My fave hole on the East is 5. That's timeless strategy off the tee there: challenge the creek for the better angle into the green. How wild is that green?! They better not soften it for '13.
The other one? Gotta be 18, right? Right?
You mean the timeless strategy of taking the shortest route to the hole.
Yeah, I guess, but here, the shortest route to the hole is fraught with danger (the creek), and there is a ton of room to the right. I can imagine playing the hole on a daily basis: starting out driving well right, then venturing closer and closer to the creek, until finally driving it into the creek one day. The whole process starts over again the next round. The strategy is timeless because the player never figures out one way to play the hole. The shortest and best route is right there, but it takes some risk and mental fortitude to follow that route day in and day out. The mental struggle of the hole is always there.
Of course, the angles and slopes are such there that the angle green gets incrementally better the closer the player drives to the creek. I guess you could say the best option is to take the shortest route to the hole, but that option would be less risky and thus more appealing without the creek. The creek, and the slope down to it, is critical.