BillV/Redanman,
This is how bad it gets when one reaches senior status: I was a MEMBER at Meridian for 9 years!
Now I did think about it after posting re Inverness (where I was a member for one year before Meridian--maybe I'm a closet office park golf lover
) but didn''t get around to it...The office buildings at Meridian are pretty sparse and way off the course, too, so it has less of an office park course feel if there's such a thing.
I actually think Meridian is better than you say, with some decent par 4s (particularly the shorter ones) and a couple good par 3s but it is 1980s Jack and that ain't special. Agree that the valleys of sin are overdone, and there's that mounding stuff too. #13 is a very good par 5--it's not reachable, not even by lefty Phil. There's a burn in front of the green that makes trying foolish.
Re lefty Phil, I witnessed two of his eight birdies in his bogeyless US Am qualifying round at Meridian in 1990 whilst I was marshalling holes 4-5. 3 wood short iron on both to 8-10 feet and rolled 'em in. Pretty impressive stuff I must say, since he'd only seen 9 holes of the course once beforehand.
Happy Holidays,