Bunkers seen but not found....eye candy
Bunkers easier to hit out of than the rough surrounds....eye candy
Bunkers more beautiful than any others....eye candy
If it looks like eye candy and smells like eye candy it must be......
John, why do I get the sense that this was a Socratic question . . . anyway, I'll bite. I totally disagree with the eye candy comparison as follows (keep in mind this is not intended to be an exhaustive list, just a few examples that currently come to mind):
Fairway bunkers:
# 1, it is menacing to look at and got in my head, I hooked three left in the junk and blocked one right. When I blocked it, the pin was back right so I was forced to carry the greenside bunker to be aggresive or play for the front left portion of the green (more on that later).
#2, perfect risk reward bunker, assuming you on right portion of the fairway where most amateurs will be off the tee, the angle of the bunker in relation to the line of play is a great strategic element. (Of course, from a down hill lie in the front left portion of that thing I hit it ten feet with the hickory mashie niblick, so it's got to be eye candy
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#6, the bunker right from the back tees was in the perfect bailout distance for me, first time I played the hole I blocked it right into the bunker and faced a very tough shot from under a lip.
#7, those tall green skinny ones are my favorite
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#15, again from the back tee, the front left bunker is about 240-250 I believe, I pulled a tee ball to be safe from the trees/hazard right and was right in it, with a tough lip, got greedy, played 5 instead of 7 iron and cought the lip (but did get out).
#17, again from the back tee, right in the landing zone for a well struck drive that doesn't draw enough, from the front tee it's very much in play.
Greenside bunkers:
#1, perfectly placed to make a bailout drive to the wide open right side of the hole the much more difficult approach, especially with the pin we saw on Sat.
#2, I pulled my third left on Sat., had a tough shot but was able to play the bank up to the left and behind the front left pin position and rolled it back to a tap in. The combo of that bunker design with that pin placement was about as much fun as I've ever had playing from a greenside bunker, and it was a tough shot, but if executed properly with a little imagination it was simply awesome.
#3, deftly placed to save you a few bucks on Pro-Vs.
#5, those flat green ones are my favorite
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#8, forces the player to the left when short right is the best place to be with a lot of pin positions, pretty good placement in my book.
#18, if you regularly get it up and down from those after hitting a less than perfect second you're better than most.