I thought this was interesting...when reading some Golf Architecture, by Dr. A. Mackenzie this afternoon I came across this passage,
"The green is delightfully picturesque. It is extremely visible against a back-ground of fir trees --it stands up and looks at you.
The contrast between the vivid green of the grass, the dark green of the firs, the whiteness of the sand, the purple heather, and a vivid background of rhododendrons, combined with the natural appearance and extreme boldness of the contours, gives one a picture probably unsurpassed by anything of a similar kind in nature"
An interesting connection to the White Sand thread
