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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?
You are correct SP3, he or his caddy can't rake the bunker until he has played his next shot from the new bunker.
NO...The key here was that his ball was not in the hazard previously, and he tested the conditions of the hazard with the rake in relation to his next shot. Had his ball been in the hazard, there is an exception to the rule listed in the rule book edit 1 - actually rereading your post I mis understood in thinking that you meant his initial shot. You are correct, had his ball from the edge of the bunker come to rest on the green or the fairway, he would have been fine. - "If the ball is outside the hazard after the stroke, the player may smooth sand or soil in the hazard without restriction."So if that shot (from the edge of the bunker) had stayed on the fairway Cink would would have been fine to rake the bunker?
At what point could he hit one in the bunker without taking the 2 strokes?
... this of course being an assumption on my part that they checked rules official first to check this out further, as I did not see the incident.