After a walk-back to the tee of the 400 yard 6th, we are treated to another great view of the Atlantic and a generously wide fairway, presuming this wind is either from behind or into.
Another cleverly placed foreshortening bunker short of the 6th green fools the golfer into thinking he must carry his drive to the green. On repeat plays the golfer learns that landing the ball on the front-to-back sloping front portion of the green is a fool's errand as the ball inevitably bounds to the rear of the green, where
the golfer can only hope it is slowed by this swale or, the last line of defense, the back of the green which is, as is Tilly's trademark, mown up into the mounding.
The 7th is a behemoth par-5, which now stretches to 596 yards from the Black tees and 553 yards from the Reds. The hole generally plays downwind, but on the day I played it this was not the case.
Not a true Hell's Half Acre, but this bunker which guards the entire left side of the fairway on the second shot, covers just over 6/10 of an acre.
Here, the golfer is given some room to play down the right should he be unwilling or unable to challenge the bunker, but as seen below, the approach from the right side is a difficult one.
The approach from the right is played over a deep fronting bunker to a raised portion of the green that repels approaches from this angle.
And, hidden rear bunkering (again!):