Golf Monthly August - 2026 [EN]

In different ways, they underlined how bunkers can, and indeed should, take the best players outside of their usual comfort zones. Then at Royal Birkdale, the small bunkers had magnetic properties and frequently threw up difficult stances. Reinstating the challenge that bunkers are supposed to pose is both obvious and easy to do. Some people have even gone as far as to suggest that bunkers on tour shouldn’t be raked. The truth is, distance isn’t the only problem facing tour golf. One small chang