Speaking of sod wall bunker/pot bunkers.
To you guru's out there, were these types of bunkers built in Great Britian or did they develop over time?
Here is why I ask...
Muirfield 13th hole, 1935...bunkers don't look like pot bunkers to me.
Muirfield 13th hole, 2011...pot bunkers for sure.
"Hell" at St. Andrews...
reference picture above vs what is looks like now.
From a natural looking blow out appearance to a pot bunker feel.
Therefore, if this is the case. Shouldn't new courses be built with a natural bunker look and have a maintenance plan to morph them into pot bunkers as the course matures. Wouldn't this save on maintenance costs (due to lack of sculpting of bunkers) while keeping them strategically placed...after all that is the idea of bunkers, right? Strategic placement...not art work.
I've got some thoughts on these sleepers to...but I'll hold that until a "sleeper" thread pops up.