TOO MANY BUNKERS
On many courses there are far too many bunkers: the sides of the fairways are riddled with them, and many of these courses would be equally interesting if half of the bunkers were turfed over as grassy hollows.
It is often possible to make a hole sufficiently interesting with one or two bunkers at the most. For example:
It is obvious from the diagram that the green-guarding bunker B has a considerable influence on the line of play to the hole.
The longer the carry a player achieves over the stream the easier his second shot becomes.
If it were not for this bunker not only the approach but the tee shot would be uninteresting, as there would be no object in essaying the long carry over the stream.
Diagram of hole of 370 yards, illustrating the value of one bunker, B. Any additional bunker for the tee shot or across the approach to the green would materially lessen the interest of the hole. The moral is “Few bunkers placed in interesting positions!”