golf hazard
Course obstacle, penalizing
A golf hazard is any obstacle on a course that adds difficulty—bunkers filled with sand, water hazards like ponds or streams, and areas of thick rough.
Hitting into a hazard typically costs penalty strokes or limits how you can play the ball.
Her tee shot landed in the water hazard on the fifth hole.
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- sandFine rock particles
- sand trapGolf course hazard
- trapDevice for catching animals
- waterClear essential liquid
pond · rough · trees · out-of-bounds · lost ball · obstacle · stroke · penalty · penalty stroke · ball · splash · buried · lie · dunes · creek · lake · waste · lateral
course feature type
golf hazardfairway
Groomed golf strip
putting green · the hole · safe zone · landing zone · short grass
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