Other courses want them outside the bunker so a ball that lands in the sand isn't interfered with by the rake. What happens, though, when you play a course with a specific bunker-rake preference ...

When the player moved the rake, as he was entitled to do by the Rules of Golf, his ball stayed where it was, leaving him with a more challenging lie than he likely would have had if the rake hadn ...

Q. When may I rake the bunker? A. When your ball is in a bunker, you may rake the bunker at any time to care for the course as long as you do not improve the conditions affecting your upcoming stroke ...