Played here yesterday. I really enjoyed the round and give the course pretty high marks, though I'm curious if it really has enough strategic interest to be the kind of place I travel to a lot.
Conditioning is great, as has been said. Course has been in the ground something like 7 years and it shows. Doesn't feel like a "new" course at all. The greens are in very good condition and very fast--possibly too fast for the target audience. They are also very sloping. Maybe 1 green (#3) out there without a notable tier in it? And several green had three or more sections with dramatic elevations.
The routing is good with nice views and lots of movement up, down, and around some sizable hills. Right now you get some nice views of other holes from various points of the course. Much of that will likely be lost when homes go in.
The 6 par 3s / 7 par 4s / 5 par 5s is unique, but it works. Only once do you play back-to-back holes of the same par, at 15-16.
My impression is that when the course was constructed, an "active adult" community course was not what they had in mind. I played with 3 gentlemen of that age and I don't think any of them would have wanted to make the place their "home" course. It's playable, but there are a number of very demanding uphill shots and a few fairways that are tight for an average player. Most of the drives look more challenging than they are. Lots of drives that play downhill either gently or substantially and the landing areas are often wider than they immediately look from the tee. There seemed to be good options for various tees so you're not facing unreasonable carries.
Also noticed that even since the most recent satellite images (2014), they have made a few changes to the course, most that make it more playable. Wash crossings on 1, 5, and 18 have been grassed in, which seems like a good choice.
It also seems pretty clear that the original routing began at what is now 15 and ended at the current 14th. 15 is a more classic handshake opener, and that's the area of the course where the old range is, now being converted to a shot course. 13 and 14 are dramatic holes with lakes and creeks and waterfalls.
A number of holes I really liked:
The second is a mid-length par 3 to a green that sits in a little bowl so the front hole locations are blind over a little ridge. Really liked that green.
#6 is a good risk/reward par 4 that can play as a lay up and wedge but from a blind angle to a tough, sloping green. A drive that carries a lot of water and sand could reach the green or get right in front where you;d be chipping straight into the slope of the green with a clear view. Nice hole.
#7 is a par 5 that reminded me a lot of a Jim Engh hole--downhill drive to a fairway that narrows as it turns through a saddle. A good drive and great second could make it reachable, but you probably are wisest not to try to go at the green with a long club.
#11 is a really nice par 3 without bunkers, the green runs front left to back right with a deep swale attracting balls that don't have enough carry. #17 is also a nice par 3 over a deep canyon to a green with excellent views beyond.
Wasn't such a big fan of #9, a long and steeply uphill par 5 where the green is blind until you're within about 50 yards of it. Any shot long of the green is death, which seems a bit punitive on a long uphill and blind hole. For a deeply uphill hole it plays well with portions of fairway where the ball will stop, without looking totally terraced, and no bunkers in the blind landing areas. But the green and the trouble just over it didn't work for me. But that was really the only quibble I had with any of the holes.
I have a voucher to return for a summer round. I am looking forward to that. I think it's a course that will benefit from a few plays, given the number of blind shots and the severity of some greens. Whether it's a course that offers a lot in the way of strategic options remains to be seen, for me.