Just re-read "The Murder on the Links" (1923). Dame Agatha, a non-golfer, set this one at a summer home adjoining a golf course under construction on the French side of the English Channel. The body of the home owner is found in one of the newly formed pits.
I think she manages to nail down shut several basic elements of classical (as opposed to modern) design:
"A bunkair?" Poirot turned to me "That is the irregular hole filled with sand and a bank at one side, is it not?"
I concurred.
"You do not play the golf, M. Poirot?" inquired Bex.
"I? Never. What a game!" He became excited. "Figure to yourself, each hole is of a different length. The obstacles, they are not arranged mathematicaly. Even the greens are frequently up one side! There is only one pleasing thing - the how do you call the? - tee boxes! They, at least, are symmetrical.""