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Matt_Cohn

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Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« on: July 31, 2011, 11:52:26 AM »
...right where the golfer wants to hit the ball?

Or just very close to where the golfer wants to hit the ball?
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Sean_A

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Re: Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2011, 12:02:13 PM »
Bunkers should be placed in all sorts of places,  but generally I would have thought placing a bunker is to protect a line of attack, not an exact place of attack. 

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Adam Clayman

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Re: Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2011, 12:05:21 PM »
Or, where the landform calls for them.
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Garland Bayley

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Re: Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2011, 09:21:54 PM »
In the fairway. After all green-side bunkers are placed green-side.

Put the fairway bunkers right in the line of instinct and make people find a line of charm.
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Mike Nuzzo

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Re: Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2011, 10:09:43 PM »
Matt
Which golfer?
Exactly where and approximately where change depending on the player.
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Bill_McBride

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Re: Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2011, 10:15:28 PM »
Legend has it that mr. Fownes, the designer and benevolent dictator of Oakmont, would see or hear of a shot played where Mr. Townes didn't like it, and the next day a bunker would be there. 
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Wade Whitehead

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Re: Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2011, 10:17:40 PM »
...where the careless player often hits the ball.

WW
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Kalen Braley

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Re: Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2011, 10:37:25 PM »
Quote from: Wade Whitehead on July 31, 2011, 10:17:40 PM
...where the careless player often hits the ball.

WW

Where the big bombers like to hit thier ball!  ;)
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RSLivingston_III

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Re: Should fairway bunkers be placed...
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2011, 10:41:19 PM »
The book 'Hazards' covers this quite well.
It is a bit more complicated subject than what a handful of comments on a thread can answer.
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