One more positive about the course is the number of "blindish" shots that the course introduces on your way around that make it hard to commit to some shots. The shots are rarely totally blind, but you often find yourself wishing you could see a little bit more of what you are trying to do. I have only golfed here once so I don't know if that feeling persists in subsequent rounds. The other course I am thinking of that does this is Kingsley Club, and in that case the sense of unease on certain shots never goes away, at least not yet.
My thoughts are based on playing the blue tees, 6585 yds.
#1 par 5 522 yds
You stand up on the tee, and it is obvious you don't want to miss right as there is a riparian area over there that is OB. You see a bunker off to the left, but there isn't a good sense that there is much fairway in between those two hazards. Then there is an area in between the first and second shot landing areas that is short rough (I'm guessing for surface drainage down into the pond on the left?) that seemed odd to me. Also in the second shot landing area (for mortals like me) there is a built up shelf/ridge, but it wasn't clear to me what the point of it was, as one side/level didn't seem to give an advantage over the other. As the green sits in line with the hole, coming in from the left is obviously the preferred line, and there is already water all the way up the left, so I don't know why they bothered with that ridge/shelf. Unless it is to deflect balls further right to a worse angle for those who try to play safely away from the water.
The green is essentially a rectangle, and what was interesting is the entire right side, from the front to the back, is a slope from right down into the center of the green. Essentially a "bank", but I couldn't figure out why it was there, unless it was to make getting up and down from the right side more difficult.
Fortunately this a par 5 to start, so you can manage par without perfect shots, unlike the next hole.
#2 par 4 424yds
A very visually intimidating tee shot that seems to offer a very narrow landing area, and there is water all down the left (water is generally on left on this course with one exception that I can think of). It was interesting in the post-round talk how many guys pointed out how much room there was to drive the ball, because as a 10 handicap I didn't feel like there was a lot of room. Driving the ball is the weakest area of my game so that may explain my perception.
Out in the landing area there is some of that shelving I spoke of and a bunker complex on the right, and the water I mentioned before, so again the tee shot seems very tight. This could be some nice visual trickery on Kyle's part. The mounding that the bunkering is built in to rises up from the natural ground level and obscures your view of what is between you and the hole when you have about 200 yards left. I could see some reeds so I knew there was some amount of wetland area up there and hitting out of the rough it got into my head enough that I laid up rather than bringing a big number into play. In the last 50 yards there was another shelving area (these shelves are generally 2-3 feet high). The slope from one level to another with these shelves is kept at short rough height so you want to be careful in messing with these features.
The green was guarded by flanking bunkers, and the first half gentle rose up before falling away to the back. A very cool green, but perhaps a bit too demanding for this length of hole IMO. Play your approach conservatively to any pin past center and putting up and over will be testy. Get aggressive and try to fly your ball back to the pin and most likely you are going to have your shot land on the downslope and bound through the back of the green.
A very demanding hole, that I think worked better as an 11th hole than as the current 2nd.
#3 par 3 approx.160 yards
Lots of visual distractions here with the bunker front right getting most of your attention. There are some grass bunkers and shelving short of the green, with some fairway length grass in front of the green also. The hazards seem disproportionately difficult for a weaker golfer who is the only one likely to get into them given how far short of the green they are. A front right pin, with the guarding bunker, must really be tough. This green also generally had some interesting contours.