Michael Dugger,
Thanks for the photo.
If Craig Disher could provide a pre-golf course aerial that might solve the mystery surrounding that area.
What's lost on many who look at the photo of # 15 is the magnificent transition from 14 tee, to the fairway, to the green, to the steps up and around the dune that serves as the foundation for the 15th tee, to the 15th tee.
That sudden, dramatically different, panoramic presentation of # 15 as you leave # 14 is indeed spectacular.
Another surprising visual is the one one gets when walking from # 16 green at Pacific Dunes to the 17th tee.
The transition from the previous hole, highlighted by the view from the next tee is stunning.
After trudging up the stairs in the dunes from # 14 green at, that view of # 15 at Friar's Head has to be one of the great views in golf.
I relate it too leaving the punchbowl 16th green at NGLA and walking up to the 17th tee, where the view is nothing short of spectacular.
Similarly, the walk from # 17 green at Sebonack to the 18th tee provides that same "moment" for the golfer, as do some views from # 1, 10, 11 and 12.