Garland and Nick had some comments from Philippe so here are his on my course,
"there are too many holes with too much stuff going on.. it's normal, because if there's no bunkers off the tee, you have a hard time selling the point that the drive is fun...
calm down on the design... don't worry, professional architecs do the same mistake. A golf course is to complex yet simple to be put on a plan.?
First a huge thanks to him for the response. His point is one that Mike Nuzzo made before. Looking back on it, I probably did try to impose strategy a little harder than I should have. He pointed out that computer models make it difficult to show all the nuances. Ideally next year we will find a way to send our files so that the judges can look at them in sketch up, walk around (virtually) and get a better idea of what we were doing, but they will never provide the same experience as being on a sight. Looking back I would eliminate the right side bunkers on #1, the left bunker on #7, the bunker on #9, change the drive on #12, eliminate the left bunker on #15 and #17. This was a great experience, if anyone else has comments to share feel free to do so!