"The work is a seemless transition from #1 green and beautifully maintains the character of this green/tee complex."
Gene:
Thanks for posting that.
The evolution of the 1st green and the 2nd tee is somewhat of a mystery to me---and I doubt I'm alone. I've heard a lot of opinion from a lot of pretty fair sources.
If the back of the present green really was the original 2nd tee we should know about it because that arrangement is positively bizarre----in my opinion----certainly in our time and perhaps even in Macdonald's.
I don't think there is much doubt Karl Olsen built what used to be the back of the 1st green with that marvelous (and super intense) bowl.
I very much regret they took that out or minimized it in the last few years.
I agree with you that the first green and second tee arrangement, as it exists today is a good one---a very good one!
Furthermore, what NGLA has been doing with their golf course----the decisions they've made in the last few years, are impressive, perhaps even hallmark, and very well worth other clubs studying and thinking about emulating!!