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Originally Posted by ualtim  I thought that original ruling was kind of daft. I recall reading somewhere (I am thinking the decisions section of the USGA web site) that it was OK to rake the bunker unless the ball landed in the same bunker. If it landed in a different bunker, conditions would be different so raking the original bunker was not considered "testing the conditions". If it lands in the same bunker, you can not rake it. |
You are correct. Hoewver, the original rule allowed you to rake the original bunker only if you had made the shot from that bunker. Cink was standing in the bunker, and hit from grass. Thus, he was ruled to be "testing the condition" of a similar bunker, i.e. the one his ball flew into.