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With match play, players compete to win individual holes, so if you land in an unraked bunker, and need three strokes to get out of it, you simply lose that hole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

An unraked recruit, per 247Sports, Gerrits chose WSU over seven mid-major offers.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022

Greig suggests leaving leaves unraked or parts of the lawn unmown and creating the occasional brush pile.

From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2022

"The moon is effectively one giant, unraked, rock-strewn bunker," continues Saunders.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2021

Afterward, as he crossed the darkening courthouse square, pensively scuffing through dry mounds of unraked leaves, Dewey wondered at his lack of elation.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote