BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…August 15, 2010, 15 years ago today:

Controversy reigns at the end of the final round of the PGA Championship in Haven, WI. It looked like Martin Kaymer, Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson, all tied at 11-under-par, were headed for a three-way playoff. But veteran rules official David Price assessed Johnson a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a bunker on No. 18 and dropped into a tie for fifth place. Kaymer and Watson advanced to the playoff, and it was Kaymer who would be victorious.

Johnson had taken a one-shot lead going into the final hole after birdies on Nos. 16 and 17. He then ended up deep in the gallery on a sandy patch next to the 18th fairway that was designated as a bunker. The difficult Whistling Straits course featured almost 1,0

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