Looking at that third green photo always gets me daydreaming about playing there...
Once or twice during a round of golf, if I'm lucky, I'll have some sort of tricky countour to chip or pitch over in order to get the ball to the hole. If I'm really, truly in luck the grass will be short and firm enough to allow running shots.
I'm guessing that at Deal you could end up with some sort of fun shot like that on almost every hole where you miss the green (and I miss a lot of greens). Basically you're either going to have a bunker shot or else something humpity bumpity to contend with, right? Or maybe a bunker shot and something humpity bumpity.
I guess the closest thing to that I've experienced was at Cuscowilla during the first Dixie Cup outing. Not trying to tweak anyone in particular but I've got to wonder if the people who bitched about the green complexes at Cuscowilla would also find Royal Cinque Ports to be unacceptable?
Take the picture with the cart in the background. What the heck would you do if a gust of wind blew your approach shot into the area behind that golf cart. So you'd have to play the ball along that ridge somehow and then once you're in the punchbowl you'd be shortsided for that hole location. Do most people who play there take that kind of thing in stride? I think it would be a great opportunity to pull off a miracle shot although I the odds of getting down in two are long and even down in three wouldn't be a gimme.