Rule 12 - Bunkers (2023)
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English - February 14, 2023 21:30 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBGolf Sports rules golf usga Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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(Effective January 2023) Rule 12 is a specific Rule for bunkers, which are specially prepared areas intended to test the player's ability to play a ball from the sand. To make sure the player confronts this challenge, there are some restrictions on touching the sand before the stroke is made and on where relief may be taken for a ball in a bunker.