JWL,
Remember, most golfers who play Sebonack don't come with either your playing credentials or Jack Nicklaus's playing credentials.
When I reflected upon the golf course I pictured a golfer walking off the 15th green in the midst of having a great round.
I will bet you that an inordinate number of golfers will state that they had a good round going until they stood up on the 16th tee.
When you try to protect par, on those last three holes, I can see disaster striking.
I can also see golfers wilting on the first 8 holes.
Playing 8 holes without a par 5 can wear on a golfer, especially with the wind and those greens.
So, in addition to viewing the individual holes, I've tried to explore the mindset of a golfer as he traverses the golf course.
I can see hole # 6 ruining a round.
The first 5 holes have wide fairways, and now, suddenly, the golfer is faced with a narrow shoot, with a fairway sloping left to right, with a left to right wind, to a green blocked by a stand of trees. That hole has double and triple bogie written all over it.
I can see the same thing happening at # 11.
The golfer will have previously played two fairly benign holes and will then step up onto the tee at # 11. With a crossing or head wind I can see big numbers in his future.
There are many other pitfalls, some obvious, some more subtle that I think will stifle or squash scoring.
From the Blue Tees I find the course "Sporty"
From the Black Tees I find the course "Difficult"
I think that golfers who are mentally tough, who can shake off adversity and focus on their game will fare best. Others will sail along until disaster strikes, and I don't see them recovering from there.
But, that's just my opinion, and TEPaul is still wrong, although he seems AWOL lately.