My wife and I just spent Thursday and Friday at Kiawah and it was not a good viewing experience on a few levels. Part of my feeling on that is that many of the spectators are a little older. After all, you need some money to get to, and stay near, Kiawah. SOme of them went out early on Thursday to see the back nine. Very hot. Eventually they get to the front nine, probably feeling a little tired. Off they go down the first fairway, only to find that there are no grandstands on the front nine other than at the first tee. Zero. No place to sit down as they slog out past 2, 3, 4 to 5. You can only sit on the ground. That is what I did today, and I am totally covered in sand. So are many, many spectators. It was a point of contention on the bus going out today as anyone who decided to sit looked like a salted pretzel. Couldn't a few small bleachers, like from a grade school gym, been put out there? Also, many of the marshalls are clueless. There is a nice grove of trees behind the 7th tee with a good view of the 6th green. A lot of people brought chairs. 3 marshalls then stood between the fans and the green, never getting out of the way, never turning around, just raising their arms when players were putting. And they stood together, forming a wall, so the people sitting were now standing up and trying to see around them. At least the marshalls got a good look at the play. We followed a group that included a club pro and a pro from England. After the ninth hole the players got into carts, and the 1/2 mile ride to the tenth tee commenced. There was no cart for their wives who got left behind to try to catch up with them later. The wives decided they were going to the clubhouse to get some ice cream and then walk down 18 and go backwards to catch up with them at some point. Apparently no thought given to them. Also, not enough trash cans. There is a lot of trash just being dropped as people are getting fed up with carrying their trash for 20 minutes without passing a trash bin. There are a number of holes where you can't get close to tees that is mostly a function of the layout, but that is still a little frustrating. Just not a great spectating course. But also not well set up, not well marshalled. The bussing of spectators had a few glitches but not too bad. Overall I would give it a C. The course looks great but it is often tough to get around it as the front nine is not spectator friendly.