"Yes, he can" !
As Tripel43 pointed out... 11 years ago (!), Cello can indeed design eye-pleasing and playable courses, once in a while, and this par 72 is a good example.
Despite a few holes which reminded me of his Hills & Hollows course, I really had fun playing this one, starting with the first two holes, the par-4 1st, with a downhill Tee shot over a big pond, across the fairway, midway, and its tiny elevated green (with a crescent-shaped bunker on the right), and the par-3 2nd, with an uphill tee shot over that pond again.
Another (blind) tee shot over a pond (surrounded by a small fence) awaits you on the left dogleg par-5 3rd hole, with an downward approach to the island green (with nice flowers around), before walking over to the right dogleg par-4 4th, uphill with a second shot over a deep lake flowing diagonally along on the right and ending next to the green, set to the left.
I also liked the par-5 6th hole, an uphill right dogleg with an elongated bunker across the fairway in the corner, and 2 elongated bunkers framing the green, and the other right dogleg par-4 7th, with its narrow fairway and downhill green in the middle of a small basin.
The back 9 is more challenging and has more water hazards to deal with, such as on the right dogleg par-4 10th hole, with a downhill tee shot landing short of a meandering river (flowing to the left and past the green), and the very scenic par-3 11th, with its island and sloped green, with a bunker in front and trees forming a small hedge behind.
On the left dogleg par-5 12th hole, uphill all the way, you will have to hit your tee shot over the lake of the 11th hole, whereas, on the par-3 13th, a blind tee downward is needed to reach the peninsula green at the bottom of another wide basin.
The finishing stretch is quite tough, starting with the par-4 14th hole where, after a blind and downhill tee shot landing onto a multi-tiered fairway, you will need to hit your approach shot over the water to reach the steeply elevated star-shaped green, set on a rocky mound over the serpentine river...
The par-5 15th hole will provide more excitement for you, with a head-scratching decision (club-wise) to make as you get ready to tee off, with 2 small rocky walls, crossing the fairway in a step-like fashion, a few yards apart, midway, followed by a long blind shot over the second wall to reach the elevated green.
The par-3 16th hole, while being pretty, is not a piece of cake either, with a tee shot flying above a rocky mound on the left and a small meandering canyon filled with water to reach the green (set above on a rocky hilltop), just like the par-4 17th, with another uphill tee shot landing short of the meandering water-filled canyon, splitting the fairway, and over which you will have to hit your approach toward the green.
Fortunately, you should have an eagle opportunity on the short par-5 18th hole, if you can manage to hit your blind and downhill approach to its scenic island green, guarded by a small elongated bunker in front.
Well-designed, fun to play and quite colorful, this Hollacombe Vale course might "reconcile" you with Cello, who came up with this nice and imaginative layout...

The first coarse from this designer I have enjoyed. A pleasure to play.

Dear Cello!
What happended to you?
A course so sweet and PLAYABLE TOO!
Hole 16 was a difficult one.
Can you tell me what the annual contribution for this course is?
At least a 100 gardeners, earning a huge amount of money together, are needed to keep all the flowers in good condition.
So I fear I can affort playing this course only one time.
Thank you for your nice work!

hehe Phil, look forward to the bubbles :D

I won't babble on like the other comments LOL, just stopped by to say "Great Course", nice and challenging :D

geddylee501

superb course brilliantly made but for me it went pear shaped from hole 15 onwards, i looked at hole 14 OMG but it was okay after that i died if a course with cello attached to it i seem to have a mental block and i am not good enough to get around them soory for my text but my keyboard shift key is not working 5 star rating for this one, but there may be some holes unplayable...not sure...others may judge that better than me