A lot of P.G.A players reacted angrily to what happened at Whistling Straits:
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The controversial rules violation that cost Dustin Johnson a chance to compete in a three-hole playoff for the PGA Championship sparked a flurry of reaction from PGA Tour players on Twitter.
@Ianjamespoulter: Gutted for Dustin shocking rule, 900+ bunkers and probably only 100 rakes I don't get it, sorry Dustin you deserved to be in the playoff
@ PGA_JohnDaly: So, a sandbar off Lake Michigan considered a bunker too if that's what they're sayin--
@RickieFowlerPGA: No telling what I would have done...from the tv coverage I never once thought of him being in a bunker just thought it was a bare spot
@JasonGore59: Dustin Johnson. Way too handle an absolute BS ruling. Great playing. Your time is near.
@PGA_JohnDaly: So that means the sandy cart paths that I saw & other players hit off of are also considered bunkers?!
@RickieFowlerPGA: Proud of the way my boy DJ handled the ruling...I think a bunker that fans have been standing in all day should be considered a waste bunker
@CaseyWittenberg: Wow! The PGA of America just became the biggest joke in golf history! That could be the worst ruling I hv ever heard of in my entire life!
@JakeTrout (former tour player Peter Jacobsen): Whistling Straits is an fantastic course but MUST rethink the bunkers out of play. Or manage crowd better. It shouldn't cost anyone a major.
@Brian_Gay: 18 at Whistling Straits one of worst par 4s in golf... Along with 12 at Bethpage
Appleby 'angered' at how PGA ended
GolfChannel.com Team Posted 08/16/2010, 3:32 PM EST
Dustin Johnson wasn’t the first person to be bitten by the rulebook at Whistling Straits. During the third round of the 2004 PGA Championship, Stuart Appleby was assessed a four-shot penalty for removing a piece of dead grass and grounding his club in a bunker. He went on to finish T-17, five shots out of a playoff. Perhaps it’s no coincidence, then, that Appleby had this to say Monday via Twitter:
“I'm very pissed and angered that this is way the 2010 PGA came to an end. It was listed in many parts of the caddy and player areas of this unique rule for the week. Dustin and caddy are ultimately responsible for their actions....but WTH.
“I think that they need to make significant changes to the course that has hundreds of pointless bunkers that patrons have to walk through to view players.
“The PGA says that their [sic] a part of the game and to be treated as hazards. Never seen patrons walking through bunkers in any other professional event (world wide) try that at Augusta.
“Then I see them using leaf blowers to fluff up the rough to make the course harder (did they have them 100 years ago, think not)
“We go back there in 2015 I hear.
“What's the next sad story to unfold in Wisconsin?
“Stay tuned in 5 years time
Players react to Johnson rulingEmail Print Comments35 ESPN.com
The controversial rules violation that cost Dustin Johnson a chance to compete in a three-hole playoff for the PGA Championship sparked a flurry of reaction from PGA Tour players on Twitter.
@Ianjamespoulter: Gutted for Dustin shocking rule, 900+ bunkers and probably only 100 rakes I don't get it, sorry Dustin you deserved to be in the playoff
@ PGA_JohnDaly: So, a sandbar off Lake Michigan considered a bunker too if that's what they're sayin--
@RickieFowlerPGA: No telling what I would have done...from the tv coverage I never once thought of him being in a bunker just thought it was a bare spot
@JasonGore59: Dustin Johnson. Way too handle an absolute BS ruling. Great playing. Your time is near.
@PGA_JohnDaly: So that means the sandy cart paths that I saw & other players hit off of are also considered bunkers?!
@RickieFowlerPGA: Proud of the way my boy DJ handled the ruling...I think a bunker that fans have been standing in all day should be considered a waste bunker
@CaseyWittenberg: Wow! The PGA of America just became the biggest joke in golf history! That could be the worst ruling I hv ever heard of in my entire life!
@JakeTrout (former tour player Peter Jacobsen): Whistling Straits is an fantastic course but MUST rethink the bunkers out of play. Or manage crowd better. It shouldn't cost anyone a major.
@Brian_Gay: 18 at Whistling Straits one of worst par 4s in golf... Along with 12 at Bethpage
Appleby 'angered' at how PGA ended
GolfChannel.com Team Posted 08/16/2010, 3:32 PM EST
Dustin Johnson wasn’t the first person to be bitten by the rulebook at Whistling Straits. During the third round of the 2004 PGA Championship, Stuart Appleby was assessed a four-shot penalty for removing a piece of dead grass and grounding his club in a bunker. He went on to finish T-17, five shots out of a playoff. Perhaps it’s no coincidence, then, that Appleby had this to say Monday via Twitter:
“I'm very pissed and angered that this is way the 2010 PGA came to an end. It was listed in many parts of the caddy and player areas of this unique rule for the week. Dustin and caddy are ultimately responsible for their actions....but WTH.
“I think that they need to make significant changes to the course that has hundreds of pointless bunkers that patrons have to walk through to view players.
“The PGA says that their [sic] a part of the game and to be treated as hazards. Never seen patrons walking through bunkers in any other professional event (world wide) try that at Augusta.
“Then I see them using leaf blowers to fluff up the rough to make the course harder (did they have them 100 years ago, think not)
“We go back there in 2015 I hear.
“What's the next sad story to unfold in Wisconsin?
“Stay tuned in 5 years time
