How do you feel about luck being part of the design equation ?
Getting the opportunity to operate a dozer on a few fairways this year, I felt COMPELLED to introduce possible unexpected fates for golfers. It's some kind of an inescapable malevolent/benevolent set of motives that I have. It's not being malicious, it's more of an attempt to keep the player watching the ball. Sure, the fundamentals of drainage, placement, naturalism, maintenance, etc. all factor in, but without adding a few surprises, then shapers might as well be doing roadwork.
My favorite golf holes and shots are the ones that you can't look away from until the ball stops. Shots that we have an expectation of what the ball will do, even while it's still in the air, kills the suspense and action of golf. And on blind shots, well, they still have the l i n g e r i n g weighty unknown result factor for higher shot appreciation.