Quote Originally Posted by Ruskie View Post
The issue is not with the rules. The issues is that DJ had not realized he was in a bunker. Now, _that_ could have been helped by better crowd control at the scene and/or preemptive caution from the officials.
I could not disagree more, DJ even eluded to that when he spoke with Feherty. He said he should have read the rules. Let's say this same situation occurs at his next tournament, he will ask, I am 150% sure of that. Same situation here, had he known that all bunkers were in play he most certainly have asked a rules official. There is no didfference

If he assumed it was not then that was a big mistake. The fact that the rules clearly stated that these areas would have foot prints, tire tracks etc is more a reason for any player to ask where the ball is lying when it lands outside of the ropes in sand. I mean you are in sand that has footprints and tire tracks in it,its outside of the ropes, there are 1200 of these on the course, maybe its a bunker? Why not ask?