Archie,
Since you mentioned the porch at the 18th at Lanarch, I am going to repeat one of the funniest things I've ever seen on a golf course.
I played there only once, about 25 years ago with a good friend who was a member. I also brought my college roommate, Stanbo, who hit a HUGE slice off the tee on 18. The member hit a hook, so he was a mile away from Stanbo, who proceeded to "eyeball" his approach to the green...He pured his iron, which flew the green and landed in the porch on a fly...
The ball went "bing-bing-bing" around that cement/brick cut-out patio, then came flying out. About 30 seconds later, the two REALLY old people come stumbling out, kind of bent over, dazed but not hurt...(luckily)
The member yells: "Stanbo, what did you hit?!!!" and Stanbo meekly replies: "5 iron?" and the memeber yells; ' 5 iron?!!! you were only 135 from the green"...
I was laughing so hard, tears in my eyes,I fell to my knees...I had hit a perfect drive, and was standing in the middle of the fairway with a wedge in my hand, the old people eventually saw me and figured I hit it, and started shaking the finger at me... Stanbo was SO far off the hole that they could not see him...Needless to say, Stanbo never got a return invite