Regarding Castle Hayne being over-rated:
Well, it's personal opinion, of course. It's over-rated. Not horrible. Just not great.
0 elevation on the back 9, very little on the front. That right there knocks it down to start.
#1 is a blah hole. A basket in a park with widely spaced mature trees. Yawn. So now we're down to 17 holes.
Several holes are a terrible length. A wide skill range will get the same score a large percentage of the time. #3 is a good example. #18 too. And a few others in-between.
#14 is a bad shape. Ho-hum 3 for a wide skill range a large percentage of the time.
One or two holes have late trouble that is no good. Must be #6 looking at the map. 341 ft, but a wooded tunnel with a fairly severe pinch-point about 60-80 feet from the hole. Not good.
(The neighborhood doesn't bother me, but I guarantee it makes some people nervous.)
Add all that together, and it's just not great. At all. You're a smart guy, Robert. I know you understand good hole lengths. If you wish, you can nit-pick my individual points all you want. I'm sure many people love the course. That's fine.
I have plenty of fun there with a couple beers and my bro-in-law the once-every-two-years I play there.