Sorry I don't have more or better pics. As mentioned, I had ground crew with me on almost every hole and, along with wanting them out of the photos, I had them waiting on me a lot so I didn't snap as many as I could have.
Some more thoughts now that I've looked back at all the pics:
#2. I loved this hole. Loved the slope and width and bumpiness of the fairway. But really loved the greensite. The slope on the front-right part of the green is diabolical—it really adds an interesting challenge to a short approach shot. I tried to play it off the slope with PW but wound up stuck on top of the hill and had a super tricky chip down.
#4. Great left to right movement around the green. If you're on the left side of the fairway, you have a perfect angle in. But if you wind up on the right side, which is not ideal, the left side mounds help kick your ball back toward the middle of the putting surface so you dont have to try to fly the bunker to reach a back right pin.
#5. A brute, even from just 175. I loved the sheer amount of back to front slope on this green, but frankly, thought it would have been a better hole from 10-15 yards closer. I say this because, even though the pin was all the way back it still looked tucked right behind the front bunker, which was a wonderful deception. With the amount of slope and bunkering, it would be a more exciting hole if players were encouraged to be a bit more daring instead of just trying to get their ball anywhere up there.
#7. Great semi-blind green on an otherwise short and straight-forward hole. That's a theme I noticed throughout the course, including on #6. The holes with slightly less remarkable fairways had uniquely challenging greens to make up for it.
#8. Just a fantastic par 3 that I would love to play on a daily basis. The back right quadrant I found particularly exciting. They had the pin back there and I managed to get my ball back there and to have it stay—which was a definite highlight of my round. Loved the back right bunkers too, but would actually have liked them a little more if you could putt out of them. The low lip is fantastic but I think that's one of the best spots I've ever seen for a bunker you can putt out of, considering how severely sloped downward it is from there.
#10. Another wonderfully sloped fairway and green. The slope on the right side of the green opens up a ton of fun possibilities for approaches or recovery shots, especially when the pin is middle or right.
#11. Not the most natural-feeling hole on the course, but a solid challenge. The further up you play your tee shot, the worse your angle to the green becomes. The further away from the hazard you play it, the worse your angle becomes. A perfect length for this type of hole. Long enough to make you work for it, but not so long that it's a total slog.
#12. Another hole that I absolutely loved at first glance. A terrific short, downhill par 4 with a sneaky tough green. A theme I noticed repeated on a few greens were uphill putts from the center of the green out to the edge, where it then started to really fall away past the hole. The left side here and on #16 come to mind. Semi-skyline as well.
#13. A lot of room for the tee shot, but then it gets progressively harder from there. Placement of the second (lay-up) shot is hugely important. Placement of the approach requires almost comic accuracy due to the slope and protection. Brilliant par 5 that I imagine a lot of people go for in two, since an approach from even as little as 100 yards is tough to get in the right spot.
#14. The gully was... interesting. Definitely gave the hole character. I'll call it good quirk. I wound up in it down the left side. It was cool having a totally blind shot from there. I can see how it forces players to hit out to the right to avoid it, and then get a bad angle in. Or take it on and fly it for an easier approach.
#16. This giant green is really 5 little greens. Unfortunately for this recap, I hit a really good approach to a far left pin and 2-putted for par. So I don't quite have the full sense of how incredibly challenging this green could be. But I do like how proper placement of both shots is paramount to brute force. A lot of courses would add another 50-75 yards to this hole and make it their signature beast ruin it.
#18. What a gorgeous way to finish. I'm so glad the pin was front right when I was there so I could experience the slope on that side. Hit my best two shots of the day and walked off feeling like I really escaped disaster. Is there anything on the left side to rival the trickiness on the right?