On Jul 23, 10:58 am, Roy Smith wrote:
"Robert M. Gary" wrote:

The other day I shot the VOR approach into SMO for the first time in
low actual. I've often looked at that approach as one of the most
difficult I've seen published

Why do you think this is difficult?

Landing from 1100 feet when less than 2 miles from the runway. Notice
the VOR is on the OTHER side of the runway.

-Robert