Read the PGA and Whistling Straits specific rules on “grounding the club” in a bunker that knocked Dustin Johnson out of thePGA Championship playoffs.
26-year-old Dustin Johnson had a one-stroke lead at the PGA Championship when his tee shot on 18 landed in a sandy patch in the gallery to the right. His next shot on the 500-yard par four hole went well left of the green and the young golfer thought sinking a chipshot would give him the title or he would join Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer in a playoff by making the subsequent putt.
But Johnson was met by a PGA official as he walked off the green and after conversing in the official&8217;s tent for a number of minutes it was announced he had been assessed a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a bunker on 18! That changed his final round score from a 71 to a 73 and instead of being in a three-way playoff for the Championship he had to settle for a tie for fifth place.
A far away shot of Johnson&8217;s lie in the gallery at 18.
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