The phrase
"water hazards" refers to areas of water, such as ponds or lakes, that are found on a golf course. These areas can cause difficulty for golfers because if a golf ball lands in the water, it can be challenging to hit it back onto the course.
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Players will hit their tee shots over a small pond, the only
water hazard on the course.
An owner should know and avoid areas with
potential water hazards and keep their dog on a leash to avoid falling through broken ice.
As a scuba diver for International Golf — a company that makes a business out of retrieving, refurbishing and reselling 6 million sunken golf balls a year — he spends much of each week submerged
in water hazards.
Downed power lines and the extension
of water hazards expand the territories of alligators and snakes that pose a deadly threat to dogs and cats.
Kibler now works as a researcher at the International Centre
for Water Hazard & Risk Management in Tsukuba, Japan, and as an Associate Professor at Japan's National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo.
Recovering lost balls
from water hazards is a $ 1 million a week business, and a lot of it is done illegally.
Mud makes shots squirt off - line, and at a course with as many
water hazards as Sawgrass, that's not good.
With its long, deep bunkers, tight fairways and
many water hazards, PGA West is indeed a demanding course; it is also very fair.
A Robert Trent Jones Jr. design, this Kauai golf course is an ocean links style course featuring spectacular vistas including 7 holes
with water hazards.
«Without definitive evidence, the point where Woods» ball last crossed the
lateral water hazard is determined through best judgement by Woods and his fellow competitor,» read the tour statement.
$ 170 - $ 220 Cancun Country Club Known as the TPC Cancun until 2015, the Cancun Country Club's El Tinto course, a four - year - old Nick Price design, stretches a Tour - worthy 7,435 yards from the Black tees and features enormous bunkers and Florida -
style water hazards.
Among other things he lost his life savings in a business venture, escaped from a burning house, employed a caddie who routinely waded
through water hazards, and had one of his golfing pay checks snatched away by an insurance company.
The lowest - grade cut balls are sold to cruise ships, from which they're hit into the
ultimate water hazard.
That's a testament to the course set - up — the narrow fairways and
multiple water hazards in play put a premium on precise ball striking.
Water is also an unforgiving accident that doesn't allow second chances which is why parent should take great precaution and time to baby
proof water hazards that are in, around and outside their home!
Removing choking hazards throughout the home and especially
keeping water hazards and poisons (cleaning products, cosmetics) where your child can't reach them can prevent the number one causes of death before the age of 5!
Water Hazards Fatalities in educational visits have occurred when students were involved in activities in or near water, as in the Glenridding Beck case.
Remember: an experienced swimmer is still susceptible to undercurrents, jellyfish and
other water hazards.
12 of the 18 holes
feature water hazards which, when combined with 64 bunkers, make The Sanctuary the most spectacular golf course in the southwest of Western Australia.
The Course is very undulating and different from the No 1 course, with indigenous bush in places, although it also has its share of
imposing water hazards.
The course features mature tree - lined fairways, strategically
placed water hazards and spectacular mountain views in every direction.
Hanbury Manor Country Club winds through ancient trees and
picturesque water hazards, while providing a true challenge to anyone who enjoys golf.
Lake Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur is quite a challenging course and features undulating fairways lined by trees, several
large water hazards, well - protected greens and fairways cleverly placed bunkers.
Naturally, the star of the show here is the 18 - hole golf course — overlooking a protected national park, the course layout features lakes,
numerous water hazards and dozens of bunkers, ensuring quite an exciting experience for the passionate golfer.
This hole provides an impressive end to La Finca's «Amen Corner», where holes 5 and 6 are flanked by their
vast water hazards surrounding both greens and running down the left side of the two holes, with five beautifully constructed waterfalls cascading their way down to link five lakes, all adding to this difficult corner of the golf course and giving spectacular views on the eye.
The addition of The Lakes Course in 1999
presents water hazards on 17 out of 18 holes while the finishing hole reputedly is one of the best in the region.
On this sunny Tuesday afternoon the
term water hazard would take on added significance.
The convoy of two winds its way around the course, pausing politely as golfers make their shots, then continuing on to the
next water hazard.
This analytical report examines whether climate change undermines human security by
intensifying water hazards, such as droughts, floods and water scarcity.
With 68 bunkers, and
water hazards on almost every hole, Harvest Hills more than lives up to its course motto: «One tough nine.»
«Usually the stickiest thing you get is, «Where did the ball cross the margin of a
lateral water hazard?»»
The other concern is the upper Indus, where the snow and glacial melt is really critical in water resource management and flood control in Pakistan,» explained Koike, director, International Centre
for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM).
There is the choice of two 18 hole golf courses nearby one with tree lined rivers and the other a more challenging course
with water hazards and heavy bunkering.
An ardent tree climber, bike rider, feeder of birds and catfish (
the water hazards at Eldorado swarm with them), she much prefers to sleep in an old T shirt than in a nightgown.
If you miss the fairway, you might have to lay up because a 110 - yard - long portion of
the water hazard sits between the end of the fairway and the green.
His ball blew back into
the water hazard forcing him to take a drop and penalty stroke.
«I think I'd automatically say
a water hazard, and a hole like number 12 would be the most frightening.
After his first tee shot on Sunday splashed down into
a water hazard, he took an improper drop and played two more shots before reaching the green and learning of his «serious breach» of the rules:
On some holes a player needed the instincts of a guess - your - weight pitchman to stay out of
the water hazards.
He gouged out a slicing recovery shot — bending the hosel of his six - iron in the process — that finished dangerously close to
a water hazard.
He says
the water hazards on the right side of the fairway yield the most balls.
One day 10 years ago, a friend of his who was the pro at a nearby country club told Reid he thought there might be a lot of balls in one of the course's
water hazards.
At last, the double bogeys and
water hazards that had haunted him in the past had brought down others, and now he could speak of the years of distress.
About 90 minutes after smoking that driver through the green into the water, little Rickie yanked a three - wood left into another part of
the water hazard.
Miss the green entirely on the right, but just don't go at the pin or flirt with
the water hazard.