They really put some thought in the course design here. Yes, we'll need to discuss that much of this course is fairway golf, but that by no means makes it easy. They did an admirable job of tucking baskets into corners and behind bunches of trees in ways that create challenges to make birdie putts, including an infamous claw tree basket on that 2nd Hole. In fact that was my lasting impression of this course was the "Green Complexes" which really do stand out. Each green has its' own unique look and there is often a good path in and a very wrong path in to those greens.

There are fun twists all over this course that I wasn't expecting. There is a guardian wall defending a basket. You get a hanging basket. There is a top notch hole coming out of nicely manicured woods into an open field green. There is a U-shaped mando hole that many may find gimmicky, but I liked. The 18th plays across a pond with some fun ornamental features. On top of all of that, there was a goat and a llama who came to watch to me putt and then drinks, snacks and ice cream. Are you kidding me?

There is a whole lot of this course that plays wide open. Previous comments on the nice greens aside, you could throw far left or right of center on many of these fairways with little repercussion to your birdie possibilities. I would imagine they use much more OB in tournaments, but I'm not a big fan of courses that have to create OB for challenge.

There is a feeling in the Back 9 that things start playing on top of each other. There are several holes in the same fairway grouping that felt less thought out than the majority of the course and were unremarkable.

I would imagine that there is a bathroom in the church, but if you aren't the most socially comfortable person, than I didn't see a bathroom option anywhere. The only water available was the paid resources at the midpoint as well. I didn't see fountains or anything close by. There were definitely benches to use now and then and the course was well maintained and clean.