If you’re gonna be dumb…
…you gotta be tough. Just ask Dustin Johnson after all…he (moronically) grounded his club in a tire track bunker and the rest has been fodder for the Internets during the past three days.
We say though Dustin, good for you…that sort of mindless ‘just hit it’ play put you into contention in the first place, so stick with what got ya there and you’ll get one of those big boy trophies soon enough.
Here’s to you DJ – cue the music!
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Well, dumb is one excuse. I’ve taken a lot of flack for this, but I really only have one conclusion. He grounds the club, steps away, then doesn’t ground the club implying something changed in his thinking about the lie. Contrast this to Brian Davis at this year’s Heritage where he called into question his backswing which may or may not have swished a weed in the bunker (it did and knocked him out of the playoff). Or Stuart Appleby who at the same course several years ago grounded, cleaned up debris, then grounded his club, incurring 5 strokes. Bobby Jones famously declared, “you might as well praise a man for not robbing a bank,” after calling a penalty in a bunker that only he saw. Mr. Johnson’s actions reflects this society’s approach to transgression: act as if nothing happened then play the victim. If Davis wanted to win it, he would have kept it in the fairway. He’s obviously very talented, but the video shows that his head is not in the game at the most critical moments. The idea that he was robbed is the reason why you see unrepaired ball marks and unfilled divots.
http://golfism.org/2010/08/16/holding-your-hand-in-the-fire/
errata in comment above: should read, “if Mr. Johnson wanted to win it, he would have kept it in the fairway.”
So much can be said about not using driver on the 18th hole of a major championship where many could have beens wish for a lifetime they had used a 3 iron.
Okay, so DJ was dumb on that 18th hole. But how come nobody is talking about Bubba going for the green in the playoff?!?! That was dumb.
But for the record, I still don’t think it was a bunker!