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The Future of Taconic
== The Future of Taconic ==
The greens committee of Taconic is currently considering a course restoration project to start in the next 3 to 5 years. As of spring 2006, they are working with architect Gil Hanse, who has had a hand in restoring such classic courses as Merion East, Kittansett, and Fenway. One exciting proposed change is adding a lower tee for #12 to the left of the existing tee. This would make the tee ball more intimidating, as the angle would be sharper and the shot semi-blind up and over the steep falloff; hopefully Hanse will also think about consider removing the huge oak on the corner of the hole to open up that currently constricts the dangerous long left driving alley more.
From an interview on golfclubatlas.com, a few of Hanse's thoughts on restoring classic courses such as Taconic:
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