looked like a walking path , not a bunker......In fact it looked like doggie do run......
sandy fumar
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Except that the rules official went on to explain that rule #1 on a local rule sheet dealt with the peculiar situation of original bunkers that had become disfigured. It specified that these would be treated as bunkers. As would be the case with any local rule sheet in a tournament, it was provided to the players, explained verbally and posted in the lockers.
Until the official explained that, I might have seen it as a bad call. But since the specific circumstance was addressed in the local rule sheet, how could the officials reasonably have not enforced it?
And as previously mentioned, given the irregular bunkers throughout the course, my first reaction when he addressed his ball was that it was might well be a bunker.