Friends and I played a couple of these this morning.
First up was Cotswold.Overall a nice course.Played fairly easy because of the length.We played the back tees and used Players clubs.Had some pretty short holes.One in particular #5.It played as a 216yd Par4.I don't know if that was a design mistake and it should be a par 3 but that is way too short for a par 4.
The other thing that came up was having to lay up on a Par 5 off the tee.That was the 2nd or 3rd,I forgot to write down which one.
I will say that even though you have to lay up off the tee you can reach in 2 even with Player Clubs.I layed up with a pushed 3 wood and went in the water and still made a Birdie,so the lay up off the tee was acceptable.Normally if you have to lay up on any hole and can't reach the green then that is a negative point to me.
All in all a very nice course with good looks.
Next was Swiss Valley.Hopefully we played the one you were talking about.
This course was kind of weird.There was a ton of elevation changes,which are ok,But.On the Back 9 only we felt it got out of control.A couple of really funky greens at the beginning and a couple of extreme fairways and we thought it got weird.Not that it wasn't playable,it most definitely was.It was one of those courses where if you didn't hit it pretty dang straight you were gonna find yourself in trouble.Even if you did hit it straight there were times you'd land in a bad spot and shoot off into the ether.
Again a well made and good looking course.If you like traditional then this may not be the course for you.
All in all I'd say you made some good choices.We like playing courses that not everyone may have played and you aren't gonna shoot -18 on.We choose 0 play courses all the time and have found many gems among them.
Good job and keep em coming.
