RealClearSports: A Game of Quirky Rules and Personal Honor
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Art Spander in Dustin Johnson, PGA Championship, articles, golf
By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


So the cry has been raised: Let's rewrite the rules of golf. And then what, baseball? Football? If it's unfair a player can't ground his club in a bunker, it's also unfair that three strikes are out or that a fumble belongs to the last man who had possession.

Indeed, golf has a lot of quirky regulations. It also has a code of honor, which is why a golfer doesn't have to be watched by a referee or an umpire, not that anyone could follow the progress or regress of 150 people on a course.

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