Very nice photos, grant. I know from first-hand experience how difficult it is to play and photograph well at the same time.
I generally find that a white flag against a patch of dark background, plus a few feet of elevation (like standing on a golf cart) can help quite a lot.
Have been experimenting at Richmond Golf Club, my home course in Northern California. It's not a spectacular looking course...fairly dictatorial in terms of architecture, but fun to play, and much more difficult than it looks. These are various treatments of a few holes...not complete, but perhaps the link can work. They have been a challenge to shoot, and I'm still working them.
http://picasaweb.google.com/wayne.freedman/RCCInProcessCan someone tell me how to link these in directly?