Pros:
-This is a nice eighteen holer that serves the purpose in making the effort to satisfy players. It'll get newcomers hooked and will be a joy to most other players. It has some uniqueness to it. I played with a few locals and they all happen to really love this course.
-(See cons below) Has the full capacity for some long pin positions and long tee pads. I have some thoughts that could work.
-Uniqueness. This course has more uniqueness than most courses I've played. While it's not "stellar" (except for maybe hole 12.) It has some cool ideas. Hole 3 has you throwing around a barn and gives the option of throwing over. Hole 8 is a super fun par 4 with a few greenhouses in the fairway and a few more houses further down. This hole has a lot of waste to the right side of the fairway, but it's nothing serious. I loved this hole. Hole 12 is easily the signature hole. It's 290' and over a pond. It's frightening for starters, because there is risk no matter what. You can either try to go over the pond, or go around it and probably go in the woods to the right side.
-Primarily open. With a few moderate length par 4s that give the full opportunity to launch as far as you can. Has a few wooded holes to keep things interesting.
-Few ravines in play on holes 13 and 14. 13 was especially interesting. It's a short hole that gives the option of throwing through a fair gap and toward the ravine by the basket, or the option of throwing over a herd of trees. If you go far enough left, you'll be in a gulley. #14 is a bit shorter, and plays over a different ravine. It's not deep, so it's not dangerous to go into, but it can stop you from going for the ace.
-Elevation is solid. Starts off with a nice downhill mid-range shot. Hole 4 is a fun downhiller with a view of the pond. Hole is like 275' but is deceptively shorter because it's a good way downhill. #17 is a good way uphill. It's a 367' par 4 but should really be a 3 as I did go past it by maybe 30'.
Cons:
-One set of tees and no extra pin positions. Not every hole here would benefit from an extra tee; but one hole that would is hole 12. The walk from #11 to #12 is steep downhill and out of the woods. It wouldn't hurt to try to place a long pad in the woods and make a pro par 3 over the pond. Few others that I'm missing. There is an extra 400-450' past hole 16's pin, so it would be cool to add in an alt. pin that's 1000' long. Course also ends on a low note, as the final three holes are all pretty boring. When you walk to hole 18's basket, you look straight downhill and see #15's basket and wish that was a hole. It would definitely be a CTP hole in club events or tournaments if they were to be held here.
-The rough is very sketchy in some places. I'd be worried about snakes in the summertime.
-Not every hole has a tee-pad. In fact, I think most of them are just natural pads. Not to mention they get very muddy.
Other Thoughts:
-This place has some unused potential, but that doesn't mean it's not worth playing. It is a fun course with a lot of flavor. I live an hour and twenty minutes away and I was glad that I drove up here. The wind was very strong so my game wasn't very pretty; that's what will happen if it's windy here.
-This reminded me of Victor Ashe in Knoxville, TN. I think it would be nearly as good as Victor Ashe if some extra pads were put in, because there is plenty of room with unused space. It's shorter and gives more opportunities to shoot lower on.