Sutton Bay On Endangered Famous Courses List
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A GolfClubAtlas.com thread confirms recent rumors that South Dakota's Sutton Bay, a Graham Marsh design ranked 85th on Golf Magazine's Top 100 list, appears to only have a couple of years left in its current iteration before a replacement course is built.
Widely lauded and written about since it's 2003 opening, the course is moving ahead with a replacement nine this summer after instable land conditions forced the ownership's hands. Mark Ahmundson, one of the club founders, explains on the Sutton Bay website:
The level of constant change on the course, due to the land shifts, has been significant. We have battled irrigation breaks at a level 100 fold of most courses. We have had significant changes in the landforms of some holes and many of the greens, some to an extent that permanent changes in the integrity of the design have taken place. Possibly the most significant issue related to the land shifts is the realization that the constant change in the land is both unpredictable in the rate of change and unstoppable in its movement.
