LoLI am fine with that rule. A course doesn't have to tell golfers that,
but it might save some arguments. That might be their excuse to
rake less often. It's a policy that some groups use, but I have
not seen a course post it.
Years ago we had a men's club at a public course, with about 100
members, with 50-70 playing in a tournament. We tried to
implement that rake/replace rule for our tournaments.
A outspoken well known guy got over 50% to vote against it.
Later on a couple tournaments later, he was in my group and was
in a nasty foot dug in bunker lie. He actually asked to move it.
I reminded him about what he voted against. It took him 2 or 3
to get out. I can't remember if we ever implemented that rule.
Moral of story.. be careful what you wish (or vote) for
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I recently played Charleston National.
The course has a local rule wherein if you hit into a bunker you lift your ball, rake the area, replace your ball, hit, and exit the bunker.
I'd never heard of such a policy. Has anyone else?
Am I wrong in thinking MB courses should adopt this philosophy?
The "purists" here need not answer.
Peter . 75% of bunkers I'm in are in bad shape or unraked.
I agree with lift, rake & place .
How was the Charleston National course ?
JW11
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Technically, it’s not legal to play lift, rake and place. However, if that is the local rule and someone uses the rake to create a ‘ridge’ to place the ball on, I can see that being okay unless there is specific language prohibiting that move. Anyway, I’ll give the guy a C for being clever.🤓@birdie
Putting the ball on a clump/hill would not be legal.
Was it a green side bunker? That would only help if he was chipping it out.
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Sure enough I got in 6 or 7 bunkers my first round of golf after I joined this discussion .
I usually steer away from bunkers too
Anyways ,I played a local mid tier course (Silver Lake) and the bunkers were good and played the ball as it lied on all but one. The ball was in a deep footprint so I lifted, raked and placed
Good way to go about it IMO
JW11
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They struggled with the expansion back to the original size from Day 1, makes me wonder about the process of how they "reclaimed" those lost portions of the greens. They're obviously "different" than the rest of the green.
Amen to the green speed ... once they're overall healthy enough, they'll speed them up but due to the slope on many of the greens like #1 and 3 you can only get those greens soo fast.
Patiently waiting for them to get the course back to where it needs to be.
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Yeah, there are a couple other greens where the slope is greater than #1 and #3, I've heard they want to get the speed up to 10 or possibly 11. I would like to see them at 10 for while because 11 might be too fast for the average golfer because of the slope. On a related matter, I would love to see the green on hole #3 blown to smithereens. It's a good challenging hole for good players, but I've seen them struggle if they don't spin the approach extremely well.They struggled with the expansion back to the original size from Day 1, makes me wonder about the process of how they "reclaimed" those lost portions of the greens. They're obviously "different" than the rest of the green.
Amen to the green speed ... once they're overall healthy enough, they'll speed them up but due to the slope on many of the greens like #1 and 3 you can only get those greens soo fast.
Patiently waiting for them to get the course back to where it needs to be.
Typically, the average player (my category) can hit what looks like a nice high approach, albeit with less spin, and the ball lands on the green and trickles into the back bunker or into the valley adjacent to the bunker that is usually damp and primed for chili dips. Worse, is when they put the hole behind the front bunker, at the narrowest part of the green where slight mound slopes away from the shot. Anyway, most members agree #3 is the hardest hole on the course, yet #4 gets that designation, I guess because of its length. My personal estimation is that I get many more pars on #4, probably close to a 3-1 margin.
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I haven't had a bad lie for about 5 years, bunkers or grass. 😁
Golf can best be defined as an endless series of tragedies obscured by the occasional miracle.
I haven't had a bad lie for about 5 years, bunkers or grass. 😁
The footwedge is a great weapon to own
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