There's a currently active thread on Apache Stronghold, where the maintenance woes are well known. Now, they have problems there beyond just the bunkers, but it did occur to me when I was there that even if everything else was rectified, the course would never seem "finished" unless the bunkers were restored. Which is interesting, because in their state now, they actually make for fascinating hazards, and are no doubt far more hazardous than if they were simply sand-filled pits where a consistent lie could be expected. Now, you go in what remains of one and you may be in a sandy area, in scraggly grass, or on hardpan, or some combination. Granted, this is vaguely unfair in a deep greenside bunker that was designed with the expectation that it would be sand-filled, and the player would be able to loft the ball out (hard to do from hard pan). But as strategic hazards, the fairway bunkers and many of the greenside bunkers are, IMHO, far more interesting in their current disheveled state. But keeping those hazards in that conditions will never fly if the course wats to return to prominence, fawning reviews, glossy photos mags, etc.