Johnson was asked Wednesday at The Open about the ruling that went against Anna Nordqvist during Sunday’s U.S. Women’s Open playoff.
Nordqvit was assessed a two-stroke penalty for grounding her club in a fairway bunker on the 17th hole. Controversy arose after Nordqvist wasn’t told of the penalty until after her third shot into the par-5 18th, the final of a three-hole aggregate session. The USGA was called out over the issue of timing – that it should have been done earlier, that they shouldn’t have told opponent Brittany Lang before she hit her third shot.