Since the LPGA Samsung World Challenge is being contested at Half Moon Bay this week, I decided to take a look at the courses there. As I was reading the hole-by-hole descriptions, the following popped up in the description of the eighth hole of the Ocean course:
"however a coyote bush has been left in place, 60 yards out, as a distinctive barrier to run-up shots."
This, quite frankly, spooks me. Why would you ever want to discourage the run-up shot, especially on a coastal course at the mercy of the wind?