Which all simply adds a certain amount of nail-biting excitement. All of the textures are well-rendered, but especially the bunker textures. You can see small brownish specks I believe to be pebbles, because if you plug the ball in a fairway bunker you'll be lucky to forward it out 70 yards. I call it heavy sand. There's quite a view from this tee.
Many fairways have ridges and hills near the landing areas that occasionally kick the ball forward.
Even if you stay out of the bunkers, the rough is dotted with straw and gorse. You must keep your ball in play on this course, or you'll be 4 or 5 strokes on the wrong side of par before you get halfway through the outward nine. I found that the medium rough surrounding the fairway bunkers had the same effect on shot-making as the sand. Even Tiger Woods might have trouble advancing the ball through some of this sand and rough. I'm impressed by the textures of the fairways and greens, just the right mix of light and dark shades.