Kooyonga is an Adelaide course that has been discussed here before. However, some aspects haven't been discussed and may prove of interest. An aerial of the course is set out below. It is a few years old, so some of the recent bunker reshaping (by Graeme Grant/Spencer) isn't there. Yes, the bunker sand is not white. It is the local sand, which exists on the whole course.
The first hole on today's post is the second. It is the hole on the bottom of the aerial, running west on the southern boundary. The airport is to the south of the course. The second is a 450m par 5, slightly bending to the left and played into the prevailing wind. It has been lengthened by 20m over the years, but really plays in a similar manner. The green and its bunkers are in the same location, although the bunkers have been reshaped and deepened (they had become dishes). The gulch that is played through approaching the green is still there, and some good vegetation management has occurred on the northern side of this approach on the sandhill.
The hazard on the inside of the dog-leg left has had a variety of styles over the years. Perhaps 35 years ago it became a shallow water hazard (you wouldn't lose a ball in it), then it became wilder, then bunkers. The current version have several bunkers dug into the ground, although not as 'tits and bums' as some other work in recent times.
The tee shot - the flag is visible on the left.
The shot point hazard - the last of the set of new bunkers
Approaching the gulch, about 120m from the green
The left hand green side bunker - it had become a dish.
The right hand bunker - always had a high flashed sand face but has had shape added.
Looking back down the fairway, with the rhs sandhill visible on the left of the picture
The hole has always been somewhat wasted on the better player, as it is a 2-shot hole and the critical challenge of the approach gulch is not in play for the pro's. A bit like Hell Bunker at TOC in the last Open. However, the reward for the better player from finding the fairway on the tee-shot is probably a good half-shot, compared to the bushes right or the 90m recovery from the bunkers.
I hope to cover #8 par 4 (where one of the leaders took a 10 at the Jacobs Creek) and #14 (a short par 3) on another night. These are all holes where minimal change has occurred to my knowledge over the last 35 years (well, apart from growing sime shrubs and removing/losing some pine trees)
James B