As 
some have noticed, the bunkers built last year, and those constructed this year are taking on a very different character. The old bunker forms were provisional. The idea from the beginning has been to create a collection of bunkers and details that reflect the design style of the Golden Age of Golf Course Architecture (1900-35). If you haven't seen anything like it... Great! It means we are on our way to creating a unique identity in the area.The bunker work is just one part of the new direction to make holes more interesting, memorable, fun and beautiful. The goal isn't to make the new holes look like the old holes, but to have the new holes drive the new direction, and slowly but surely rework the old holes so each has its own individual character that ties into the new general theme. This way the course develops it own truly unique identity from the courses in the region and from the 750 courses in the country. And it's such courses people are willing to travel to to play. If it's the same course as everywhere else... why bother?
The B&W photos are of some bunkers from the Golden Age, and they reveal how the art of excellent, natural, artistic bunker creation has been lost in modern times.
Tony Ristola
www.agolfarchitect.com
agolfarchitect@yahoo.com
+1(909) 581 0080
