The Reserve Vineyards - south course - designed by John Fought opened in late 1997 spent a number of years on television hosting Peter Jacobsen's Fred Meyer Challenge, and then the Champions Tour Tradition major. The 100+ bunkers was the signature for the course. Over the years in-house operations filled in some bunkers and made changes to others.
Now it is time for overhaul. The course owner and Fought this week announced a major facelift this week, eliminating, repositioning, downsizing, combining and reshaping bunkers and implementing many tightly mowed collection areas. The renovation work will be done by Duininck Brothers during a 10-12 week period this summer. Play will continue thru hole closures.
The project, using sustainable bunker liners, should greatly reduce maintenance costs for the South course. It was ranked 10th best public access course in Oregon on the latest Golf Digest list. It still will be a stern test and time par will have to be lowered.
One of my statistical indicators of a good round was when I sank more putt feet than bunker raking yards.