GUR bunker, ball embedded on face, local rule in place.

[salfordlad]

It is not automatic.
When a bunker is being repaired and the Committee defines the entire bunker as ground under repair, it is treated as part of the general area (which means it is not a bunker).

I don't think this observation has any practical relevance for players whatsoever.
So you are playing an unfamiliar course, you come across a bunker let's say a bit like the original photo here with a GUR sign in the sand, are you going to treat this bunker as GUR or seek a dialogue with the Committee on whether the bunker is being repaired?
Those words you underlined are irrelevant to the player and availability of relief is automatic to the player in the presence of GUR signage/local rule etc.
Issues surrounding whether a Committee should make a bunker GUR may be an issue for the Handicapping Authority, it is not a concern for players.

 

[rulefan]

I don't think this observation has any practical relevance for players whatsoever.
So you are playing an unfamiliar course, you come across a bunker let's say a bit like the original photo here with a GUR sign in the sand, are you going to treat this bunker as GUR or seek a dialogue with the Committee on whether the bunker is being repaired?
Those words you underlined are irrelevant to the player and availability of relief is automatic to the player in the presence of GUR signage/local rule etc.
Issues surrounding whether a Committee should make a bunker GUR may be an issue for the Handicapping Authority, it is not a concern for players.

Hmmm

 

[rulie]

I don't think this observation has any practical relevance for players whatsoever.
So you are playing an unfamiliar course, you come across a bunker let's say a bit like the original photo here with a GUR sign in the sand, are you going to treat this bunker as GUR or seek a dialogue with the Committee on whether the bunker is being repaired?
Those words you underlined are irrelevant to the player and availability of relief is automatic to the player in the presence of GUR signage/local rule etc.
Issues surrounding whether a Committee should make a bunker GUR may be an issue for the Handicapping Authority, it is not a concern for players.

Agree with this. The player is following what the Committee has decided and implemented.
IMO, “ground under repair” is a condition/state decided by the Committee and does not imply or mean that any repair is being done or even contemplated.