Now if only the men will use them!!! They must love these COVID days where they can just leave their footprints behind for us...

I would be un favor if personal rakes if provided by the golf course. The rake would need to be sterilized after each round similar to how grocery stores sanitize carts between customers.

I am for everyone buying their own rake. If the golf course supplies one on each cart; two things happen, one, it violates covid 19 policy about contact to others. Two, half the people will forget to put them back in their cart causing maintenance personnel to be exposed, let alone having another task (they already have enough) of returning to golf shop. Not having rakes laying around getting in the way is a great solution.

So now I have to PAY to rake a trap. (Unbelieveable)!!!! As if green's fees aren't high enough already. Look, Covid is a temporary inconvience. When things go back to normal I would like to see rakes back on the course. Hitting into a trap and then seeing your ball in someone's unraked footprint does not add enjoyment to anyone's round.

Yes they should; make them available for purchase. Years ago on TGC, there was a reality show about golf inventions. My second favorite was called a “Bunker Buddy”. It never made it to production. It was the same concept, except you kept it in your back pocket; you pulled it out & put it on the end of your club handle to rake a bunker.

Courses should rake the bunkers at least once every day...too many courses are just using COVID as an excuse to get out of providing the basics. Put a rake on each cart, like southern courses do and sanitize it when you sanitize the cart. Pretty simple!

Good article and another positive coming out of the pandemic. All good options. Courses provide sand bottles...why not a collapsible mini-bunker rake for each golf cart? If you walk, stick one in your bag. No course provided rake... buy one and stick it in your bag...along with your ball retriever. Here's an idea...a 2- for-1 device that acts as a ball retriever AND a bunker rake. Worst case...you could buy a small, lightweight, regular garden rake and stick it in your bag. Lots of better options than the old slow down play, search for the rake, leave it in or out, possible contagious handle system.. Let's not remove bunkers.

I am in favor of leaving rakes off the course and the club providing a rake to the players or putting it on the cart with the sand.

Removing bunkers would make play go faster, but changes the dynamic of the course rating to an easier level.

I think they should just replace the sand with grass and get rid of the bunkers altogether :-D

Too many people are behaving like Covid is forever.