Learned a little something yesterday about the work that is being done at Edina Country Club from someone who would know.
ECC is a Bendelow that opened in the 1920s. They have had problems with their greens off and on for quite a while.
They embarked on a pretty ambitious project this summer with Tom Lehman doing the plans.
The most interesting item I heard is that they are shortening the ninth hole (moving the green to the northwest and closer to the tee) and dramatically lengthening the 18th hole (moving the green to the north to where the old 9th green was).
The 9th hole will now likely play in the 320-330 range and could be a cool short par 4 as the prevailing wind does help on that hole. No. 18 will now be a total monster, something in the 450-465 range.
In addition, several bunkers have been moved or added or subtracted. A bunch of trees are also going down (or have gone down). I was told that it will look quite a bit different.
Just a little tidbit for the Minnesota crowd.