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Wellcome PGA Championship Live stream."This is exactly the same way that it was played in '91 at the Ryder Cup and at our two major champions that we played here at the Ocean Course," said Kerry Haigh, the PGA's managing director of championships. "We think it's the fairest and the best way to play. It's certainly a unique golf course, which warrants this."

The PGA of America posted the decision in the locker room: "NOTICE TO COMPETITORS. NO BUNKERS."

Of course, now it has to make sure Dustin Johnson reads it.

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Johnson is famous for having a one-shot lead on the final hole at Whistling Straits in the 2010 PGA Championship. He didn't realize he was in one of hundreds of bunkers, perhaps because spectators could stand in part of them and children were building sand castles in them. He grounded his club, and after making bogey, was assessed a two-shot penalty that kept him out of a playoff.

Johnson, who grew up in Myrtle Beach, is familiar with Kiawah. He didn't see the coincidence in the ruling after what he went through two years ago.

"They've always done it," Johnson said. "If you look at the past, every tournament they've ever had here, they've always done it. And you kind of need to around this place, just because most of them aren't manicured, with rakes, all the time, and there's a lot of sand out here."

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PGA Championship Live- Kiawah Island

Location:Kiawah Island - The Ocean Course

Kiawah Island, South Carolina     Keegan Bradley

Date: Aug 9 - 12, 2012
Venue: Firestone CC-South Course Akron, Ohio
Purse: $8,000,000

Haigh said the sandy areas inside the ropes would be raked each morning, and rakes would be near most of those areas. The PGA is asking players to clean up after themselves as a courtesy to those who play behind them.

"But as there is so much sandy area, there is still likely to be footprints, tire tracks, etc., both inside the ropes and outside the ropes," Haigh said.

The last major, the British Open, was held at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, which had 206 bunkers, though none nearly this big.

The decision came as a surprise to Ernie Els last week before he came down to Kiawah.

"If that's the rule, they're going to have to change it," Els said. "That's ridiculous. That would be absolutely astonishing."

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Els was thinking of some holes that have fully enclosed sand traps. If he gets in one of those, he can test the sand, take a practice swing, remove loose impediments and set his club in the sand behind the ball — all the things you can't do in a proper bunker.

Haigh said there were about 30 areas that looked like real bunkers because they have "reasonable areas of grass around them."

"But there's way more than have sand that goes forever," he said. "To try and make it fair and understandable for the players, this is certainly how we think it should be played."


PLAYER OWNERS: Phil Mickelson only needs Major League Baseball approval to be a minority owner of the San Diego Padres.

Mickelson is one of the investors in the group trying to buy his hometown Padres — not a major player, but it certainly wasn't cheap. He has said his role would be to help create strong community ties in San Diego toward the Padres. In other words, he won't be pitching batting practice.

Someone asked Tiger Woods if he ever thought about investing in ownership of a sports team.

"Absolutely," Woods said, looking serious as ever until he finally added, "I just need a lot more money."

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