Welcome to the Golf Club Atlas Discussion Group!Each user is approved by the Golf Club Atlas editorial staff. For any new inquiries, please contact us.
Hi TomWould you say the same thing if instead of Black Mesa it were Pine Valley, Cypress Point, Shinnecock, NGLA, Oakmont, Pebble Beach, Merion, Sand Hills, Pinehurst?This is a bunker loving country!Cheers
Some highlights of the work: “We recently reassessed everything,” Velarde said. “And we’re seeding in all of the fairway bunkers with grass. There won’t be any more sand bunkers in the fairways. “The long-range plan is to make the bunkers smoother, so we can get a mower in and so people can play out of them.” There are nearly 160 bunkers on the course, and there will still be around 65 remaining around the greens after the winter project. Velarde said that filling in the fairway bunkers with grass will help golfers lower their scores and make for quicker rounds and help lower maintenance costs. And I am sure every GCA member is really excited about this part: We just got a new fleet of carts with leather seats that are as nice as any in the state. We’re ready for a big year in 2018.”https://www.abqjournal.com/1049059
Unfortunately, getting rid of some of the more strategically placed bunkers will compromise the design and make the course less interesting to play.
They are really filing in ALL the fairway bunkers? Meaning everything up to the green?That seems completely silly to me if that’s true. Why would they not make some choices?