[Tyler Kearns]

A few exceptional bunkers by Stanley Thompson at Capilano stand out as optical illusions, however, they do not influence the strategy of the golf. The fairway bunkering situated between the parallel holes 2 & 3, and 7 & 8 appear from the tee as being a complex series of bunkers. The bunkers seem to come alive as you walk towards, and approach them from different angles due to the numerous capes, bays and islands of turf. The change in appearance, and the realization that only one bunker resides between the holes is really neat.

Tyler Kearns

[Tyler Kearns]

Growing up on Donald Ross' Elmhurst GC, I had learned to not trust my eyes on the 6th hole. Here Ross placed a bunker some 60 yards short of the green that obstructed the view of the front third of the green, and appeared to tightly guard the front left portion of the green when approached from the left hand side of the fairway. I always enjoyed taking friends out to play the course for the first time, and watch the slump of their shoulders when they realized their well struck iron sat 30 yards short of the green.  

Tyler Kearns

[Forrest Richardson]

The opening par-5 at the Boulders Resort (Morrish) in Carefree, Arizona sports a massive boulder (about 5-6 stories) behind the green. Even from 140-yards in the pin looks to be easily 200-yards away.

[T_MacWood]

The greens at The Broadmoor, putts that looked to brake a foot one direction would brake a foot the opposite direction. Evidently every thing brakes away from the mountains...playing in heavy fog magnified the problem.

Westbrook in Mansfield an old Ross, similar optical illusion with the greens, everything brakes towards the lowest point on the hilly property.

[Patrick_Mucci]

Tom MacWood,

Good point, and one that is often overlooked, the cant of the green.

The upper course at Baltusrol provides a similar deception off of the mountain.

[Joe Hancock]

Tom MacWood,

Good point, and one that is often overlooked, the cant of the green.

Reply #2 to this thread was apparently overlooked.  

Of course, I just figured it was because my referenced course wasn't on the "list".

Joe

[archie_struthers]

Maybe Tom Paul can help me with one, in that I'm not sure if its the 9th or 10th at Merion West, but the green blending into the tee there is the best I have ever seen!!!!

[TEPaul]

Archie;

It's the 9th green that melds right into the 10th tee directly behind it---and you're right, it is very neat! Gil Hanse has been doing some of that recently--Coore and Crenshaw too.

[Sandman]

ISeawane has several great examples--


Sorry Robert, but I can't believe that anyone has anything positive to say about Seawane after recent improvements(?).  The original integrity of the course has been compromised and you might as well go play the Hamlet...you get the same feel  

For Long Island....surprised that no one has mentioned the many pot bunkers at Garden City Men's Club.  Visually a menace...............Seawane.......sorry Robert, I just don't see it.

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