[T_MacWood]

In late 1899/early 1900 Horace Hutchinson wrote a series of seven articles featuring the most notorious hazards on famous golf courses.

I. Hell (St.Andrews)
II. Other famous bunkers at St. Andrews and Pandy at Musselburgh
III. Prestwick's famous bunkers (Cardinal, Himalayahs, Alps)
IV. North Berwick (Redan & Perfection)
V. Sandwich (Maiden & Hades)
VI. Brancaster (no name bunkers) & Biarritz (water hazard)
VII. Westward Ho! and the lack of famous hazards at Hoylake (other than the cop)

Which modern hazards would be featured in a present day version of Hutchinson's series?

Which famous hazards would have been featured in a golden age article?

[Mark_Fine]

Tom,
Forrest and I cover most of these and many others in our book.  We did a short summary on each hazard talking about its history and evolution.  Also included is a hand drawn sketch of each hazard with dimmensions and other details that should prove interesting and helpful.
Mark

[henrye]

Tom, I have heard the par-3 6th hole at Sandwich referred to as The Maiden, but that green has a number of pot bunkers surrounding it.  Which one is the Maiden bunker?

[JNC Lyon]

-Sand Hills bunkers/blowouts
-St. Andrews
-PVGC: Devil's A-Hole, Hell's Half Acre
-Quarry @ Merion
-Crystal Downs: Scabs and Three Sisters
-NGLA Bunkering
-A sampling of Varying Ross Bunkering
-A sample of Pete Dye Bunkering (From TGC to Whistling Straits)
-GCGC (?)

These were meant as hazards from all courses, not reserved for links course. Sorry for the American bias.

[T_MacWood]

Henry
The current Maiden is a new hole. The huge sandhill to the left of the green is the Maiden bunker. The green was just over the top of the sandhill, creating a blind approach....a controversial blind par-3 that was eventually removed. I believe the angle of the hole was different as well. In Hutchinson's opinion this bunker took the cake among the famous bunkers on famous links.  

Some other golden age hazards:
#2 GCGC
#11 Hollywood
#8 Princes
Oakmont's Churchpews
Sahara at NGLA
#4 Woking
#5 Columbia
Eleanor's Teeth at Apamamis
#11(old) Inwood
Hell bunker at Parkridge
#8 St. Georges Hill
The Widow at Hayling

[Patrick_Mucci]

Tom MacWood,

While the hole has been changed, the bunker short right of the 17th green at The Medalist is a real treat.

I liked the bunker better when it was the carry bunker on the par 5 as opposed to the greenside bunker on the new par 4.

But, it was one incredible bunker.

[peter_p]

Mark,
Would that be "Bunkers, Pits and Other Hazards", a maybe tardy Christmas present?

[Eric_Dorsey]

they may not have names - but Royal County Down's bunkers do it for me - they're the best.

honorable mention:

Riviera #4,9,10  

[Mark_Fine]

Peter,
Yes that's it.  I hope it's ready by then.  Everything takes longer than you think.  

[T_MacWood]

A couple of interesting notes from Hutchinson's article. Evidently the Maiden was named after the torturing contraption of the same name...I had never heard that one.

Also the Cardinal at Prestwick was referred to in the article as the Cardinal's Nob (in this current climate of scandal I'm certain the Church is glad they dropped the Nob part). Nob being a variation of neb or nose. The story being the Cardinal and the Devil played match for the Cardinal's nose (its unkown what the Devil put up)...the Devil won, so we now have the Cardinal bunker.

Hutchinson also apologized for the ommision of Portrush and Newcastle in Ireland...he'd played both, but one gets the impression perhaps only once, he said he wasn't as familar with their famous hazards.

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