Jim:
That probably just proves it takes some time and thought to get to know Pine Valley and its nuancy shot values, particularly the greens but in the case of #2 very much the approach shot. The point is due to the extreme height of that green and the extreme back to front slope that approach shot is functionally about the longest to actually yardage I've ever seen.
By the way, the right side of the 2nd green is essentially an elongated swale and if the pin is in a spot side to side in that swale that might be referred to as the center of the swale or perhaps the so-called "fall-line" then it will be quite easy going up or particularly coming down for balls to get into that "fail-line" and just trickle into the hole (depending on how far up into the green the ball went in relation to the pin vis-a-vis its speed coming down).
That swale from back to front is pretty steep and for that reason if you are putting on that green from anywhere fairly far above a pin around 10 steps or less from the front, you basiclally have to hit a putt called the Zorro putt simply to try to get the speed right so the ball might go in the hole and not off the front of the green.
I hope I explained all that clearly enough.
I once sunk that Zorro putt (it actually had to be explained to me before I tried it) from about 40 feet above that pin you described. I basically hit it sideways and the ball just proceeded to rock from one side of the swale to the other and when it got down to the pin it went in at sort of an angle.
Not only was it probably the neatest putt I ever sunk it also might have taken longer to get to the cup than any putt I ever hit anywhere.
It seemed to me it was about 40 feet above the pin (on a straight line) but on its way to the pin because of the side to side path the ball may've traveled over 100 feet.
How cool is that?
I'll tell you how cool it is.
It's not as cool as a deuce but it was the coolest birdie putt I've ever had.
And not just that, it won an overtime match.