#5 was one of my favorite holes at Pine Crest, largely based on the deceptions throughout the entire hole.
On the tee, you feel compelled to challenge the corner, and swear that you will easily drive through the dogleg unless you do. As Ron alluded, the decision to shorten the hole is a fool's errand, but it is so hard to accept that, especially when you can see that big area beyond the trees.
There ended up being much more room left than I envisioned, and the smart play is to play conservatively away from the corner. If you do hug the trees, you are rewarded with a clearer angle on the approach, but given that you will have a wedge in your hands in either case, the reward for "cutting it close" may not be worth the risk of being stymied in the forest.
Once on the fairway, the deceptions continue through the green. After tilting towards the fairway in the front third, the green falls away from your approach, and it is difficult to convince yourself to hit deep enough to get close to a back pin. The base of the pin is concealed and will throw off your distance judgment. Twice we had members of the group hit approaches that went over the crest and they implored the ball to "stop", only to discover they were still 20-30 feet short of the pin. One assumed his punch out from the right trees had rolled off the back only to find it 3 feet from the hole. Unfortunately, this classic visual tricks may be rendered moot by modern use of laser.
Around the green, the area was a short game delight, filled with options. When I missed a green at Pine Crest, I often took everything from 7-iron through Putter out of my bag until I could assess the various plays. On this particular green, I bladed my approach, but ran an 8-iron into the back slope, leaving a tap-in save.
These types of recovery options were a joy for me, but frustrated one of our thoroughly modern, aerial-only partners ("I only chip with a 54 or 60 degree wedge.") On our drive home, he chastised Ron & me, saying "you guys were doing goofy stuff, hitting putter from 15 yards off the green, or hitting runners into the banks." When we reminded him that "we got up & down, right?" he told us, "Maybe, but it's not the RIGHT shot to play. The right play is to nip a wedge and stop it by the hole."