As a seasoned golf course architect, Forrest Richardson gives a lot of thought to the minutiae of the game. Among the topics he has been inclined to ponder: the proper placement of bunker rakes.

The main job of our players is to judge clubs on a 5-point scale in our Hot List judging criteria of Look/Sound/Feel and Performance. (On this scale, “5” is tops and “1” is the bottom.) Our guidelines ...