Mr. Faldo may be right, but I would ask him why bunkers in the fairways would be more difficult for the pros to play out of than bunkers on the sides of the fairways?
If, as he says, a shot from a fairway bunker, "60 or 70 yards from a green,,, doesn't give the pro any difficulty," what difference does the change of location cause?
Am I missing something?
I don't remember the name of the tour pro who suggested this, but one said that if the fairways are cut in a more serpentine fashion, this would cause players to have smaller landing areas to hit into.
Maybe the USGA is has been right all along with the idea of 26 yard wide fairways and penal-length rough?