Bunker Etiquette Tips

Following a few quick and simple bunker etiquette tips can help maintain the playability and aesthetic look of our bunkers.

1. When entering and exiting a bunker do so from the "low point" and NOT along a steep face where you can slide down, displace the sand and leave large indentations in the face of the bunker. If you feel like you have to climb in or out of the bunker, you are not entering/exiting from the correct spot. (Photo 1)

Photo 1. When entering and leaving a bunker, use the low side of the bunker.

2. Use the rakes inside the bunkers to smooth your footprints, where you have "dug in" for the shot and rake where your club blasted the ball from the bunker.

3. After raking the disturbed area in the bunker, please place the rake back into the bunker parallel to the bunker edge (Photo 2 C).

Photo 2. Photos A & B show incorrectly placed bunker rakes. Photo C shows a correctly placed bunker rake lying parallel along the side of the bunker.

4. If the sand is damp or wet, please knock/tap the sand from your golf shoes before walking on the green where it can interfere with another golfer's putting line. (Photo 3)



Photo 3. Knocking the sand off your shoes as you exit the bunker reduces the sand footprints tracked across a green.

Following these few simple tips can help maintain a consistent and fair playing surface for all golfers. Thank you for your help.

Please Replace Your Divot

After hitting your golf shot please replace your divot. This a quick an easy way to ensure that the turf can repair itself, not damage mowers and will not inhibit another golfers shot.

If the divot has good integrity please replace the divot using the instructions below. If the divot is not of good quality please use the sand provided in the carts. The reason we prefer you to replace your divot is that turfgrass will always repair itself faster vegetatively.

How to Replace Your Divot:

1) After the golf shot, attempt to locate the divot. 

2) Place the removed divot back into the missing patch area exactly the way it was removed.  Avoid placing the divot in backwards or upside down.

3) After placing the divot into the patch area tap the grass back down with your feet or club head to ensure that the playing surface is flat and smooth. Leaving an uneven divot could result in a mower chopping up the divot or a bad lie for another golfer.

Thank you for your help by replacing your divots.