Paul
I got a peek at Zoute on Wednesday. The area it is in is very posh, sort of Wentworthy. The clubhouse would not look out of place at any of the old musty venues of England or central belt Scotland. From a very brief walk around the place, the look and feel of the course and its topography and vegetation is more Ladybank than Lundin Links. It's about a mile inland, I would guess, and the surrounding counrtyside is very flat, except for the coastal dunes which are not deep enough to fit much golf into, even if you could get the land. Colt obviously searched low and not so low to find a place with more than a few feet of elevation.
The 18th green is really "Ooh, La La!". I considered selling my two children into white slavery so that I could play on Thursday, as the pro said the course was wide open then, but........paternal instincts won over, this time at least.............