National Club Golfer

Your greenkeepers spend hours and hours every week raking bunkers but it’s not just in people power where the costs can add up.

Maintenance and renovation, the price of sand, and even haulage rates for getting those precious grains to your course, can have a big impact on budgets.

But how much does a bunker really cost? A 2024 report, the

How different is a golf lesson now to 10, 20, or even 30 years ago? Has technology changed the way we consume information? Has it altered the way professionals teach the game?

It’s not uncommon to be bombarded with launch monitor data and video footage when you go for a golf lesson today.

Golfers have also got access to vast amounts of coaching content on...

England Golf say golf clubs are facing a “moral responsibility to manage water with care” as the nation struggles with a prolonged drought.

The governing body believe water is becoming “one of the defining sustainability issues for golf in England” as it reminded clubs of the rules that needed to be followed and how the sport would respond.

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Find your ball sitting on a fringe and it’s often just as good as it being on the putting surface. At some courses, it’s even hard to figure out where the apron ends and the green begins.

Kudos once again to our hard-working greenkeepers but the quality of the course does raise some interesting questions about how you might need to take relief.

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Poke your head around the door of any clubhouse and it’s likely you’ll hear golfers chatting about bunkers. Only the greens are likely to shape more debate.

Whether it’s chuntering about ‘consistency’, or marvelling over renovated bunkers after a busy winter, we’re equally fascinated and fearful of the sand.

But what do you really know about bunkers? You...