Bob Huntley,
One year, over the summer, I excavated and extended a lake/pond, leaving an island with trees on it near one end.
In December of that same year, a 20 year member asked me how I got the trees on the island. When I told them that they were always there, he claimed he had been a member for 20+ years and could assure me that they hadn't been there. He never noticed the extension of the lake/pond.
Another member who advised me not to move a certain stand of trees, never noticed their departure, and yet another member claimed that a feature that was recently inserted had been there ever since he was a member, some 20+ years ago.
I believe I still have the scorecards from my original visit 30+ years ago. When I return, I'll look for them and post them if I find them.
Tom Huckaby,
The Google aerial photos and tilted photos of # 18 at Delta View and # 16 at CPC are more than adequate in comparing the physical characteristics, the configuration of both holes.
Rather than icing on the cake, let me substitute "window dressing" as it's more appropriate with respect to my perspective.
You continue to focus on features beyond the confines of the golf course. My focus is on the golf course.
Your focus has nothing to do with the architecture and play of the hole, my focus has everything to do with the architecture and play of the hole.
I would imagine that Old Head ranks as your # 1 golf course in the world.
I must have missed your answer to the GCGC question, under what post # can I find it.
If, as you state, architects try to find the best views possible when designing a golf course, and golfers want the best views possible, why don't architects clear all the land of trees to open up ALL of the views and why have clubs planted trees lining both sides of the holes and the area behind the greens for the last 70+ years ?