Joe
"Finish shaping is different that shaping. Finish shaping, left to anyone without proper methodologies, will undo much of what a talented, knowledgeable shaper had in mind during the creation process. Methodologies vary, of course, but there are some things one can do to retain the original thoughts and shapes while doing the finish phase of shaping. I prefer to finish what I started, especially greens and bunkers, not because no one else can learn, but with the image of the subgrade in my mind, I can recreate the original thought in the finish grade faster than teaching/monitoring someone else doing the work. People who you work with often can get into your head and appropriately finish what you started".
I totally agree with you on this. I struggle with this every day over here in Korea. I got 2 "D3"guys behind me that do an alright job but it never has the same feel (atleast in my head) as what I had roughed in when they get done. I get to finish my greens and bunkers but the fairways are changed quite a bit from what was originally there. I miss being able to do both the rough and finish shaping of an entire hole. Things get done so different over here, there are times when drainage and irrigation are on the same hole you are still shaping.