Pat -
I hear you on double-standards. In my opinion, though, Atlantic never should have built the 13th hole (originally 18 on Rees old drawings which I received prior to joining) on the farside of the clubhouse. The walk through the parking lot is just a bad one. In my opinion, the club would be better served if it changed the hole to a short par 4 or long par 3 - it's not a strong par 5 anyway - in an effort to keep the whole course on one side of the house.
In addition, the club should consider making the 17th hole into a par-3. The walk backwards from 16 green to 17 tee is just silly! When you stand on 17 tee and look at 16 green, you've just walked a healthy par-3 (if not longer). Instead, I agree with some other members, who would prefer you to walk forward off of 16 green to a new tee atop the hills there and make 17 a fabulous downhill, long par-3. Not sure if you have heard that one yet but it's floating around out there.
Lastly, Pat, not sure if you know it, but there is a rumor about that Atlantic is considering bringing in a famous bunker guy to blow out the perfectly maintained and often not strategic bunkers in favor of - I know you are going to flip if I type this - the C&C look...
This would be an interesting one because the balance of the course is in no way consistent with that look. But I digress...