sand trap

American  

noun

1. (on a golf course) a shallow pit partly filled with sand, usually located near a green, and designed to serve as a hazard.

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sand trap British  

noun

1. another name (esp US) for bunker

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Etymology

Origin of sand trap

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

There was scraggly grass in one sand trap and wooden blocks and a toy castle in another, evidence of children at play.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

One of the balls during their matchup was hit into the weeds near a sand trap.

From Fox News • Sep. 25, 2021

He hit something like fifteen balls out of a sand trap and at least four of them rolled right in the hole!

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2020

It began with a drive blocked to the right and into a sand trap on the 10th hole, his only missed fairway of the day.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2018

The ninth time Eisman retrieved a ball from some sand trap, or pretended his shot had not splashed into the water, he acted with the same unapologetic aplomb he had demonstrated the first time.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis