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Rules: Bunker to Bunker – Now What?

Q. You're on a hole that has two bunkers similar to Poplar's hole #1.  Your approach shot ends up in the front left bunker.  You attempt your bunker shot only to skull it over the green and into the back bunker.  Can you rake the first bunker after the first shot?

Short answer is NO.

Rule 13-4 says: Except as provided in the Rules, before making a stroke at a ball that is in a hazard … the player must not:
 
a. Test the condition of the hazard or any similar hazard;…

Note the key phrase – similar hazard.

Unless a tournament rule allows it, you cannot rake the first bunker until your ball is out of the second bunker because they are similar hazards.  It can be deemed that you are "testing the surface".

This happened to Stewart Cink in a tournament where his ball was outside a bunker but he had to put one foot in the bunker to make the shot.  His shot went into another bunker.  The first bunker was raked although it's unclear if Cink or his caddie raked the bunker.  The next day someone told Cink neither he or his caddie could rake the first bunker.  Cink told the rules officials and he was DQ'd for not assessing a 2-stroke penalty before turning in his scorecard.

Scorecard & Course Info (original)

 Scorecard and course information before the new hole layout in April 2010.

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Black 519 421 188 403 172 286 282 292 471 3034 455 321 210 407 537 158 423 136 361 3008 6042
Gold 495 403 177 387 160 261 259 272 461 2875 423 277 178 377 506 138 393 129 349 2770 5645
Silver 467 372 143 372 128 239 238 262 450 2671 392 259 155 331 495 118 374 105 320 2549 5220
Yellow 448 346 116 344 96 235 221 236 410 2452 369 230 132 312 469 86 346 83 289 2316 4768
                                           
Par 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 5 36 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 34 70
                                           
Hcdp 5 1 7 11 17 9 15 13 3   8 14 10 6 4 12 2 18 16    

 

Course Slope & Rating   Suggested Tees   Maximum Score Per Hole
  Par Rating Slope Yardage   Hdcp Play From  
Handicap
 Max Score
Black 70 70.1 115 6042   0-8 Black   9 or less Double Bogey
Gold 70 67.9 114 5645   9-19 Gold   10 – 19 7
Silver 70 66.0 111 5220   20-29 Silver   20 – 29 8
            30 +up Yellow   30 – 39 9
                  40+ 10