Fore bunker definition - once and for all

[John Connolly]

Surely it's not synonymous with "top shot" or "cross" but maybe it could be "fairway". Or perchance it's none of those and it's just a trap out in the distance beyond where you are. Has it become, or was it always, a wastebasket term? What is the best, if not only, definition of a fore bunker?

[Jim_Kennedy]

A bunker fronting a green.

[John Connolly]

A bunker fronting a green.

Is there a prescribed distance that it usually fronts the green by? Is it classically midline or offset to one side? I suppose "depends" is the best answer to these two questions.

[Martin Lehmann]

"Approach Bunker"?

[Jim_Kennedy]

John,


I believe it's just another way to describe a bunker in front of a green, but I do think that using "fore bunker" suggests a frontal location, but not necessarily close to the green.