Thoughts, especially from those Downunder.
Both courses underwent varying degrees of rebuild in the late 1990s/early 2000s, some of it successful, other parts - mainly a few greens on the South course - were less successful with the more unadventurous members.
The South course was rebuilt this time first, with, sadly, one or two of the wilder greens softened or removed. Nevertheless, the remaining greens OCCM have built on the South are a stupendous set. There's been a lot of tree removal, more, it feels, than the North course.
It's a club with two different yet similar courses. The South is longer, wider, with bigger, more severe greens sparsely defended by bunkers, and plenty of short grass and a little water.
The North is tighter and more twisting over a better piece of land, with smaller, more intricately shaped greens hemmed in by elaborate bunkers.
Given the acreage of the property, there's still some re-vegetation work to do, especially on the off-fairway areas of the South, but the result is two of the better courses in the country (although I would obviously say that). I know Ash Towe is a fan.
Holes such as 3,4,9,11,12 and 14 South, and 1,2,8,12 and 18 North are some of the best holes in the country, but really, there isn't a poor or even ordinary hole there, which is a fine achievement out of 36.