Played Mt Pleasant yesterday for the first time and was simply blown away by it. Sadly the link in the original post appears to be dead as I remember reading it and finding it very informative. This link to a post by Sven shows the original routing, as well as the routing before the road construction altered holes 2, 14 and 15 (
https://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,43053.msg1590478.html#msg1590478). 2 was made into a shorter dogleg right as a road cuts along what is marked as bridle path in the routing. 14 and 15 were altered within a smaller piece of land and now play with 14 as a par 4 from approximately 15's green to 14's green in the routing below. The current 15 plays along the OB in the old 14's corridor to roughly the old 14's tee box. Not bad holes at all.
The greens and bunkers were is decent enough shape for an otherwise run-down muni. The fairways were a little rough, but not awful. The clubhouse is desperately in need of some attention and the surrounding neighborhood is not great.
The architecture and land forms however were fabulous. Holes of note include the short dogleg 3rd with really nice alpinization and bunkering leading up to the green. The run from 9-13 using some beautiful rolling landforms. The approach to the not original 14th green. The scale of 16's drive and the par 3 17th. The greens tended to be large with more than enough movement, both tilt and internal variation and contour, to be interesting at the speeds we played at (8 or so) and I'm certain that they would be very challenging cut down and rolled for a tournament.
Having played most of the courses in and around Baltimore and I really find it difficult to put many courses in the same architectural class as Mt Pleasant. Baltimore 5-farms is certainly there, Rolling Road and Bulle Rock are as well. I have not played Caves Valley, Woodholme or Suburban - so can't comment on those. Elkridge's green are special, but the land is not nearly as interesting, I think of CC of Maryland similarly. Hayfields, Hunt Valley, Greenspring Valley, Sparrow's Point, Piney Branch - all nice days out, but not as interesting through the round.
Would be wonderful if Baltimore can find the political will to make a meaningful investment in Mt Pleasant, similar to what's been done at George Wright and Cobbs Creek. It is a great piece of land for golf and an architectural gem with solid history.