I came across the below quote in the top Oz courses thread which intrigued me. It had never occurred to me that consistent (not quite sure what that means) fairway bunkering should be a goal of design. Indeed, I would probably lean toward inconsistency as something very interesting. Of course, I am assuming that the whether consistent or not, the bunkers are well placed (and that is another debate entirely!). In any case, what do folks think consistency in fairway bunkering means, should courses be bunkered as described below and does it follow that courses bunkered in this manner are inconsistent?
"With the exception of NSW and Pebble Beach, the Top 100 courses that I have seen all share one thing in common - a strong thematic consistency across the 18 holes with strong attention to detail. NSW is, in my opinion is all over the place. There is a mish mash of sandy waste areas and pot bunkers, neither of which has really settled in, many unbunkered fairways and then the 18th hole with 5 fairway bunkers to contend with on the drive. I mean, you have 10 fairway pots on the 1st and 18th combined and all of about 4(?) on the 16 holes in between."
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