Quiz: Name that Hole

[migolfer]

Who can tell me on what golf course this hole might be found? And who was the architect?
(hint: it no longer looks like this today, you'd have to go back in time to experience it)

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[Adelade]

Im probably wrong but seems like the type of thing the oil sheiks in Abu Dhabi or around there like doing

[Jimbo]

Something that Sage would do!

[ChuckH]

Stone Harbor Golf Club in New Jersey?

[ChuckH]

Stone Harbor Golf Club in New Jersey? Hole #18?

[migolfer]

Stone Harbor Golf Club in New Jersey? Hole #18?

Got the course right!

It is the "Clashing Rocks" hole (#7) at Stone Harbor Golf Club in New Jersey (Desmond Muirhead, architect)
This page shows a view of that hole as it looks now, #7 is on the left: https://www.stoneharborgolf.com/course/hole-by-hole


He was a very eccentric designer, there are probably some other "interesting" designs he has done too.
I first heard about him when I played The Grizzly in Ohio (a collaboration with Jack Nicklaus). That was
an eternity ago! (1980's, roughly)

[migolfer]

In case that website changes their image on that page, you can see the "Clashing Rocks" hole on the left:

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[ChuckH]

Hey Adelade, check out the water "texture".

[Adelade]

I dont get it, you'll have to clarify your point.