- It's certainly a unique backdrop. Teeing off on hole one steps away from the chapel was a little surprising. I think off of hole 10, there's a hidden pathway that leads to a shrine.

- There's a significant amount of elevation that does test your endurance a bit, and there are a couple of fun downhill shots on the front and back nine that bring the elevation into play.

- Newer Prodigy baskets.

- Favorite hole: #16. Left to right blind shot that has a cool lead up to the pin with some stone columns.

- Course design. There are two sets of holes that cross fairways as #5 and #6 cross right in the middle, and then #9 basket is 40 feet in front of #10 tee. I can't understand the second one for the life of me. The rest of the course is uninspiring save for a hole or two.

And a good number of the holes on the front nine use a walking path or road as OB. I made sure to say a couple Hail Marys before throwing in case I hit one of the nuns on their morning walk.

- There's so much land and not one hole over 400 feet. Would have really broken up the monotony of 250-350 foot shots a bit. Back nine is completely wide open.

- No tee pads (I can't imagine they'd put any in here) and the tee signs looked like someone carved a line into a scrap of wood and put a hole number on it. I probably would have been lost on the front 9 without UDisc.

Get ready to hike a bit. I was trying to squeeze in this course while on family vacation at Holiday World, and underestimated how much elevation and hiking there would be. Definitely enjoyed the workout!

All in all, there aren't many other courses around, so it's nice that there's 18 here. But I found it very hard to find hole 1, signs were basically non-existent, and there wasn't a lot of shot variety. In 2000, this would have been a great course, but courses have evolved since then.