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**TRASIAOREXOLA** · 08-13-2012, 11:13 PM

My course has some of the same issues with some of the bunkers. Many of the members will pull the ball out of the trap. I prefer to play it how it lies with a couple of exceptions: 1) if there are rocks right around the ball, I will pick them out.
2) if the ball is in a wet spot, I will take relief from casual water.
3) if the area of the trap I am in is peeling from being wet then baked by the sun, I will move the ball to the nearest sandy area no closer to the hole.

I miss decent sand traps; from a well maintained trap a sand shot is the easiest shot in the game. I used to work in course maintenance years ago, so I know what is required to make them maintainable (new gravel bed underneath, weed-stopping netting, decent sand on top), but the course lacks the funds to do the work. The unusually harsh winter weather doesn't help either. Luckily they have made some of the worst offenders GUR and are fixing the traps up slowly. Once the work is complete the course should be a lot more fun to play.

08-13-2012, 11:13 PM	#11
TRASIAOREXOLA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 435 Senior Member	My course has some of the same issues with some of the bunkers. Many of the members will pull the ball out of the trap. I prefer to play it how it lies with a couple of exceptions: 1) if there are rocks right around the ball, I will pick them out. 2) if the ball is in a wet spot, I will take relief from casual water. 3) if the area of the trap I am in is peeling from being wet then baked by the sun, I will move the ball to the nearest sandy area no closer to the hole. I miss decent sand traps; from a well maintained trap a sand shot is the easiest shot in the game. I used to work in course maintenance years ago, so I know what is required to make them maintainable (new gravel bed underneath, weed-stopping netting, decent sand on top), but the course lacks the funds to do the work. The unusually harsh winter weather doesn't help either. Luckily they have made some of the worst offenders GUR and are fixing the traps up slowly. Once the work is complete the course should be a lot more fun to play.
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