Week 3: Quiz – Hazards and Features
Stage 1: Discover & Play · Golf Course Design
Week 3 — Hazards and Features
Review questions covering the lessons above. Read each question aloud and discuss before selecting an answer.
Correct answers are shown in stone brown. Use this as a review and discussion tool.
Question 1
What is the primary purpose of a bunker in golf course design?
- ○ To punish bad shots equally
- ○ To create a visual landmark
- ✓ To create a visual and strategic feature that defines the risk around the ideal landing zone and green — rewarding accurate shots and creating decisions for all skill levels
Question 2
Why do architects use water hazards?
- ○ Only for irrigation
- ✓ To create dramatic visual features and powerful risk-reward decisions — water is an absolute penalty, unlike bunkers, making it the strongest strategic tool an architect has
Question 3
What is ‘rough’ in golf course design terms?
- ○ Just unmown grass
- ✓ A graduated zone of increasing difficulty that frames the fairway and green, guiding players toward the ideal route while penalizing errant shots proportionally to their severity