That being said, after two stiff Manhattans, this is my opinion:
#1 absolutely sucks--up-down-up-down-up
#2 absolutely sucks- fly an approach to an unstoppable green to a pin placement cut tight
#3,4,5, pretty good holes
#6 Horrible approach, unless you live for uphill chips
#7 One of the worst tee shots in golf, unless you love hitting a good shot and winding up in trees or behind them.
#8 I like this hole
#9 Hit and hope
I like the back except the approach to #15.
Steve - i dont have an issue with your opinion of the holes even though i dont agree with many of them. Based on your follow up comment about playing the course once I do disagree with some of your comments that seem like broad sweeping generalizations that are more likely what you saw happen with one foursome on a one time basis.
#1 - Interested in more detail on your thoughts on #1. Up and down doesn't seem to do your strong opinion justice. I know some people that aren't in love with the hole but never heard someone with a strong enough opinion to say it sucks.
#2 - it isnt a pin seeker hole for sure but shots hold on that green in all but the windiest and firmest conditions. I've seen players of many abilities land and hold the green. I get that it is severe and some don't like it but your characterization of the hole is not realistic.
#6 - I don't understand the uphill chip comment. To be chipping you would likely need to have driven the ball through the neck. If so, great shot but the resulting chip wouldn't be all that uphill. Guessing you
Meant something more like an uphill pitch, though if you find the left side of the fairway it isn't all that uphill.
#7 - I dispute that good shots end up behind the trees here. Shots that the golfer thinks are well played and well struck may end up behind the trees if the golfer isn't given good advice or doesn't understand where to play the shot but I think the result you mentioned dictates that it was not a good shot. I have seen what I'd guess to be a pretty good percentage of tee shots hit the fairway here, again other than on the most extreme windy and firm days. I've seen scratch and low handicappers do it from the tips or the blues and ive seen mid handicappers do it with regularity from the blue tees - with both drivers and hybrids. Once you get off to a good start from the tee in that hole it is a blast to play. One of my favs on the front nine.
#9 - from the majority of the tees it is not hit and hope. From the tips of the south tees, it is hit and hope for me but I have a reasonable shot at par from every other tee on that hole to just about ever pin.
#15 - alot of people take issue with this one, so the comment doesn't surprise me and i dont have a problem with some taking issue with it. I like it alot and think it works fine give the surrounding hole on the back nine. But the appreciation for stronger players with multiple plays once they hit the GIR or card that birdie or par.
While, as Jud said, it is certainly a members course and one comes to love all the holes if one enjoys that style of golf, I do think that one or two rounds is enough to know if you are going to love it. I was enamoured after one time around and it gets better with each play. So it is likely that you'd never grow to love it if it isn't your style, but I'd love to see you around the course and have the debate while we play it!