When I played it the turf had been seriously beautified resulting in serious growth of the surrounds and bunker brows.
Mr. Warne's assumption that because Jack's name is on it predisposes people here not to like it, is poopycock. Everyone here, knows Chris Cochran did the heavy lifting and I was personally anxious to enjoy my round. The first problem was the distances. Knowing of the difficult nature of the course I was resolved to play it short. However, 5200 yards is too short.
On the day we played the wind was magnificiant. A steady 20-25 with gusts to 35. In those conditions, and from the 6600 yard tees, the course was much narrower than pictured or on both calm days. Also, the flatness of pictures doesn't illustrate how many times the caddy needed to go ahead and stand on the top of one of the mounds to show the line to the next shot. Take the first hole as an example. Drive between the bunkers and you're left with a blind second. Perhaps a herculean drive passed the right side bunker would allow for a glimpse of the green, I don't know and am sure I will never know.
Hitting marginal shots is one thing, but watching ones ball boundng down the fairway, never to be seen again, is another. The turns happen quickly and are perhaps too sharp for the windy nature of the region.
As I originally stated after playing the course, it is a step in the right direction for team Jack. But it seems to lack the justifications for features and their severity.