Renovation project announced at Wild Dunes Links - Charleston Post Courier
The resort has announced that the course will be closing May 4 for a project that will include resurfacing the greens, replacing the asphalt cart paths with concrete and renovating the irrigation system. Director of golf Jeff Minton said greens will be brought back to their original size and several greens, including those on holes 10-13, will be enlarged and softened because they have too much contour for modern-day grasses such as the Champion... Resort officials, working with architect Tom Fazio, also hope to come up with the best solution for the erosion-plagued 18th hole. Originally designed as a par-5, the resort in recent years has been forced to convert it to a par-3. “We are still not exactly sure what the best solution would be for that hole,” Minton said. He said the resort would love to bring it back as a par-5, but the beach erosion has not stabilized enough to make a final decision. Having a par-3 finishing hole isn’t unheard of. U. S. courses ending with par-3s that serve or have served as PGA Tour venues include East Lake in Atlanta, Congressional in Bethesda, Md. , and The Greenbrier Old White in White Sulphur Springs, W.... Source: www.postandcourier.com
