Guys,
Give Tiger and his team at The Cliffs High Carolina some respect. They have paid him a ton of money to design and promote this course. It will not be a failure the property it too good if you have seen the pictures and some of my friends have visited the site during clearing.
This project is going to take time but, they are also going to do it right unless they hit a wall financially. Too many eyes are on this course design and the future of High Carolina is in Tiger's hands to make the place spectacular. You think about everything he has done in his life on the course and off the course - do you honestly expect this course to be some up and down goat ranch mountain course? hell no he loves classic courses that can be walked and he is Tiger Woods he will get exactly what he wants in the end if they having to buy 10,000 dump truck loads of dirt and sand to create and shape great golf holes on the high meadow land they have already.
Listen to him talk about this project in the video its not just about a big design fee its from the heart and sincere that he really cares about the land and the lasting legacy this will create for him beyond being a great player. If I am betting money its for this course to be a homerun that is classic by design with nice angles, challenge, variation, great bunkering, risk reward options and visually stunning for all players who experience the course regardless the set of tees you play.