Rob:
When I was there I tried to pay close attention to the routing, observing where the direct route from tee to fairway or tee to green would take the walking golfer (pun intended
) and for sure there are some rugged drop offs where the cart trail would be the preferred way to travel. Hole 2 for example has a deep ravine in front of the tee and hole 3 has some sand dunes between the tee and green that I climbed on and around once looking for a ball. Walking in that soft sand does wear on your feet (some comfy TRUE'S might help in this situation
). But, I do think that the golf course is walkable. The green to tee walks are not long, save for a bit of an uphill climb from 9 green to 10 tee, but you'll find Hooker's on the way, where you can grab a snack, hit the head then get back out to the tee. I'm thinking 15 green to 16 tee may be longer than the others, but I'm not sure -- hopefully Chris will chime in. [By the way it is great having you with us on the thread Chris - thanks for your input.]
IMO, no way are you gonna walk up to the black tee at 18. That'd be insanely challenging, especially as you still have to play one of the more difficult holes on the course, where afterwards you'd have to make another climb up to Jack's, where I'd imagine there would be a golf cart waiting to get you back to the clubhouse.
I've tried to find Dismal River on Google Earth, but cannot locate it. Anyone have an aerial you can put up here, please? I would like to see if I am remembering the relative closeness of the green to tee walks correctly.