I had been told that there were some bunkers that were under repair at Salt Creek, which prompted me to send a summary to the club on Rule 25 - Abnormal Ground Conditions.
A ball in Ground Under Repair (GUR) is a free drop, but if you are in GUR in a bunker, you must drop in the bunker. Alternatively, you can take a one stroke penalty and drop outside the bunker, on a line between the flag and the position of your ball in the bunker.
If the entire bunker is under repair, then you get the free drop outside the bunker (one club length from the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole).
The course was nice enough to put a card in each cart summarizing your options.
For some bunkers they had a red drop area painted by the bunker. I had never heard of that, but I guess it's a local rule for the course, under these conditions.
I never hit into a bunker that was under repair. I did not play particularly well.
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