John- It is an indescirbable feeling, isn't it. It is so powerful that even those who noramlly don't "get it", Get it there.
I'd say it is $250 worth, of the $350 green fee.
Beside the golf lore, there are others. Some good, some not so good. I'll leave the downer ones out, but if your lucky enough, on a hot/sunny day, naked sunbathing can be viewed at low tide in the secret cove.
One of the great sins EVER, was when the powers that be, inorder to help pick up the pace, moved the white tees up to the forward teeing ground, up the hill. Not letting the majority of clientel experience the thrill of the blind tee shot.
I will never forget my virgin tee shot there. Reading the sign that said 245 to cliff's edge. I thought, perfect, that's about how far I could hit it, and put to a yard of the edge. The subsequent 6 iron vaulted towards the green and I felt the indescribeable.