[Jim_Kennedy]

Pat,
Any work that you'd have to perform, like adding sand, or edging, would just be a little more time consuming. Even blowing junk out of them would take a bit longer because it needs to be blown that much farther across the surface of the green. I also wonder if the irrigation and fertilizer it's going to give the grass or weeds a better foothold. A pronounced but mowable mound would serve the same purpose at no 'extra cost'.

Riviera's green is an icon of golf and proves itself every year.

Not one green in any photo posted has shown even a glimmer of what is going on in the original.

[Ben Sims]

Ben,

Is there anything in Thomas's writings that alludes to either the Eden or Road Hole bunkers as the inspiration for the donut hole bunker ?

I can visualize it, but, it would be neat if there was a reliable reference to it from Thomas

Mr. Mucci,

I'll scour GAIA for something.

Paging Geoff Shackelford and Michael Robin....

[Craig Van Egmond]

Bill Overdorf built a short par 3 (135 yards) on a 9 hole course called Raspberry Ridge in Washington.  Appropriately enough the name of the hole is  Riviera.

I thought it was cool.

[Patrick_Mucci]

Jim,

There's no doubt that more TLC is needed, given the immediate surrounds of that bunker, but, if Riviera hand mows and rakes their greens and bunkers, I wouldn't imagine that the incremental cost would be prohibitive.

And, that bunker has become an icon of sorts, sort of unique to Riviera, so I'd imagine that they'd want to preserve that feature irrespective of the cost.

I can't imagine the cost to maintain it is that much different from the Road Hole or Eden bunkers, both of which can't be mechanically raked, and have the same difficulty in getting sand into them.

I'm trying to remember how deep/shallow that bunker is.

I'd imagine, without the proper drainage, that that bunker could never come into existance.

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