Mark -
Tough question. After 3-to-4ish plays I notice and enjoy more about the course each time. A nice walk. So many things you won’t see elsewhere – back to back par 5s (7, 8 ) followed by back to back par 3s (9, 10). A lot of different loops to play fewer than 18 holes. In my limited experience, I can’t recall anything like hole #16 on a well-regarded course. Under 300 on the card, but a hard dogleg left, must be close to 90 degrees. If my ragged memory serves, there’s no way to cut the corner because of trees; tee ball must travel ~180 to clear the dogleg, but runs out of fairway at ~210; LZ is bunkered left and right. Good tee ball leaves you a wedge into a tightly bunkered green. I’m not sure how an architectural purist would view the hole, but to me it’s fun and interesting. I also like that RLC is a short course but finishes with a 3-shot big boy par 5. And where else is there a veranda where you can watch 18 green as well as three par 3s (5, 9, 10).
Mr. Bell Bernie, please.