Alex, re: your comment on "how an average player at Black would do from the chapionship tees". I play there at least 6 times a year, sometimes more, and I play with alot of "Average" golfers. I am a 7 and two of the guys I regulary play with there are 13 and 16 handicappers, respectively. I think I have a good grasp on the average player at Black. Granted, we rarely play from the championship tees but on the right day we will.
No doubt that Black is a true monster and breaks alot of avg players to pieces, but its not nearly as impossible as the conditions in the game.