Phil,
I've played it several times this summer and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's a remarkable value at $42 weekend, and Foster did very well to create interest and variety with the property he had. After a not too difficult short par 4 starter, there are outstanding shortish par 4s (2, 3, 7, 12, 13, 17) and longish par 4s (5, 6, 10, 15), each with a distinct strategic problem to solve. The par threes include 4, a very long test (240 from the back) with a fine run-it-up green, 8, a mid-length over wetlands, 11, a 200-yarder where again you can bounce it on, and 16, a drop-shot shortie with wetlands at the side and back.
My only design quibble is with the three par 5s--they all are long, >550 yards, and 9 and 18 are quite similar, with snakey fairways and big fronting bunkers requiring an aerial approach. Superficially it appears the final hole might have been a shorter risk-reward with options for 2-or 3-shots, but it isn't.
It is ALWAYS firm and fast in my experience. Once in August it was such a beautiful color (brownish-light green with hints of purple), that I went out of my way to tell management how great it was, and to ask them if that's what they were looking for. The answer was yes, and they are diligent in fending off the golfers that Mark Smolens mentions who don't get it.
IMO it's much better than Thunderhawk, which is too green by comparison and mostly target golf. I happily drive by TH to get to SC. Add in the 10-minute tee time intervals (unlike all the North Shore publics and Spring Valley), and it's become my favorite close to home standby.