I've played Copperhead several times, once with Larry Packard, who took great pride in it being a course resort golfers could enjoy, but still able to host a tour event. From what I read, the tour pros love it, too. Haven't checked to see if they tear it up any more than other tour courses, but not sure anyone cares.
The first year of my career, we made a trip down there to see it, with my bosses being very impressed with the idea of the normally functional tees actually be artistic puzzle pieces, not unlike what Mackenzie did for bunkers. (Packard also has very artistic bunkers there, too) I have used a few of those style tees over the years, and am designing a course full of them on my China project. Seems to me like the 20's retro era finishes, the 70's retro era might be the next big thing.....in any case, Copperhead is a course to emulate in many ways.