Does Swinley Forest have cart paths now? 
And, Martin, while I really admire Kingsbarns I am not a big fan of that sixth hole. A blind creek just behind the green would make any hole tough, but I think it's beyond the pale. (And I did make three there in the Dunhill, so this is not just sour grapes.)
Tom,
in a couple of seasons caddying at KB, I think I saw maybe one ball in the 'creek'. Did you feel the same about the creek at #16, which for me is even MORE daft, as it's completely blind, surrounds half the green and catches a helluva lot more balls than at #6.
However, agreed, it brings nothing to the play of the hole at all and really should have been covered over again at that point. I think they got a bit carried away with exposing the old napoleonic prisoner-of-war built land-drain because of the history and the discovery of the old toll-bridge in front of the green at 18.
Call it shrewd marketing, but when you're building a new course on an old site, some folks will do anything to add some history. Would/n't you??? Heckers, one MAD GCA of this ilk (and you know who you are!), creates FAUX-old/new/old features to confuse and generally bamboozle the poor visiting golfer. I must confess to having great admiration for the man's nerve, but then again baroque mannerism was always amongst my favourites!
FBD.
PS Nice Birdie, BTW. On in one and two putts, perchance???