Rule 14 2 e

[rulie]

Here's an idea - let's revert to the old days and get rid of the rakes. They seem to be an issue - wrong place(s), inconvenient for maintenance workers, not everyone uses them, ....

 

[Swango1980]

Here's an idea - let's revert to the old days and get rid of the rakes. They seem to be an issue - wrong place(s), inconvenient for maintenance workers, not everyone uses them, ....

I wouldn't be against that idea. I'm not a good bunker player in perfectly raked bunkers, so if I need to hack it out of uneven sand, so be it.

I find my ball ends up in footprints significantly more often than it does under a rake anyway

 

[jim8flog]

I get that from a golfing perspective. From a course management perspective, is it a pain in the backside for green staff cutting the grass around bunkers? Any green keepers here?

Yes I fully understand that greens staff do not want to have to get off the mower and move a rake at every bunker when they are mowing.

We had an edict come out from the club many years ago (which I follow) that said rakes should be placed in the bunker in the direction a ball will travel with just a bare minimum of the handle resting on the bunker's edge.

 

[rulefan]

We used to have rake stands about 15" tall positioned at least a rake's length away from the bunker. A sticker on the rake said 'Please replace rake on stand'.
The stands were removed a few years ago as they were deemed to be dangerous. The reason being that stands without rakes may not be seen and players may trip over them.
We had had no reported incidents whilst the stands were in place.

 

[Swango1980]

Yes I fully understand that greens staff do not want to have to get off the mower and move a rake at every bunker when they are mowing.

We had an edict come out from the club many years ago (which I follow) that said rakes should be placed in the bunker in the direction a ball will travel with just a bare minimum of the handle resting on the bunker's edge.

That's what I do. Stick rake in bunker, perpendicular to the back edge. Anyone needing it will be able to pick it up without getting in bunker, but the rake head is far enough in bunker that if, by chance, a ball does get stopped by it, it is far enough in bunker to have a normal shot