Mark, I'm glad you have such a good eye for photographing golf holes. Yours are some of the best non-professional ones I've seen.
I'm also glad that part of your frame takes in the near rough. I haven't been out to WH to 'inspect' my property this year yet.
But, from these recent photos, it looks like the course is in great shape given the weather issues have been unusually wet. It is of note I think that the rough is so nice and consistent, and appears to be playable and balls findable despite the extra rain. Perhaps it shows the advantage of yearly rough burns, that I'm still not sure they are permitted to do at Awarri. It also shows the merits of the dwarf blue grass FWs at WH over a bent selection, IMHO.
I remember walking the FWs with Dan Proctor and Mike O'neil in about 02 and lamenting the inevitable that at some point the rooflines will be built and it will take that aethetic element away from what was the rural or rustic long views. I always loved the view to the west colorful ridges towards NP and south. The fields under plow across the north also was a pleasant view, while not the traditional endless prairie, still it was the long country view unfettered by development. But slowly, one by one the inevitable will be completed. Maybe my lot will be the last one developed, if ever....
The other aspect of seeing and comparing Mark's photo tours is what now seems subtle by comparison of 'Maxwellian rolls" that the Bunkerhill boys designed into the natural green sites of WH (or maybe more accurately allowed to remain on the ground as found), compared to the more dramatic in your face contouring/shaping of the greens at Awarri. No one would possibly say that WH greens are tame or bland by any means, particularly with the green speeds Joshy can provide consistently. Yet, with the newer offerings in the region, I wonder if the green contour models are getting a little extreme as new course designs come on-line.
So Mark, I understand you are a pretty good shooter, what did you score at WH on your first go?