I watched as much as I could and loved the course. It looked to me like a west coast version of Merion. Just wider fairways and different grasses, but it was long where it was long, and short where it was short. The angles were all important, as at Merion, and the green complexes, when viewed from the aerial shots, looked very similar to Merion with the great bunkering, and not just set at 5 and 7 o'clock. I liked the fact that it had drivable and 500 yard par 4s, 600 yard par 5s, and a 78 yard par 3, later pushed back to 123 and 135. very cool, and very flexible.
I heard Spider Miller interviewed yesterday and he discussed playing #17 from the second fairway. He said he had mostly left to right players on his team, and right was dead, so they asked him if he thought it was a good play, He agreed, and thinks there will be some trees planted there to stop it for the Open.