Our caddie (and Rich) talked about re-doing the green on "Humpback", the uphill 7th hole (par 4, 508 yards). Now, if you don't hit the back of the green, your ball's in danger of rolling back off the front half of the green and down the slope some 50+ yards. It's pretty severe. Mind you, if you know about it (and I did) you should just be more careful with your pitch (or putt), which I wasn't.
Rich commented to me as we walked down the 6th fairway ("Deception Point") that the hole featured his favorite greensite, and I agree completely. That picture (of him in the greenside bunker) could be Scotland for all I know.
I can see myself sitting somewhere up near the 9th tees watching the action at the U.S. Open in a few years. What a view. And what a hole, man it was fun. Rich almost aced it, while my teeshot came to rest on a ridge behind the green. I had an ugly recovery shot, and my wife's caddie, who'd found himself in the same predicament awhile ago, suggested using my hybrid and stroking it 90 degrees to my right (back toward the tee) for about 10 yards and see what happens. Luckily I had the right distance, knocking it almost to his feet, and we all stood and watched it turn another 90 degrees and roll down close to the hole. That was a blast.
I just could not get over the scale of the place. My wife and I drove hard from the interior of British Columbia that morning to make our teetime with Rich and when we pulled up along the upper rim I hopped out and took a 3 photo panorama and just stood there and soaked it all in. The scale, the views, the look, the feel, the playability, all combined to make, in my opinion, an even more enjoyable experience than what we were treated to at Bandon two years ago.
Hopefully Rich will chime in here. He knows w-a-y more about CB than I do.
Jim