Pros:
* Lots of elevation change across the course - downhill, uphill, sidehill, and even the occasional flat hole.
* Great variety of landscape, course plays across manicured parkland, dirt and wild grassland, in and out of scrub oak forest area.
* Many different options for most holes - very few holes where it heavily favors BH or FH.
* Elevated pins make for an added challenge.
* Multiple tees add a bit of variety to the course and make it more accessible for a wide range of player skills.
* Good amount of signage, especially considering how new the course is.
* The "nature trail" from Pin 13 to Tee 14 is entertaining.
Cons:
* Teepads. Several of the holes have rubber mat teepads, and that's OK. The problem is they're way too short - most seem about 10% longer than they are wide. If you're doing a run up with an x-step, landing with your left foot (throwing RHBH) on the pad would probably put your plant foot off then end. Any way you slice it you have to step over the end of the teepad (and don't trip, as some stick up a bit) during the most critical part of the run-up. I'd prefer to have them left natural rather than so short.
* Overlapping holes. Worst offenders are 9 (throws over the 11/12 tees and directly at the 10 tee), and 12 (throws over 2 and 8 baskets and 3 tee). Several of the front 9 holes, while they don't explicitly overlap, felt like we were in the way of folks on an adjacent hole while playing.
* A lot of the holes fall into two different descriptions:
** Clear, straight shot with elevation changes (almost all of the front 9)
** Straight shot along the edge of the scrub oak, then hook right or left to the basket sitting in a small clearing.
* Path from basket to next hole - worst is 11 where there's really no option but to walk the hole in reverse to get to the next tee. 5 and 7 have some amount of this as well.
* Costco baskets (with some added chains) aren't the greatest. They're brand new right now, hopefully they don't age as poorly as the one in my back yard.
* Navigating the course is a little difficult. Definitely recommend printing a map.
* Pretty much 0 amenities. No bathrooms, garbage cans, or benches.
Other Thoughts:
Played this course as part of a Trilogy Challenge event. It was quite windy when we played, which drained a lot of the enjoyment out of the wide open holes.
The "Outback Back 9" is where this course really shines though. You'll definitely want a spotter as there's lots of blind shots. It's an unfortunate trade-off, as I definitely wouldn't play those holes without a spotter, but they're also the best holes of the course.
I know they're planning on adding even more chains to most of the baskets, which should help for some folks (no one in our group had any chain-related problems during our round).
Overall, it's a fun course with some room for improvement. Some of the cons - amenities, costoco baskets, are really just nit-picky IMO. The overlapping holes is really only an issue when it's quite busy. The teepads are the most major issue to me. The course I play most is all grass teepads - they're not idea, but they're uniform at least. The teeboxes here that are just grass, or marked on existing sidewalk/pathway are ok - most of the sidewalk ones are perpendicular to the path so they're not really long enough to run-up on either, but they're less of a hazard than the rubber mats.
I'll definitely be back, although hopefully on a day that's significantly less windy. If windy, I'd probably just play the back 9 twice.