There were only about 25 golfers playing on Monday and the front left hand bunker had been visited a handful of times. It looked to have been raked pretty well but there was still areas of deep sand that had been built up by raking. The red circle shows footprints that have been raked but very unevenly, the green circles show where golfers have raked their footprints but neglected to rake their impact area. In contrast the back left hand bunker hadn’t been visited at all and the surface was immaculate and evenly spread from where the green staff had done their morning rounds. When using the rakes at the moment, you need very little amounts of pressure to move the sand around, compared to the extra force needed when the sand is wet and heavy. Our rakes were bought on purpose as they are designed to PUSH the sand around, not pull it, BUT with the sand being so fine, I find that pushing the sand gets the rake to stick deeper into the surface and build up a wave of sand in front of it. Pulling the rake GENTLY towards you seems to work better at present. Whichever way you find works best for you the Golden Rule is to “Leave the bunker as you would hope to find it” and don’t forget to rake the area where you splashed the ball out, not just your footprints.
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