Bunker politik
Et spørgsmål om ære
Sandbunkerne på Stensballegaard Golf er en vigtig del af banes taktiske element.
Det specielle ved disse bunkere er, at de er designet som naturlige bunkere og skal således vedligeholdes minimalt. Dvs. kun i en så tilstrækkelig grad at plantevækst begrænses og bunkerne bevarer deres element som sandbunkere.
Sandbunkere er generelt designet til at medføre en straf.
Når bunkeren forlades, bør spilleren dog udglatte fodspor eller andre store ujævnheder som retsindighed overfor de efterfølgende spillere. Men der vil ikke være river til at afrette sandet perfekt.
Læs hele informationen fra Banearkitekt Rick Baril vedrørende bunker politikken her (Engelsk) (Dansk)
Vis hensyn når du lander i en bunker, derfor:
- Gå altid ind i bunkeren fra den flade side og forlad den samme vej
- Ret de værste fodspor med skoen eller jernet/køllen
- Ret evt. andre store spor i bunkeren af hensyn til andre spillere.
Der er sagt og skrevet meget om bunkers. Her er nogle vise ord:
"Bunkers are not meant to be places of pleasure. They are prisons for
punishment and repentance."
(Old) TomMorris
"Often the highest recommendation of a bunker is when it is criticized. There is no such thing as a misplaced bunker. Regardless of where a bunker may be, it is the business of the player to avoid it”
Donald Ross, Golf Architect
“The true hazard should draw the player towards it, should invite the golfer to come as near as he dare to the fire without burning his fingers. The man who can afford to take risks is the man who should gain the advantage.”
John Low, Golf Architect
“The risk of going into a bunker is self-imposed, so there is no reason why a player should condemn a bunker as unfair.”
CB MacDonald, Golf Architect
“The great value of a hazard is not that it catches a shot that has been missed but that it forces a miss upon the timid player; its psychological worth is greater than it penal value.”
Bobby Jones
“The golf architect is not at all concerned with chastising bad play. On the contrary, it is his business to arrange the field of play as to stimulate interest, and hence, the province of hazards is to chasten the too ambitious.”
Max Behr, Golf Architect