Does familiarity, time and the patina of age...

[Tony_Muldoon]

...render even the most unnatural of features acceptable?


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If a GCA today invented this feature would he be crucified here?





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Is it acceptable to people who prefer a naturalistic approach to golf course architecture?






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[Tony_Muldoon]

[Brent Hutto]

That style of bunkering at Oakmont has always struck me as over-the-top and unattractive. Nothing wrong with building a brutally tough, penal course if that's what the membership desires but it has little in common with any golf course I'd care to play.

I already know my golf game sucks and can prove it adequately on courses bunkered more like this



while actually enjoying the experience.