Andrew - I am not sure, but I would suspect the pin may ve been closer still than it appears in the picture when the Open was played.
There is nothing to add to what Ed has said in terms of what Bjorn should have done, and the two errors he made - too greedy off the tee, and too ambitious out of the bunker (twice).
To Brent's points re the rough and funny bounces - doubtless everyone remembers that Tiger lost his opening tee shot on the first hole in 2003. Personally I am not sure that is much of a badge of honour!
When we played it the course was still very green following a very wet summer, so some of the fire you would get in a warmer summer was absent. That said, my sense is that the club know that too many pros missed the fairway on 1,17 and 18 during the Open. Next time round I suspect these fairways will be easier to find.
I wonder if he took his lessons from RSG to Hoylake in 2006. Hoylake does not have same undulation that RSG has, but maybe that style of play is what is needed round RSG too if you want to avoid some of the vagaries of the bounce.
All that said - I think focusing on "vagaries of the bounce" is to miss the point. It is a wonderful golf course that does not deserve to be remembered that way - except possibly when the course set up is extreme.