Bunker...enter/exit/re-enter

[Doctorfro]

I can't seem to find this. Are you allowed to go into the bunker, then leave the bunker, then re-enter before hitting a shot or is this considered testing the conditions?

[iacas]

I can't seem to find this. Are you allowed to go into the bunker, then leave the bunker, then re-enter before hitting a shot or is this considered testing the conditions?

Just don't dig your feet in or do anything that would constitute "testing."

Walking is fine - a player did it a few times today in front of a USGA official at the U.S. Women's Open.

[Doctorfro]

Thanks for the help

[Ignorant]

See also Dec. 13-4/24, digging feet in the sand may also be allowed:

13-4/24 Stance in Bunker Taken Without Club
Q. A player whose ball was in a bunker entered it without a club, dug in with his feet and simulated a stroke. He then left the bunker, got a club, dug in again with his feet at the same place and made a stroke.
The Committee asked the player why he had gone through this exercise. He replied that he had wanted to get the "feel" of the shot he was about to make and that the purpose of the simulated stroke was to determine which club to use and what kind of stroke to make. He stated that he was not testing the condition of the hazard or building a stance when he dug his feet in for the simulated stroke.
How should the Committee have ruled?

A. The Committee should have ruled that no penalty was incurred.
Rule 13-3 states: "A player is entitled to place his feet firmly in taking his stance."
The Definition of "Stance" states: "Taking the 'stance' consists in a player placing his feet in position for and preparatory to making a stroke."
On the first occasion, the player was "placing his feet in position for and preparatory to making a stroke," even though he had no club in his hands. (Revised)