Phase II, planned for 2011, will identify both aquifers down to 3, 000 meters belowthesurface, study soil composition and aquifer replenishment, and prioritize areas for agricultural development.
To torment the players further, the USGA shaved downthe banks below seven of the greens, so that balls that just barely miss the putting surface, or are chipped just a smidge too hard, can sometimes race 10 to 20 yards away.
Things get murkier still when oil companies drill deep belowthesurface of the ocean floor, since even robots can't go down there to see what's going on.