Had the pleasure of spending 3 days in Williamsburg, VA with a group of college friends.
Our first round of the weekend was the most highly anticipated, my first foray into a Mike Stranz design, Royal New Kent. I absolutely loved it. Each hole was entirely different from anything I'd ever played. Despite the courses difficulty, I found it extremely fair, with plenty of scoring opportuities, although they were often not apparent until you reached the landing area or the green and surveyed the hole from the there. Its certainly a course on which ones score would drop upon a return visit.
My question to those who have played both RNK and Tobacco Road is what are the major differences? Why is it you read and hear about TR so much more then RNK? Is it simply the Pinehurst location? Considering the general admiration for Mike Stranz and TR on this site, I'm assuming more well traveled site contributors have played both courses and can compare and contrast.