1/18/2024 0 Comments Who invented golf![]() ![]() The term “sand trap” began in 1922 as a colloquial expression, evoking golfers’ ire, but appears nowhere in the Rules of Golf. Some different types of bunkers are “pothole” bunkers (small and deep), “waste” bunkers (large, flat expanse of sand, some distance from the green), grass bunkers (greenside depressions but no sand) and fairway bunkers. ![]() As the modern era of golf began, on both sides of the “pond,” course designers considered bunkering an integral aspect of the layout, and created unique and aesthetic ways to form and position them. As the game of golf developed, the sand bunkers gradually were incorporated into course designs, adding another level of difficulty. With the linksland so close to the sea the ground was quite sandy and pliable, and the herds of sheep bunkered for protection, while scraping away vegetation.Īs grazing farms gradually gave way to golf courses, partly a playing ground for shepherds, these large sand cavernous areas were often a hindrance to completing the golf hole successfully, as sometimes is the case still today. When the fierce storms blew in from the North Sea (a frequent pattern for a thousand years) the sheep would huddle together and burrow themselves into the ground for shelter and warmth. Prior to the early 1800s, the most common use for this land was grazing sheep. It all started over 200 years ago on the linksland of coastal Scotland – the ocean-side ground that “linked” the land to the sea – where golf as we know it began. Ever wonder about how sand bunkers came to be a standard part of golf courses, and why they are there in the first place? ![]()
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