Lengthening and strengthening is the general theme. On the club side, a sweeping restoration project will run from July 2 to January under the direction of veteran course restorer Brian Silva, with a guiding hand from the late Ross himself. The only thing Augusta Country Club is trying to duplicate is the flavor of the golf course Ross created when he was hired to convert the greens to grass and redo the bunkering in 1927. The current project began simply enough with a desire to rebuild and regrass the greens to withstand the scorching Georgia summers. N.C. That's where Ross' original working diagrams of the course were uncovered.
Every detail is there.
We looked at the plans and thought, 'Wow,''' said Henry Marburger, the club's general manager.''It will help ascetically and make it more difficult. Silva is no stranger to tinkering with Ross courses. Despite all of his successes, including being named Golf World magazine's Architect of the Year in 1999, Silva isn't embraced by the Donald Ross Society, which vigilantly strives to protect the integrity of Ross courses. Silva did on Ross' Wampanoag Country Club in Connecticut. Fay's ancient vendetta against Silva didn't dissuade Augusta Country Club from choosing him for this project.