TPaul,
Golf greens have contours to add strategy. The pros are very good at putting over and around those contours. So what are going to do to make the pros pay for being able to putt well?
You say that you want to add strategy to the bunker. Funny, the way I see it is that the pros have definitely made the bunker more strategic. By practicing the sand shot to the point where they might get up and down half the time (notice I did not say all the time, we are not talking about an onslaught of bunker saves any more than we are talking about pros holing every birdie putt they face) they HAVE ADDED OPTIONS TO THEIR GAMES! Yes, they now (I say now, but the pros have been good at sand play forever) have another way, an OPTION, of playing an approach shot. Do you have a problem with that? If you cannot see how more options add more strategy then you cannot see the bunker for the sand, with all due respect.
Here is how I see this. The golf designer designs in a bunker. We will call that bunker a "lemon". The golf designer says to his friend, "Now watch when the pro hits in that bunker, when he gets the lemon. He cannot readily eat the lemon. Watch the sour look on his face."
The pro then evolves his digestive system and makes lemonade out of the lemon. The friend looks at the golf designer and finds that it is he who has the sour look. So the golf designer, not content to allow the pro to hone his skill and exhibit his talent, the golf designer gets up in arms and decrys the pro's use of the sand and decides to add something to the lemonade. But what? Grapefruit juice? True, the grapefruit is sour and the pros will have to work harder to digest it. But it will still be digestable. No, I suggest the golf designer go straight for the tastebuds way at the back of the mouth. Go ahead and just add your SOUR GRAPES.
A few other ways to make the game more "strategic":
Since this bunker issue is really about making a mountain out of a molehill (the pros' abilities to get up and down here is grossly exaggerated), how about actual molehills in the fairway?
Maybe we should all be allowed to yell "Noonan!" when the pros are putting.
Speaking of sand consistency, there is always quicksand instead of the firmer version currently being used on the tour.
Rather than making the bunkers so deep that the subsequent shot to the green is blind, why not just blindfold the pros to begin with?
And my favorite would be to let loose a thousand cats before and during each tournament. We all know what cats do in the sand.
All kidding aside, have a great day!