aclayman,
Cutting to the chase, you're going to describe how good each of the 18 holes are. The problem is, you want us to reach a preconceived conclusion, your conclusion, an erroneous conclusion.
Contributors to this site have hammered "the experience" and
"CCFAD" from day one, and now those elements are being factored in by some to tell us the course is worthy.
A great opportunity was lost when the hotel was located in the core of the property. The architecture, and the golf course are medicre at best.
If the surrounding golf courses didn't exist I doubt The Links at Spanish Bay would be a prefered golf destination.
Had the other courses not existed, the owner-developers would have been forced to make the golf course outstanding, as is required to make it the primary attraction and as such they might have created something special. The reality is, they didn't and it isn't.