Originally Posted by dieter

Actually there was a time when bunkers weren't raked - long ago. howerver, i do agree with golfhack when it comes to bunker raking. bunkers are supposed to be HAZARDS. how many times do you hear the announcer say - "it's an easy up and down". never do you hear that during the british open where bunkers are in fact hazards. try getting an up and down from a pot bunker. on long par 5s, when they're trying to get home in 2, pros are often times happy it hit the bunker and not the rough. the golf courses can be extended only so far. to help stop technology from making the course too easy for the pros, the hazards on the course have to made more difficult. there should be serious consequences for landing in a hazard - be it rough ar sand. that's just my humble opinion.