J_, I obviously haven't played the newly remodeled course. I am putting a question mark on top6 based only on my couple of plays there several years ago and the idea that there are some pretty decent courses in what might be a short list of top 20 or so that most would say are very good in WI. A couple of plays at the old SW was enough for me and the old course certainly wouldn't be in my top 10, albeit I have only played about half of those you list.
I certainly hope that SW has dressed up the previous design. I don't say the previous design was horrible. But, in my mind, just a modern design on a sandy but flat site, achieving merit as a good round of golf via angles, target LZs, high maintenance profile, and large unremakable greens and surrounds on a flat property. The wow factor with of nice conditioning, and the flowers and sparkling lakes, and big flashy bunkers is also a public crowd pleaser. But, I never thought it was much in the way of interesting design upon interesting ground. It seems to me that on such a flatish site, one needs to have a lot of micro rolls and interesting grading to put some drama or sportiness into the equation. The old SW didn't have much of that, or at least I didn't note it.
I would imagine that with the sandy soils up there in Stevens Point, that firm and fast conditions could be presented as a factor on a flatish site that has been re- shaped and re-arranged greens and surrounds.
Ironically, we drove past it under its winter blanket just today and I really wondered about it.