Chris, I thought every one of the reverse holes was pretty good. The first approach shot of the day is a sphincter tightener of the first order, a short iron from the 18th fairway to the 17th green
with the Road bunker and steep slope on the right and the road left. The green opening looks about 10' wide! I bailed right and then putted over the green onto the road, smooth 6.
The home hole (2nd tee to 18th green) is longer enough than normal #18 to satisfy even the harshest critics of #18. I hit 4 wood into the wind, very happy to hit the green and pocket a par.
The play from 12th tee (behind normal #11 green) to normal #10 green is a long iron into the wind, much more difficult than #8 normal routing but parallel to the right. The reverse 9th and 10th weren't much different than normal 9 and 10 if I recall.
Check out the "In My Opinion" pieces for Jeremy Glenn's interesting article about how the reverse routing could be improved. I don't think the Links Trust followed his advice at all, but it still was a fun exercise. They did a good of reorganizing all the tees and paraphenalia. There was only one non-standard tee, out in front of #8 green and I believe used for the tee for the reverse #12 hole that plays over gorse to the regular #6 green.
It may be too late to sign up for the March 2009 program, but given the current economy they may have some slots. And the quid gets more attractive every day.......