John,
You posted you comments on the 6th holes at 2.23pm BST and it's now 4.20am BST - not a huge window!
As with the 4th holes - a good hole cannot compete with an all-world one - except this time the roles are reversed.
The 6th at Deal may be the best sub-300m hole I have ever played. It and 10 at Riv would be neck and neck.
The brilliant thing about 6 at Deal is how enormously the best place to be off the tee varies with pin positions and wind direction, and all are relly fun ways to play the hole.
EasterlyFront pin - Drive it as far left as possible to leave a fullish wedge that you can play for the middle of the green - if you're a touch short you'll be near the hole anmd if not you're safe. No prizes for going after the pin on your approach and unless you have immense chip and run precision, a tiddler second from the bottom of the dune that the green's on top of is far more difficult than a fullish shot into the wind.
Back pin - If you hit a cut, you can aim at the green and go for it, because the wind will hold the ball online and wherever you are you have the insurance policy provided by the top of the seawall, should you catch the chip a little hot. If you draw the ball, you don't want to be aiming over the beach in case it doesn't blow back, so a drive in that little vally fronting the green is perfect.
SoutherlyFront pin - It's go time, but if you miss you really have to be willing to give away the pin on your second and be willing to accept a 10-20ft birdie putt.
Back pin - Probably the easiest combination. Laying one out to the left is a fool's errand because then you have a full wedge in a crosswind to a tough target. Go for the green, or if you can't you really want to use the contours to cut a drive that will run down around the front of the green (still somewhat true of a front pin, it's just a tougher shot from there to a front pin, and it will vary by golfer whether a crosswind wedge or a delicate chip and run is preferable).
WesterlyFront pin - I like to go at the green here because there's no future in leaving yourself any kind of wedge approach downwind with the greens as firm as they tend to be - you will be playing your third from the back of the green anyway, so if you have a lash at the green and have a tough lie or unhelpful contours between you and the hole for your second, you can always bail out and play up to the back of the green anyway.
Back pin - Maybe the pin where the option is most open to preference. The downwind wedge to the back of the green isn't too tough and the chip from around the green to that spot is also one of the easier recoveries.
NortherlyFront pin - Maybe the toughest wind - I like to play my second in this scenario from between the tee and green, over the tallest dune, but into the wind it's tough to get there and if you hit and hope form a good lie in the rough you can get some horrific lies. I'd be aiming to hit a low drive that will run out to a comfortable chip and run distance, and from there you just want to run one up to the middle of the green.
Back pin - Probably much the same as to a front pin - the rough gets more uneven close to the sea wall (ie. on line between the tee and a back pin) so you don't want to be over there, but you don't want that crosswind wedge shot mentioned earlier.
Of course as the winds shift slightly off these four main axes the exact lay-up spot out to the left (when a lay-up or lay-out is the right play) cvaries and might call for an iron, hybrid, fairway wood or driver.
It's an endlessly fascinating hole and one that despite its humble length I only birdied once in 30-odd plays!
I have the match so far:
1 Deal
2 Sand
3 Deal
4 Sand
5 Sand
6 Deal.
MATCH ALL SQUARE AFTER 6.