Exposed sand has a tendency to turn into "sandy scrub with miscellaneous vegetation" over time. I tend to like when a course features "rough" that looks like the typical "broken ground" of its native geographical location. The courses around Pinehurst, for example. Let's see how all that exposed sand looks in two years.
If I could get anyone at Cabot Citrus to respond to my tee time request, I'd love to give a firsthand perspective. I hope it's awesome and also that it holds somewhere in the ballpark of its current planned price point - as a guy who would love to escape the Midwest for some warm-weather springtime golf, I've found a real lack of architecturally interesting and golf-centric options in the South. There are a few spots tied to arm-and-a-leg priced resorts, sure. But looking for a golf-focused trip that doesn't break the bank, as soon as I got past Southern Pines and Old Waverly it felt like I was pretty quickly staring at the RTJ Trail. Not that there's anything wrong with that...