What's the difference between a sand trap and a bunker?

Question

What's the difference between a sand trap and a bunker?

Answer 1

In America they call "Bunkers" - "Sand Traps"...

Answer 2

A sand trap is a bunker, but a bunker is not always a sand trap. There also are "waste bunkers", that are filled with various detriments to the swing, perhaps including sand, pine needles, gravel, sea shells, and various bits of vegetation.

A grass bunker is a deliberately positioned depression in the ground which is covered in grass, instead of being filled with sand. Typically, the length of the grass in these is obnoxiously long.

These, however, are not hazards under the rules of golf -- unless covered by a local rule. So you can ground your club in a waste or grass bunker.

Answer 3

They are the same thing.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

they're the same, least thats what i thought..

Answer 6

Nothing at all.  They're the same thing.  Sometimes people call them traps because they can be hard to get out of if you don't know what you're doing.