The two people who I have directly spoken with think highly of Rulewich (an alum of Yale) and his attitude about the Yale project. My own mind is not at all made up yet but I assure you that Yale GC isn't ruined. The biggest change really isn't the bunkers but the sprinkler system which has made for lusher fairways with much cleaner lies but fairways that play significantly slower. I imagine that National must have changed much the same way and if someone would take me there I'd love to find out for myself. As far as I know (and I will inquire more deeply) he will only "restore" the bunkers and work on selected tees. If he touches the greens at all I know that I will personally bury him in a very shallow grave under the 10th green to recreate MacDonald/Raynors contours. The bunkers so far restored seem to be fine although they undoubtedly retain a "cleaner" look than the originals as seen in the clubhouse pictures made during construction and the two in Geoff Shackelford's wonderful new book. I had originally thought that the "restored" bunkers on #5 were not as deep as prior to the work but more careful inspection in relation to the old pictures showed that they are about the same depth. In that regard, I know someone on the Greens Committee who was present when Rulewich dug out these bunkers and he told me that he dug until he hit the obvious bottom of MacDonalds original work. He then dug in needed drainage and restored them with new materials. Same for bunkers on #s 1 and 8. #4 may need to be redone. It has looked like that for a while. I havn't seen any really old pictures of it. If that's all he intends to do then I don't think he can hurt the course and the bunkers needed work. Personally, I wish he (or better yet Tom Doak) would get some old photos and talk to the old timers about restoring #12 to the "alps" that it was. Apparently, there was a great cross bunker protecting the entire front of the green and a much greater hill also guarding the front (George B can confirm as he originally wrote this this in a post and several other long time members subsequently told me what it looked like). Old timers tell me that it was impressive but apparently removed I think sometime in the 50's. The two small shallow pots currently in place are about the weakest part of the course as is the flat area in front of the green. Shows what a greens committee can do to improve on MacDonald/Raynor. I've since also looked at site of the old punchbowl 3rd green near the water and it must have been a really fun drive and pitch hole. I guess it was really important to add some length to #3 at some time in the past and put the present green behind the hill to make up for the lost alps on #12. I actually like #3 today (I think its a good and fair blind hole) but I'd like to know who did the changes and why. I will try to find out more about the plans and I also intend to push for some real restoration work based on the history of the course and the original plans.