Disclaimer: I've never played or seen this course IRL aside from some of the pics posted in this thread. I know literally nothing about this course aside from it appears to be set into some sort of creek which they named Hobble. Some off the cuff impressions from my first round as I played. I played your ghost FriendBOMBER that shot a -12 59.
-Extremely slopped greens, very difficult for me to putt and really makes you think about shot placement into the green.
-I can tell right away there is going to be some excellent elevation work which will challenge my mediocre TGC skill set.
-Eagled the par5 3rd with my personal best putt that I can recall. A 40 footer on a massive side hill that played 80 feet, sunk in dead center! I will always remember this hole because of that putt.
-Loved the tree work behind #10, well done
-Excellent tee shot decision on #12. I clubbed down to a 5w and was left with a nice 135 yard approach shot.
-Loved the tee box view on the 14th, providing one of the most unique par3 tee shots I've seen, then having to strategically cut a tree on the right then another well placed tree on the left, creating the perception of a shot through a "chute"& into the green (quickly realize you fly the trees easily with a 9iron), then I proceeded to lip out a 8 foot putt for birdie.
-#15 is a tough par4. My drive of 258 yards left with a massively uphill 184 yard iron shot into a 10mph side wind!
I really enjoyed the contrast between how narrow some holes were compared to how wide open others were. It kept me on my toes with nearly every tee shot.
I feel like if I played this course IRL that I would struggle immensely on many holes, which is exactly how I played it in TGC with a +4 75 which included an eagle, 3 birdies, 2 bogies, 2 doubles & a triple. To say these greens were a struggle for me would be a huge understatement. I feel like this course was challenging enough to provide many replays for me, if only to work on putting with many uphill/downhill/sidehill lies.
