There's a real genius in the transition from the dunes to the forest and back to the dunes that has been written about and that has been compared to Friar's Head. The course can be very difficult, especially into and around a number of the greens, but the best thing about the course, IMHO, is that it really has a sense of place; you always know you're in the Pacific Northwest. The other courses don't really have that as a dominant theme. Final note, of the first six holes here, the second and the fifth constitute a phenomenal opening set of par-3 holes.