[Mark Chaplin]

Obviously the secret to this is being a member of one of Royal Melbourne’s reciprocal clubs and calling it home when in Melbourne.

[Thomas Dai]

Many thanks for posting Marty. Your enthusiasm for the course and your trip in general shines bright. Great to see some photos on GCA again. You make a comment in one of the earlier threads about how you posted them. Could you please elaborate a bit more?


A couple of general questions.



Question 1 - capes and headlands and bays and MacKenzie bunkers.


Would it be correct to assume that bunkers of this type require considerable and quite delicate maintenance in order to keep the structure in place, eg prevent the capes and headlands from eroding away etc? Are any special techniques, other than a great deal of care and attention, required and how much labour intensiveness is needed? How often is refurbishment or partial refurbishment needed? What happens in the event of a washout/storm/downpour?


Question 2 - bunker edge vrs putting surface edge


It’s rare, but quite nice, to see some bunker edges right up against the edge of the putting surface. Any particular maintenance regimes needed with this arrangement?


Atb

[Sean_A]

Marty,

Even though it's really obvious and even though I've played countless rounds here since my first in 1974 it took until a few weeks ago for someone to point out the bunkers between 8w and 1e (post #19) serve holes on two seperate courses - west and east - and to ask if it's something unique in the game.

Anyone think of any others?

Both 18s at Gleneagles' 18 haves two bunkers between fairways....the one on Kings has been restored.



Ciao

[Rich Goodale]

You are stretching it, Arbs.  I think you need an "Oopsie" Queen's shank or a massive King's duck hook to bother players on the two.

[James Bennett]

Mike Clayton

It is a rare course that shares a fairway between two courses. East 1 and West 8. In my last game on the East, I think I managed to nearly miss the double fairway, and nearly ended up in the right bunker of West 8 - a very challenging approach to the East 1 green.

West 2 tee is protected by the bunkering of East 17 approach.

Royal Sydney has bunkers that serve to protect/defend two holes on the same course, eg the bunkers between RS 3 (par 3) and the adjacent 12th (?? not sure).  One side of the bunker protects green # the other green 12 (I think).  Andrew Summerall pointed this out to me.

[Niall C]

Sean

Is that a picture of the newly renovated Gleneagles with the redone bunkers ?

Niall

[Sean_A]

Sean

Is that a picture of the newly renovated Gleneagles with the redone bunkers ?

Niall

The right bunker on the Kings is redone, the left bunker on Queens is not. The Despite what Rihc says  they are definitely in play.


Ciao

[Sean Walsh]

Fun Fact - As this photo is being taken I'm sizing up my approach to the 8th green. I'm doing so from 50 yards left of the left edge of the photo. For those intending to visit I would not encourage this line. On the plus side I was 70 yards left of my target and still in play 

[Jim Franklin]

FBD -

Thanks for sharing. RM looks like what a golf course should look like. I am trying to make a trip to NZ/AUS in December, but I need all stars aligning perfectly. So far so good, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

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