Craig:
I would have been worried if you'd had any problem with the bunkers on #17, since there aren't any bunkers on that hole. 
Also, I think #16 is 465 yards from the back tee. Maybe you missed that one ... but to me 465 yards isn't short, even at 4700 feet elevation.
Tom and Craig,
We played #16 twice, once in the morning and once early afternoon, and just a slight change conditions appeared to make a big difference in how the hole played. Not so much for the weak shots I hit, but the gentleman with whom I played hit a solid drive each time, and was probably a two to three club difference between morning and afternoon.
I sense that throughout the course the challenges will vary significantly with even slight changes in the conditions. This is as it should be at any great course.
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Is this club like Pine Valley, somehow trying to maintain exclusivity by forbidding any photographs? I have already started a movement to get President Obama to declare Pine Valley a National Monument and make it available to the public at $40. 
I'd hate to have to get 'emminent domain' at RCCC too, just so I can see it.
Doug,
One reason I haven't posted photos is what Ryan mentions above, but I imagine that there will be plenty of them before too long.
But another reason is that I am finding it very difficult to do the course justice with the photographs I have taken thus far. Sure one can photograph cool bunkers and/or the snowcapped Pintler Range in the background, but to me the essence of the course is how well it fits into the landscape.
I am sure it is mostly operator error, and hopefully next time I will get some more telling photos, but it really is the kind of place where you just have to be there.
Here are a few teaser photos that hopefully give you an idea of the feel of the place. Some of these are a bit off, but you will get the idea.
The first dogleg, ninety degrees . . .
I keep hearing about Old Macdonald's farm, and that will be fine I am sure. But it seems to me that New Macdonald has a ranch . . .
Someone sent me this picture today, I don't know the one on the right, but I am pretty certain that the one on the left is Shivas bent over looking for his ball . . .
This photo was taken near the middle of the day, but if you look closely you can get a sense of just how much movement there is in this glacial moraine land . . .
I cannot imagine that anyone ever has to wait at this place, but the benches are pretty cool places just to hang out . . .
The runoff was extremely late this year (June snow doesn't help.) Many of the rivers and streams were at record highs for mid-July Not sure if Rock Creek set any records but it was certainly rolling. This is from a bridge between the eighth tee and green, and the roar of the water was incredible. It is a very good example of a natural aural hazard, reminding me what awaited a slightly pulled ball. Other aural hazards exist at at Pebble 18 and CPC 15, 16, 17 . . .
Were it not on private land, this would be classified as a Montana state highway . . .
Cheating a little on this last one, but this bunker really reminds me of the kind of erosion one often finds on authentic Montana ranchland. Since RCCC is a real ranch, I post the picture not to show you the course, but to give you a feel of the place . . .
