Matt,
I agree with you about the PB Dye course. I really enjoyed the blind shots and wild green complexes, although in spots it was clearly over the top, such as the 13th hole that previously featured a pond just right of the narrow green and the left side falling off about 20 feet to a bunker! Still, it seemed to me to be a conceptual sandbox for PB and most of it came of as exciting, if a bit on the edge.
Bill,
I also think the routing at Hog Neck and Queenstown Harbor are both very solid. I do wish that Ervin had a little more creativity in his features, particularly his bunkering which tends to be sort of amorphous, and I find his tendency to require some forced carries a bit much on the poorer player, but I also have to say that I do look forward to playing his courses. Woodlands near Baltimore is another of his courses that I liked how he used the land in terms of routing. The par five 17th and the shortish par four 18th there are worth the price of admission.