Sometimes when I am doing course set-up, I simply position pins in places where I haven't seen them in a while, which is to say I try to use as much of our greenspace as I reasonably can. We have a pre-determined daily rotation for hole placements, which serves to balance left-center-right, and front-center-back, but within the confines of this schedule, I try to take some liberties. Sometimes this means setting the cup nearer to a side, or 3-4 paces over a bunker, or further up a slope than normal (though, as a player myself, I don't set them in places that I think are, dare I say, "unfair"). I try not to set more than one or two of these more daring pins on a given day, and really, I leave it to the player to choose whether they want to attack a "dangerous" pin or to play away, and safer.
Some members approached me last summer and stated that there is something different about where the pins were located this year, as opposed to years past. They weren't saying that the course played more or less difficult than in the past, but simply that it was different. I took this as a complement, meaning that we were using more available greenspace than in previous years, adding variety to the playing experience. There is plenty of room out there, so I try to use it.