28 SKETCHBOOK One of the first holes to be addressed by the Nicklaus Design renovation of Burlington Country Club in Mount Holly, New Jersey, is the long par-three second. Chad Goetz, ASGCA, saw the opportunity to give more character to what was a relatively one-dimensional hole. “By adding a new small bunker shortright of the green, we were able to efficiently change the previously straight-away shot into one that has a more defined left-to-right shape,” he says. “The existing greenside bunkers were reduced in size to better match the scale of the course, and we created a strong ridge right off the left greenside bunker to let players bounce shots onto a green that also pitches left-to-right.” The work is part of a plan to introduce more variety and strategy at the course, and Goetz’s sketches are helpful in multiple ways. “Our sketches showed the club how these ideas could come together. They were also helpful for instructing the contractor. After doing an initial sketch in the field, I returned to the office where I fleshed out the idea in more detail using Photoshop. That more refined sketch was used to present the idea to the entire membership during a club meeting.”• Burlington Country Club Chad Goetz, ASGCA After sketching his plans for the second hole (top) in the field, Chad Goetz, ASGCA, prepared a Photoshop visual (center) to provide members with a strong picture of how the completed hole (above) would look
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