Images From Torrey Pines, Vol. 4

Is there something wrong with when I find this to be the most attractive bunker on the property?

This is greenside at the North Course's 3rd green.

 

Comments

[curious]

Would you kindly explain why this is the most attractive bunker?

[Bob G]

there is nothing wrong. the north curse is closed. this gets fixed in three weeks of work. the dead grass below that tent is a bigger deal.

[Geoff]

I didn't say anything was wrong. It's rustic, unmaintained, natural and breaking down. As a hazard should be!

[MC]

Geoff - I wondered if they'd allow some of the corporate clients to rent some of the North Course greens to entertain clients. Looks like that's not the case?

[curious]

geoff...not to beat a dead horse.Why do hazards have to be rustic, unmaintained and breaking down?

[ReverendTMac]

Curious - I'd assume your answer lies in the one word out of Geoff's description you left out...

[Al]

Is a bunker a hazard or not?
If not, then tidy them up so that they are as pristeen as the fairways at a PGA tour stop.

If it is, then what is the beef.

I can remember playing Cog Hill #4 back as a kid, when it was called Dubsdred for a reason. The bunkers were hazards and very difficult to get out of. Once the big boys came there, they insisted on making the bunkers easier to get out of than the rough. It is no longer as fun as it used to be.

[Four-putt]

The bunkers should look natural, just like turf on greens mowed to 1/8 of an inch and fairways cut to 3/16. That's very natural.

4p

[Old Tom]

Yes there is something wrong. With you that is. Anybody who thinks that is natural needs to get a less simplistic definition of natural. Golf courses aren't natural period. They are a sports field. It doesn't matter if the latest TREND is to let the faces grow long get rough looking....that still ain't natural.