Recently Ron Prichard revised the 7th and 18th greens at Mountain Ridge.
The work on the 7th green was akin to a restoration as that green is the only green that represented a departure from the original Donald Ross field drawings.
The results are startling.
The improvement more than dramatic.
The new (sympathetically restored) 7 th green presents numerous, challenging hole locations whereby the prior green had but one hole area.
In addition a cross bunker was restored and the green side bunkers are deep, daunting and dramatic.
If you're results oriented, # 7 is a home run.
My only comment would be that I'd like to see the hole play at no more than 150 yards.
The 18th green presented a similar dilemma, namely, that increased green speeds made the green unplayable.
Ron successfully rotated the green on it's axis and softened the severe slope, properly marrying the slope to the long incoming approach shot.
The green is now "puttable" and more.
It now permits reasonable recovery shots and rewards well executed approach shots, things that were lost as green speeds increased.
In addition, it appears that the 13th hole has been improved, but more play will have to occur before drawing a final conclusion.
So we have one restoration, one minor modification and one significant change.
But if you're results oriented, architecturally, does it matter ?