John - thanks for the structure - my impressions based on twice around the front and once on the back:
1. I did not notice the Red being extremely blind - many holes you can not see the ball land off the tee but there is almost always an intuitive hint or two off the tee where to play - depending on the wind there is good reward for challenging obvious trouble. Shots into greens there was little blindness that I can recall (especially compared to the White course), except for maybe the first hole. I like the first hole as a relatively gentle starter (it was driver, lay up, wedge both times for me). The central fairway bunker adds interest off the tee. It was a bit of a head scratcher with all that space out there that one has to walk back into the line of fire to get off the green. By far the majority of holes have tee shots that really get the juices flowing. Two exceptions. The 17th as others mentioned gives no clue where to hit and I really butchered it by guarding a bit left and ultimately found my ball many yards through the fairway in tall grass which took a couple hacks to get out. I think some sort of guide post would help and the tee shot would be fun. I am not sure I can say the same about the tee shot on 12. Wide fairways can make for interesting and fun golf, but holy cow, that tee shot is pretty bland and the landing zone where I found my ball was less than 20 yards wide. On repeated play I think a lay up might be the way to go because I don't know if it is worth trying to drive beyond the hourglass waist. All in all, though, my impression is that the Red offers very, very interesting tee shots.
2. Green contours. Make anything fast enough and it can get crazy. I don't recall making many putts but the greens seemd anything but crazy. I've played four Doak courses. Black Forest is crazy. Apache Stronghold anything but crazy. Ballyneal just fine at the speeds I encountered when there. Dismal's White has far more internal undulations and slope than the Red, and verge on crazy but unlike Black Forest where miscues are repelled to the outside, at the White it is the opposite which adds an element of forgiveness and options. Others have mentioned the 16th as being wild. I kind of think 11 is the hole where speed could make things a bit wild as I think it had a really big raised area in the back half of the green that would repel shots to the outside.
3. Favourite bunker. My first time around a course I generally don't take notes and just like that feeling of being half-lost on a bit of a quest. But the bunker on 4 really stands out.
4. Tests driver vertically. What a great question. I am told I hit the ball high off the tee and maybe that is why I enjoyed the tee shots so much. Also for some inexplicable reason I seem to have developed some control over trajectory so I was able to hit it a lot lower when into the teeth. But my partner is a low, shortish player who depends on a lot of roll. We are typically 30+ yards apart with the driver but on the Red he was 50 yards back on many holes and after nine holes on the Red, his swing completely left him as he started to reach a little deeper and was having trouble hitting a nine iron before the round was done. Absolutely the verticality tested him. We'd played a lot of golf and he was getting worn out but hitting into the wind on nine each time he failed to make the carry even when hitting way left. Gets disappointing. That is one other hole that might use a little tweaking. I took too strong an angle the first time and found myself a bit short of the fairway. Played more conservatively the second time, thought I pured it, but still only had 10-15 yards to spare. I think that may have been the only ball of 8 tee shots that reached the fairway when we played. Angle, not verticality is the issue there but it just occurred to me how tough that tee shot played.
One other comment. I was amazed at the amount of turf around greens and tees and between greens and tees, and the generous size of most fairways, especially if it is true that the Red has half as many heads as the White. It works really well, especially liminting the number of paths. The White on the other hand is marred somewhat by the roads seamingly everywhere and does not have the same sense of fairway width, even though double the irrigation. How was the irrigation at the Red accomplished??? Gotta be a lot of lessons to be learned there.