Pros:
The West course is the most park-style of the three, I mean two courses at Spring Lake Park. It mixes in a few wooded holes without breaking up the flow, while still featuring some of the best open holes on the property. Maintenance is great, and there are two practice baskets. One raised pin, several holes with unique lines, and a little water on one hole are just some of the highlights.
This course does a good job mixing up lines on the more open holes and doesn't have any completely open holes. There are low ceilings on a few holes (1, 2, 18), opportunity for obstructed putts (3, 15, 18), and tons of skip shot opportunity when the green is protected. There are also a few really long holes (4, 10, 11), which will be out of reach for a lot of players but still give opportunities to have a long but controlled drive.
Similarly, no two holes look the same. Some holes are more open on the drive, while others are more obstructed around the basket. While there aren't any super epic holes, there aren't any boring ones either.
While there aren't any par 4's, the length of the holes varies significantly, so some holes will play like par 4's for some people. For the larger arms, some will be real challenging to get, and in some cases, introduce some risk involving OB.
Cons:
Just like the East course, this course suffers from the signs on the original Central layout still being primarily featured. The West course shares 12 of its holes with the Central layout, and the West hole numbers are on the tee sign posts only.
A few of the wooded holes (6-9) play really close to each other, and holes 8 and 9 are basically on top of each other. The holes themselves are pretty good (though they have a lot of weeds) but are impossible to play if the course is crowded. On that note, this course plays near walking paths constantly. The worst is hole 2, where the walking path is the fairway, and the drive is a blind shot, so you might not see anyone coming. Also, the park maintenance building is nearby on holes 2 and 10, and while it doesn't really come into play, it gives the feeling that the course isn't the most important thing at the park. All of this means there's no way a tournament can be held here with a full field of players.
While the open-ish holes were done pretty well, there are kind of a lot of them, and for the more advanced players, this course will start to get pretty easy. I appreciate the raised pin on 13, but it kind of isn't enough to raise the challenge I expect from a top course. That doesn't mean this course is bad; it just means this isn't a top-level course. And having no alternate tees or baskets mean this course can become rather same-y quite easily. You could spice things up with a safari layout, but for the official course itself, there isn't any opportunity to change things around.
Other Thoughts:
I enjoy elevation change, and while this course has a little of it, there's not much. It matters on the holes where it's present, making it significantly easier or harder to reach the basket in some cases, but a few others really lack it at times.
Because there are walking paths near so many holes, using them as OB was wasted. While I don't complain about artificial OB much, there were some chances here that weren't used well.
So while this course is pretty good, it isn't amazing by any means. I don't think there's opportunity for improvement via a redesign (unless hole 2 was dealt with somehow), but some alternate baskets would be a welcome addition. Fortunately, with 36 holes in the park, this is a good place to make a full afternoon of fun. Oh, and in case you haven't noticed yet, pretend the Central layout doesn't exist. You'll thank me later.