Thanks guys, I see the conclusion is there is no real conclusion, one man's quirk is another man's mundane and boring. Fair enough, the same goes for slog apparently as these terms don't seem to show up enough to be easily and readily definable.
Tom, I was hoping people would give examples of what they find quirky as you did. I'd like to ask what else but I understand you might be further persecuted for the coming years and we can't have that now can we? Incidentally, I appreciate the vote of confidence and while I'd like to think I could easily drive the green of a 273 yd par 4...with my 3 wood (Driver would put me in water hazard or perhaps in someone poor chaps front window there
), I could not for the life of me remember #3 at Cruden Bay. I looked it up on the website which has a decent photo of the approach to the green. I can see that as being a bit quirky but I can't really remember it. I've only played the course once and it was in something like 2008. I think I must of hit 5 iron off the tee and some short iron in to play it safe not knowing the course or the hole.
BTW...I don't consider myself long at all and don't want to build that reputation or expectation, I've have heard sneaky long but that's because I don't look like I'm swinging hard and thanks to my cheater clubs the ball sometimes catches updrafts, hits off sprinkler heads/rocks/cart paths/trees and the like to surprise the guys in the group by being 50 yds in front of them. When you can accidentally do that frequently you don't have to be long or swing hard.
Howard, thanks for finding that! Interesting but equally as generic in it's conclusion. It's in the eye of the beholder and seems to be almost always debatable like a lot of things.
Ed, I agree North Berwick has some pretty quirky holes in my opinion as well. It's been a long time since I played there so I vaguely remember them, what I do remember was brilliant.