The fourth hole has nice movement from the tee to the valley, then up to the green. There is a slope, or camber, from right to left, so a ball starting up that side will move nicely to the left. Don't start too far to the let, as you will end up in the corridor of unnecessary trees. The green is fairly round/pie shaped, which may or may not have been a Dunn trademark. The wraparound bunkers certainly are!
"....as you will end up in the corridor of unnecessary trees."
I'm going to set the over/under at 20 for the times that phrase is repeated. I saw this on the website "Though the
Scottish layout remains as its designers originally intended,....." (I don't think that word means what you think it means).
Buried among the evergreens is a graceful sloping little hole (333 yards) that is a relic of long-gone technology. In 1901, this was probably a nice challenge with a scenic overlook of the back 9.
I was curious whether the wrap-around bunkers was a Dunn style or perhaps simply a later renovation by the Inn owners (like the tree planting). But looking back to the 1953 aerial, those same bunkers seemed to exist.
However, looking at aerials of many of his other NY designs (Locust Hill, Ticonderoga, Tuscarora, Cazenovia), I don't see many with wraparounds like those so common at Saranac Inn. I note many greens with pure flanking bunkers, and some that are surrounded (but not dug as closely as Saranac).
Dunn didn't seem to use much variation in bunker shapes (mostly little strips) from what I was able to see in my cursory review.
Any Dunn students among the lurkers?