The Trump Blue Monster Renovation Plan Revealed...**
/Torleif Sorenson posts Gil Hanse and Donald Trump's vision for the TPC Blue Monster at Trump Doral, though I'm hard pressed to see many major changes other than the par-3 15th which has lots of water around it.
The Donald told the media Tuesday that it's going to be an island green.
But Bradley Klein explains that's been a source of disagreement between the design partners.
But when it came to a proposed island green, Hanse balked. When Trump urged extension of a pond to encircle the otherwise placid, landlocked green on the par-3 15th, Hanse resisted, explaining that it would be out of character with Wilson’s emphasis on diagonal lines of play. So the plan now is to project the relocated green out into a corner of the expanded pond and form a sharp diagonal, with the putting surface flanked by water front left and deep to the rear.
**Here is an updated plan. You can tell because the logos are getting tackier by the plan.
At least the one above will provide a point of comparison. The 15th is still not an island green. Thankfully.
As a bonus, a close up of the 15th and 16th holes.
