Recognized in past years by one of Golf Digests "Top 100 Public Courses to Play", Montgomery Bell was due for a face-lift in the spring 2016. Having last been renovated in 1986, bunkers had grown outside their original cavities over that thirty year period and had placements that had been surpassed by technology. Working alongside the state of Tennessee, the goals of reducing maintenance and pace of play were achieved with the elimination of over ten bunkers and by introducing the Better Billy Bunker Method.