Tom,
From my understanding of what you are trying to accomplish with Old MacDonald, if you attempt a Road Hole, I think it MUST:
- be dogleg right with OB right
- have a green as close to TOC's as you can make with a scary yawning bunker that sucks in shots rolling near it and the occasional poor chip or putt
- have a hard surfaced path immediately behind the green and a wall off to the side
- have a tee shot that is blind over some obstacle, ideally something that might make a resounding "clang" if you actually hit it (granted this is not really a worry with today's equipment, I remember worrying a bit about the potential embaressment of a thin shot on my first visit though)
- have lettering or something to allow people to determine their lines since a big rock or pole isn't appropriate on a dogleg where different people will want to take different lines
- having something to hit further to the right in the extreme OB area ala the hotel is mostly pointless, once you are there you are gone. I suppose the worry about breaking windows might concern the banana ball set, but it won't worry decent players. Though I gotta say as someone who hardly ever misses right, after I knocked one OB in the driving range on 16, that picture window in the dining room of the Rusacks looked alarmingly large and close to the fairway on #18 tee!
Hey, now that I think about it, the lettering should read "Old MacDonald" then I can hit over the 'o' in Donald just like I hit over the 'o' in Hotel at TOC! Jason is the first person I can recall saying he aimed at a letter other than 'o', maybe the 'u' reminded him of goalposts
Anyway, normally I'd never dream of telling you how to do your business but I feel pretty strongly about this. I just figure if you are going to try to do an homage to the greatest hole in the history of golf, you gotta do it RIGHT!