Golf. An obstacle to the free striking of the ball, as a bunker, furze, water, sand, loose earth, or rough ground.

(a) a card game; (b) Golf (see quot.).

Golf: ‘A sandy hollow formed by the wearing away of the turf on the “links”’ (Scottish). Now, an artificial sand-hole with a built-up face; also, any…

a small well-fenced sandpit (Jamieson).

Golf. Sand-holes or bunkers on a course. to be in sand, to be ‘bunkered’.

any obstacle on which the player might break his club.

(a) Golf a hazard incorporating water; cf. hazard, n. 7; (b) (in horse racing, showjumping, etc.) an obstacle featuring a body of water which has…

Golf. = sand-trap, n. 2. Cf. bunker, n.1 4a. Chiefly U.S.

Golf. casual water n. see quot. 1899.

an artificially constructed small deep bunker.

Golf. A bunker. Also figurative.