TULSA, Okla. – The unique sand in the bunkers has been a topic of conversation this week at Southern Hills, and a journey through one of those bunkers has Kramer Hickok making the rounds on social media.
Hickok found the greenside bunker at the par-4 12th, and then he found it again, and his ball hit his shoe, then he remained in that bunker once more. What happened next turned a miserable trip to the beach into a satisfying bogey and a great story.
When the Rules of Golf were updated in 2019, one of the changes was the removal of a rule that penalized a player if their ball hit them on accident.