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Just a random question about grounding your club in a bunker. On Friday at the US Open Retief Goosen's ball was outside of the bunker and the USGA director stated that he was allowed to ground his club in the sand that was outside the defined margin of the bunker, which makes total sense.
Lets say I have a shot where I'm behind a greenside bunker and I have to shoot over it to the green. Am I allowed to go into the bunker and ground my club/test the firmness of the sand when my ball is outside of the bunker or is that a 1 stroke penalty even though my ball is in the rough behind it?
The only reason you'd do it, I know this sounds kind of stupid, but if you duff the shot and it ends up in the bunker than you kind of know what to expect. Now I do believe that is positive thinking!
Lets say I have a shot where I'm behind a greenside bunker and I have to shoot over it to the green. Am I allowed to go into the bunker and ground my club/test the firmness of the sand when my ball is outside of the bunker or is that a 1 stroke penalty even though my ball is in the rough behind it?
The only reason you'd do it, I know this sounds kind of stupid, but if you duff the shot and it ends up in the bunker than you kind of know what to expect. Now I do believe that is positive thinking!
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