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From Kevin:
I am having a dispute with my golfing partners about the following;
was watching the Masters event this year when on the 10th hole (I believe) a golfer was penalised because he stood in a fairway bunker to play his ball, which was outside the bunker. He hit his shot into a greenside bunker and according to Peter Allis's commentary (must therefore be accurate) he was penalised because his caddie had raked the fairway bunker and thus the golfer was ruled to have "tested the sand."
Neither of my golfing partners will believe this, and say if it happened it must have been a local rule. Can you please tell me if I heard correctly and if so what was the rule and is it a local one?
Regarding Kevin's question I think I will have to call Peter, because on the face of it the decision seems wrong!
If the ball is not in the bunker, there is no offence in testing the condition of the bunker - e.g. by having the caddie rake the sand. The only thing I can think of is that it may have been related to improving his area of stance or possibly building a stance.
Regards,
Hadyn
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