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Originally Posted by Pa Jayhawk  Kinda stupid, but in it's defense and without it what would keep a player from going to another greenside bunker and start taking practice swings to prepare for their shot in the other bunker?
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EXACTLY!
What happened was that Cink's ball was just outside the first bunker. He had to walk into the bunker in order to take his stance, thus messing up the bunker. This is fine as long as he is addressing his shot.
He then proceeded to hit it into a different bunker. His Caddie then raked the first bunker. By the Rules he hadn't actually "been in a bunker" yet that hole as his ball lied outside the bunker. If his ball was actually in the bunker, then he hit it to the different bunker, his caddie could go ahead and rake the first bunker because his SHOT "tested the conditions" of the hazard.
This happened in the second round. I guess he was paired with Zach Johnson in the 3rd round and was discussing it or something and Zach told him of the violation or somesuch. Because he had signed his card for the lower score, he was DQ'd.
You are correct SP3, he or his caddy can't rake the bunker until he has played his next shot from the new bunker.