What is a bunker in golf terms?

A bunker is a depression near the green or fairway that is usually filled with sand. It is difficult to hit the ball out of the bunker and to enter it is therefore considered punitive to a golfer who misses the target with the previous shot.

How much does a golf bunker cost?

Bunker construction can easily exceed $4.00 per square foot (USGA Green Section Record, July-August 2008, “The Money Pit”).

Is it a bunker or a sand trap?

Bunker is the proper term for what is commonly called a sand trap. Bunker is official terminology, sand trap is just what people say.”

What happens if a bunker is full of water?

When the bunker is filled with temporary water, you may play your ball as it lies or take free relief in the bunker. When taking free relief, you must find the nearest point of complete relief in the bunker and drop within the one club-length relief area (see Rule 16.1c(1)).

Can you touch sand in bunker?

The New Rule: Under Rules 12.2a and 12.2b, the player will be allowed to touch or move loose impediments in a bunker and will be generally allowed to touch the sand with a hand or club. You still can’t intentionally touch the sand to “test” it. And you can’t clip the sand during a practice swing.

What is the best club to use out of a bunker?

You will probably want to use your sand wedge as the go-to option for most of your bunker shots. This is the club you will reach for when you have a comfortable distance to the hole, a good lie, and an easy path out of the trap.

Why do golf courses have bunkers?

Sand bunkers provide a psychological landmark. They accentuate the hole and provide targets for directing the golfer to a defined landing area whether it is the fairway or green. Sand bunkers provide safety buffers for adjacent fairways, tees or greens, both physically and visually.

How much does bunker sand cost?

The cost of placing four inches of sand into a bunker cavity ranges from $10.00 to $14.00 per ton.

Is a bunker the same as a sand trap?

Why do they call it a bunker in golf?

Early golf developed on links land, where sand blew across the course and ‘burns’ (small rivers) ran across it to the sea. In time these were shaped into the hazards that they are today, especially the sand, putting it in pits called bunkers.

What are the best golf courses in the bunker?

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What is the official definition of a bunker?

This official definition of “bunker” is from the condensed Player’s Edition of the Rules of Golf: “A specially prepared area of sand, which is often a hollow from which turf or soil has been removed. These are not part of a bunker:

Where are cross bunkers on a golf course?

Cross bunkers can be entirely in the fairway, entirely in the rough, or partially in the rough and jutting into the fairway. They are typically (but not always) wider than they are deep and aligned roughly perpendicular to the fairway. But cross bunkers can have a wide variety of shapes and sizes.

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