I'm not in the business of criticizing photos, but I'll make an exception and inquire: exactly WHAT about that Shinny photo is anything above ordinary? The fescue is way too high for anyone to enjoy playing a course lined with that hemp, and it obstructs the view of the fairways...I could go on, but that's enough for now.
Ronald,
The "fescue" you're looking at in the foreground (actually bluestem is the brown rough you see waving) is dead left off 14 tee-out of play unless you top it 7 yards dead left.
The bluestem rough is very playable in most areas. I hit it pretty crooked and haven't had a lot of trouble with recovery.
Obstructing the view of the faiirways?
Really?
The 14th fairway is 90 degrees right of that photo(completely out of camera view)
This photo is along a road in Southampton I regularly take just for this view.
As you suggest, it's not a great idea to critique a course over photos.
Only recently I've seen photos of a course
that looked simply...."ordinary", yet got quite afew favorable comments.