This par-71 course is very unusual and hard to describe, but you should definitely try it out !
Visually, the countryside is beautiful and you really have a feeling of wide open space. At the same time, you also feel very lonely as planting is minimal and there are no houses around .
With hilly fairways, hard to see sometimes, and quite a few sloped greens, this course is not as easy as it may look. Water also comes into play on a few holes (but it looks grainy on my PC, probably due to the displaying bug in the TW07 edition).
On the front 9, the par-4 1st hole, slightly downhill and to the left, stands out, just like the par-3rd 2nd with water from the tee to the green. Starting with the par-4 3rd hole, you will be facing sloped fairways and you better hit good approach shots below the flag to putt uphill to have a chance to save... par !
If I like the bare look of the hilly par-3 4th and 8th holes, the toughest and nicest hole on the front 9 is the dogleg to the left par-5 5th, where you better be careful with your blind tee shot as the river is not far behind the trees. The downhill par-4 6th hole is nice too.
From the 10th to the 14th tee included, the holes are uphill with the par-3 10th looking very nice with the lone flag in the horizon, just like the approach shot to the dogleg to the right par-4 12th hole.
My favorite holes are the gorgeous par-5 15th, where you will hit a blind downhill shot and see the green far away in the valley, with an eagle as a potential reward, and the par-4 16th, a dogleg to the right with trees blocking the view of the green and with the nice serpentine river all across the fairway.
As for the par-3 17th hole, you won't be out of the woods yet until you manage to save par on its slopey green.
Overall, playing this course is a unique challenging experience and a nice welcome from the traditional look of other courses and this is why I will keep this course which plays smoothly, thanks to Tim Leonard's work.