I played Wyantenuck for the first time last week, and then was lucky enough to play a second round a few days later. This course has got to be the best kept secret in New England. Perhaps I'm crazy, but I would put the course in the same league as Taconic. The greens were spectacular. The par 3s were some of the best I have seen.
I loved the 240-yard blind par 3 second hole, although I have heard others complain about it. The newly lengthened fourth hole is a beast, but there are so many short holes on the course that it gives the layout good balance. I loved the variety of settings, from the rolling, wooded terrain of holes 1–11 to the relatively flat, low-lying holes at 12–18 (with the obvious exceptions of the tee shot on 13 and the great uphill aproach shot to 17).
From what I heard from the members, this course flies in the face of the prevailing GCA.com wisdom, which is a preference for restoring courses to their original design. At Wyantenuck, the super isn't afraid to tinker with the layout to make improvements. I was told that the 14th was once a very short par 4. Additional land was purchased so that the hole could be lengthened (by moving the green back some 100 yards), and by all accounts it is a great improvement. I never would have guessed that it was a new green. Same is true on the fourth, a monstrous dogleg right, uphill, 440-yard par 4. The old green was severely sloped and was very difficult to maintain. The super cleared some trees behind it and put in a new green that fits the hole perfectly.
I'm sorry I didn't take pictures. If you are ever in Great Barrington and have an opportunity to play the course, don't pass it up!