Rakes in bunkers

[highballin]

Why are rakes placed in bunkers instead of outside them ?

Can't see the point in putting rakes in bunkers.

[Dotty]

Rakes outside the bunkers are a nuisance for greenkeepers, as they have to get off the mowers to move and replace them.

Rakes in the bunker remind novices to repair their damage.

[Coldtopper]

Agree 100%. They introduced rakes in the 30''s from memory in the US whilst the UK played nude to the 40s, As more courses got built on clay these courses didnt have natural sand. These days with all the mod cons assisting golfers to remove rakes would be good provided they have decent sand. You should leave a rake in the middle of bunker once done

[Gw 86]

At my club rake is left outside of the bunker and to the outside of the fairway /green

[Coldtopper]

Suppose I cant remember where I actually put the rake as generally it gets snapped and chucked somewhere!

[highballin]

Rakes outside the bunkers are a nuisance for greenkeepers, as they have to get off the mowers to move and replace them.

Rakes in the bunker remind novices to repair their damage.

I can see they might be a nuisance to green keepers but not convinced about reminding novices or experienced golfers for that matter to rake.

[Yossarian]

A bunker is a hazard. You are not meant to hit it in hazards. The rake should go there.

[Coldtopper]

Here you go for a old thread!
http://www.ozgolf.net/showthread.php/16371-Bunker-Rakes

[highballin]

Here you go for a old thread!
http://www.ozgolf.net/showthread.php/16371-Bunker-Rakes

Good link says it all really !

[damoocow]

Rakes, like carts should be banned from golf courses.

[markTHEblake]

Rakes outside the bunkers are a nuisance for greenkeepers, as they have to get off the mowers to move and replace them.
If they are in the bunkers the greenkeepers still have to get off the raking machine to move and replace them.

[Golfnut]

We went through a strange phase at my club going back a few months.....each month it changed from in to out, back to in and now out again.....now nobody really knows WTF to do anymore...

[Veefore]

For most courses the raking machine is the thing that rides on the mower.
From memory, when I did the review for my club it takes on average two hours more to mow the course if the rakes are placed outside the bunkers. That's a lot of hours over the whole of the year.

[LarryLong]

Rakes, like carts should be banned from golf courses.

+1

I'd love to see my course do away with the rakes. This would stop the grumpy types from making a fuss every time they get a bad lie in a bunker they shouldn't have hit their ball into in the first place.