Woodland still had a share of the lead after a birdie on the eighth hole. A bogey on the ninth wasn’t great, but it was the following hole that really cost him. Specifically, the right greenside bunker. First, Woodland blasted his third shot over the green and into another bunker. Then, be blasted his fourth back into the same bunker. Making matters worse, it had yet to be raked after both Woodland and playing partner Kevin Kisner hit out of it. Here’s a look:

Gary Woodland is all of us out of the bunker pic.twitter.com/ubZrG7n6sG

— Eric Hubbs (@BarstoolHubbs) August 11, 2018

Before you ask, yes, the bunker could have legally been raked once both players had hit out of it. So why wasn’t it raked? Fox Sport’s Shane Bacon provided the best explanation:

Not sure I’ve ever seen that before. Caddie didn’t rake it as a courtesy not be in their through line while Woodland was hitting. Not really anyone to blame.

— Shane Bacon (@shanebacon) August 11, 2018

Regardless of why, it was a pretty bad break (Of course, you could argue it was a combo of bad shots by Woodland that got him into this predicament). And from an unfortunate lie, Woodland hacked out into the rough. He then nearly chipped in, but had to settle for tapping in for triple bogey. That dropped Woodland all the way back to seven under after having been at 11 under two holes before, and just like that, Brooks Koepka had a four-shot lead. Here’s how Woodland’s bizarre bunker adventure looked on ShotTracker:

On the bright side, Woodland got a little extra practice in Bellerive’s bunkers. And he shouldn’t face another sandy lie like that for a long time.

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