Quote Originally Posted by bisonaudit View Post
If the greens at Augusta were anywhere else the players would be in open revolt over how unfair it was.

Sandy waste areas are a staple of virtually every course in the desert southwest. It would be irresponsible to do anything else at this point for both environmental and monetary reasons. I’m not sure why we need those kind of waste areas in a seaside or lakeside setting though and Dye is hardly a designer of low impact golf courses so I can get on board with those sorts of critiques. I just don’t agree with the notion that he’s responsible for the club grounding rule modification.
Fair points, though I wouldn’t consider the greens at Augusta a niche gimmick, it’s more taking what the landscape gives you, similar to how the waste areas in the southwest are just a part of the landscape. I can get behind that. But to your point, why the sand in Wisconsin (fuck Wisconsin)?