Blame That Horrible Golf Course Sand Trap Bunker On Scottish Sheep
Sand Traps on golf courses better called Bunkers cause great trouble for most golfers. How is that these demons came about to be the scourge of most ordinary golfers?
Amazingly bunkers came about due to geography and topography surrounding the origins of golf and golfing on the windswept desolate Scottish early historic golf courses/ because these holes were sheltered from the cold Scottish breezes, sheep would take refuge in these areas. Thus the holes expanded. When this land came to be used for golf pursuits, it was often too much hard work and time for grass to grow back. Hence the locals took advantage of the sheeps efforts and fashioned sand filled bunkers from the holes.
On these old courses, the golfing greens were sited so as to maximize the bunkers threat to golfers shots. Hence the sand traps, properly called Bunkers came to be named hazards in the rules of golf and golfing. Later on in golf and golfing course architecture, golf architects would place these insidious traps so as to penalize wayward shots. As a result golf course bunkers are seldom in the middle of the golf...