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Golf-Johnson back at scene of 2010 PGA Championship gaffe

Aug 12 (Reuters) - Dustin Johnson, back at the scene of the proverbial crime, admits that he has not brushed up on the local rules for the PGA Championship.

Five years ago, Johnson incurred a two-stroke penalty at the final hole when he grounded his club in a sandy area that was deemed a bunker at Whistling Straits, a mistake that cost him a spot in the playoff.

So it was somewhat astonishing on Wednesday when the 31-year-old American admitted he had not read the notices plastered all over the Whistling Straits' locker room that explain the bunker rule for this year's PGA.