24/02/2026
This post says it all! ⛳️
📸 EXHIBIT A. This bunker was freshly raked by our greenkeeping team not long before this photo was taken... 👣
There's a special place in golf purgatory for people who don't rake bunkers — and it looks exactly like the mess they left behind. ⛳
You know the scene. You've striped a beautiful drive down the fairway, hit a crisp approach, and your ball has — through no fault of your own — found the greenside bunker. No drama. Sand happens. You're a golfer. You've got this.
But then you step in, and it hits you. Footprints. Craters. What appears to be evidence that a small herd of goats conducted a boot camp in there sometime earlier this morning. 🐐 Someone — several someones — walked through this bunker, played their shot, and simply... left. Climbed out. Moved on with their lives. Probably marked a double bogey and told their mates the lie was terrible.
The lie was terrible. Because they made it terrible.
Look, golf is hard enough. The game was essentially designed by sadists who thought "you know what would make a lovely walk even better? Shame. And sand." ☠️ But the unwritten contract between every golfer who has ever lived is this: you leave the course in the same condition — or better — than you found it.
Rake the bunker. Fix your pitch mark. Fill your divot. It takes thirty seconds and it is, quite simply, the difference between a golfer and someone who just carries clubs.
And while we're at it — let's talk about all three sins together, because they're cut from the same cloth:
🚨 The unraked bunker is the most visible crime. It announces itself. It punishes innocent people. It is selfish in the purest, most sand-covered way possible.
🕳️ The unfixed pitch mark is sneakier. Your ball lands on the green, plugs in with a satisfying thud, and leaves a little crater that — if left alone — takes weeks to heal. Fix it. Fix the one next to it while you're there. Be a hero. It costs you nothing.
🌿 The unfilled divot on the fairway is perhaps the most casually committed of the three. A divot box is sitting right there on the cart. The seed and sand mixture exists for one reason. Use it. Future golfers — and the greenkeeping staff who are out before sunrise making the course look beautiful — will silently thank you.
Speaking of greenkeepers: these are people who genuinely love the game, work extraordinary hours, and take real pride in their craft. Every unraked bunker, every unfixed pitch mark is a small act of disrespect to them. They're not your personal cleanup crew. 🙏
So what's the appropriate punishment for bunker offenders? Golf purgatory seems right — an eternity of playing from footprint lies with a 56-degree wedge that has no bounce. 😤 But in the real world, a polite word from a playing partner, a raised eyebrow from the pro shop, or even just this post finding its way to the right person at the right time will do.
Take thirty seconds. Rake the bunker. Fix the pitch mark. Fill the divot. ✅
The golfer behind you doesn't know your name — but they'll feel the difference. ❤️
