Ok, aficionados and jolly lads all, here is a pretty current look the restoration in progress.
A sandy waste area for fairway right. The right side being the better angle to approach the long green.
The 2nd now has a tee about 50 yards behind where it has been. Incredibly difficult to make a par-4 on this hole.
Pretty much the entire right side is on its way to being natural.
The left side of the 2nd.
You don't want to miss your approach to the 2nd on the right side. With that sinister, repelling ridge on the edge of the green short
left is where you would prefer to miss it.
3rd Tee
3rd Left
Another look at the 3rd.
Not much done yet to 4,5 and 6. Here is the 7th tee.
The mounds on the right side of the 7th.
Looking back on the 7th.
They restored the 8th tee behind the sand path. Normally called a par-5 but played as a par-4 during the US Open. Par means very little to me. A hole is a hole - you play it as best you can.
A very good tee shot can carry the first bunker on the 8th.
They haven't done much to the 9th yet. The hill on the right and the newly jagged bunker on the left will figure into your second shot on the 670 yard par-5 10th.
The somewhat jagged bunker.
Wire grass all along the right side of the 11th hole. Hogan's favorite hole on the course, in fact.
Bunkers restored on the right of the 11th.
The 12th tee.
12th bunkers.
Fade your tee shot on the 12th too much and you will tangle with wire grass and sand.
13 tee. Is this wide enough for you?
A sandy waste area all along the left side of the 13th. Fairway right is a better angle for the approach. But there are nasty mounds
over there.
Behind the 13th green and the 14th tee.
Not much work on the 15th, 16th and 18th yet. The par-3 17th.
That's all for now. If you have any questions I'll be happy to attempt to answer them tomorrow.