Guys, I too have not been able to keep up with this great thread as much as I'd have liked, also – great work Gun Show.
I think the two top tees, white and Blue (Melaleuca and Marrum), are strictly a tourist stop, should be deleted as tee boxes and changed to 'viewing platform', as there is not a lot of good golf from up there, I did see an Ace from the top tee in late Feb and 4 days earlier another Ace from our GCA Mr. Cole from the Boobs tee.
My favourite tee on 16 and IMO, by far the best tee - is the Forrester Black tee, just off to the back left of 15 green, it plays longer and at 165m+ to a back pin is pretty tough, add in prevailing breeze of a couple of clubs and at 175-185m/over 200 yards - straight into the teeth, it plays semi blind over the large front bunker and a daunting shot - I think that pretty much covers Scott's brief - I also believe this provides a decent balance for the breezes and hole 5 - where either 5 or 16 has the prevailing and the other down breeze.
(one small criticism is that the turf left of the green on the slope, does not always seem to play as it was intended(?), a ball can sometimes stop halfway down the slope – more for short game shots though.)
TD: But that is not my suggestion, Barnbougle's biggest challenge, again, IMO, is the depth of the course from the Dunes and how the wind, always dominant, can be better utilised.
Suggestion - possibly keep all the tees (perhaps add another tee west toward the 17 tee), but reverse them and play to a green set up on top of the dune LEFT of the LEFT bunker(or on top of this bunker) toward the 14th tee – keep the existing green surface as short cut fairway, and have a long narrow green that offers a miss to the right and the prevailing breeze, treacherous shot if you miss right, area left of green left as wild sand and dunes. I am guessing it would play between 130 and 150 m, but without the teeth of either Westerly or Easterly – a cross breeze shot demanding something certainly different on the B9, and in fact I do not think a shot in this direction across the 18. I think that distance would sit nicely amongst the rest of the P3’s. A Shorter hole is always going to be more fun and also more playable for the different wind speeds.
It would play away from the Forrester River, standing on the tee, aspects either side would be down 15 and 17, but it would increase walk from 16 green to 17 tee. Potential for the tees to have a spread of 100m from 15 green to 17 tee providing great options for different tee shots - with your back to LF?? The larger front bunker can stay also.