Another Reason to Avoid Bunker as Snapping Turtle Lays Eggs on N.S. Golf Course

A snapping turtle named Shelley who has laid her eggs in the sand trap at the 7th hole for the second year in a row on the Debert Golf Course in Debert, N.S. is seen in this undated photo provided August 6, 2019. HO, Mark Webb/The Canadian Press

HALIFAX—Most golfers would rather avoid sand traps, and that’s especially true now on a course in central Nova Scotia where a resident snapping turtle has laid its eggs in the same bunker for the second year in a row.

With nature taking its course, the sand trap on the seventh hole of the Debert Golf Course has been declared off limits, course manager Mark Webb said in an interview Tuesday.