Back in September 2009, we noted the "dreadful" condition of the bunkers (click photo to enlarge) at the Blue Course at Eisenhower Park:
"Sand gets top billing on the Blue Course. Unfortunately it does not get the treatment a star deserves. The bunkers on the Blue are in dreadful shape. They are filled with rocks, some just small pebbles, others massive stones. This is great news for geologists, but poor for golfers, especially those who don't care to carve up the face and sole of their sand wedge. The only redeeming quality is that a ball ticketed for the heart of a trap has a small chance of benefiting from a generous kick off a boulder three times its size."
Good news, though. Newsday's Mark Herrmann wrote in a sidebar to his column on Sunday (print edition, April 3) that all of the greenside traps on the Blue Course have been reshaped and refilled with new sand. "Golfers reported last season that they risked harming their clubs because of the debris," Herrmann said.
For more on Eisenhower Blue, check out the course flyover.
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