Excellent food critique! But back to golf....I'm going down this summer for a week, please expand and expound upon the courses you played. I'll play two rounds and need to decide between Caledonia, True Blue, Heathland, TPC and The Reserve.
Hey Matt..
I've played all of the courses you listed.
I'd toss TPC out the window first. It's not a bad course, but definitly not stacking up to the rest of the ones you listed.
I'd say Caledonia makes the cut first. It's a great course in an even better setting.. 18 alone makes it worth the play.
The rest comes down to your personal choice. True Blue represents Mike Stranz perfectly. It's almost over the top. It's a very good course though.
Heathland really makes you think.. Whether it's club selection or strategy, it's a fun track to play. Only issue I had with the course was the lack of maintenance on the bunkers. Only in terms of the amount of sand. In some, there was little to no sand and only a bunch of packed down clay. Kinda tough to get out of a pot bunker if your club bounces when you swing.
Personally, I love The Reserve. It's a course that I imagine was similar to how Augusta was in that it doesn't have any rough. Fairway extends to the pine trees and it's often in pretty firm condition. The one complaint I have is that the par 3's are all similar (except for #12 which incorporates a natual lake pretty well).
If you have any specific questions, post them and I'll try to answer them.. Otherwise, you really can't go wrong with your choice of courses.. Just remember to play the other ones the next time you venture down there.
Enjoy!
Jeff