Did this rule get changed after the Cink incident? Here's the rule as it reads today (from
www.usga.org): 13-4. Ball in Hazard; Prohibited Actions
Except as provided in the
Rules, before making a stroke at a ball
that is in a hazard (whether a bunker or a water hazard) or that,
having been lifted from a hazard, may be dropped or placed in
the hazard, the player must not:
a.
Test the condition of the hazard or any similar hazard;
b.
Touch the ground in the hazard or water in the water
hazard with his hand or a club; or
c.
Touch or move a loose impediment lying in or touching the
hazard
.
Exceptions:
1.
Provided nothing is done that constitutes testing the condition
of the hazard or improves the lie of the ball, there
is no penalty if the player (a) touches the ground or loose
impediments in any hazard or water in a water hazard as a
result of or to prevent falling, in removing an obstruction,
in measuring or in marking the position of, retrieving,
lifting, placing or replacing a ball under any Rule or
(b) places his clubs in a hazard.
2.
After making the stroke, if the ball is still in the hazard or
has been lifted from the hazard and may be dropped or
placed in the hazard, the player may smooth sand or soil
in the hazard, provided nothing is done to breach Rule
13-2 with respect to his next stroke. If the ball is outside
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the
hazard after the stroke, the player may smooth sand or
soil in the hazard without restriction.
3.
If the player makes a stroke from a hazard and the ball
comes to rest in another hazard, Rule 13-4a does not
apply to any subsequent actions taken in the hazard from
which the stroke was made.
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It sure seems to me as that the rule shows Cink was within his rights to rake the bunker, even though his shot ended up in another bunker.