My two sense, after one round at BM last fall:
- Really tough to play 1x. No caddies, no yardage books, no signs, no GPS. On one hole (#5?) there was a B&W checkered aiming flag on a hill...so one would assume the preferred line of play would be directly over that. Wrong -- try 20 yards right. Blind shots and serious fairway contours are fun, but the first time out with no help, they're frustrating.
- Walkable? The group ahead of us walked, and kept up, too, probably because they were locals and knew where they werer going, and we didn't. But it looked like a LONG walk.
If I were a local I would play this course often, and probably be a better golfer for it - rolling fairways produce uneven lies, several preferred angles to play towards and practice accuracy, and tough (too tough?) green sites, with trouble on one side and a 15- ft bank on the other.
But visit NM and BM again? Once was enough for me, until I see the rest of the (golfing) world. But I would recommend it to anyone I know, and they will be better for having seen it.