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Wayne_Kozun

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What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« on: April 08, 2007, 04:41:49 PM »
Apparently the green was originally just to the right of this bunker, but what is the purpose of this bunker today?  Maybe it is a hazard to a short hitting 20 handicapper but I don't know that I remember seeing a ball in this bunker during my 30 years of watching the Masters.

Wasn't MacKenzie averse to hazards that are only in play for weak golfers?  
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Jon Wiggett

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Re:What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2007, 04:56:11 PM »
Wayne,

its been left there to combat the 380+ drives that the average tour player will be hitting in 5 years time.  ;)
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RSLivingston_III

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Re:What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2007, 05:40:32 PM »
Maybe they will restore the original course and they will have at least one feature to start with?
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cary lichtenstein

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Re:What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2007, 07:01:02 PM »
I always thought they should remove it, until a couple of weeks ago I topped my second shot and wound up in the bunker, and then I said to myself, "self, you always thought this was a stupid place for a bunker, and now you're in it", and I laughed out loud. :)
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Brad Klein

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Re:What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2007, 07:14:18 PM »
As the last piece of MacKenzie design left in plasce at ANGC, it's a reminder of who the designer was and what the course was originally like. Besides, it looks great and fills up a vast open space.
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Ken Fry

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Re:What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2007, 07:36:54 PM »
So would it be fair to say, considering the bunker on #10 and the basic routing of the course are the only MacKenzie touches left, that removing the bunker would remove MacKenzie's name as a credited architect of Augusta?

Ken
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Jeff_Mingay

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Re:What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2007, 08:09:11 PM »
Jon W. makes a great point, above... a few years from now we should expect the old Mackenzie bunker to effect thinking back on the tee.
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Michael Dugger

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Re:What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2007, 08:18:12 PM »
sex appeal?
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JNC Lyon

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Re:What's the purpose of the MacKenzie bunker on 10 at ANGC?
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2007, 08:31:35 PM »
Nostalgia
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