There was a lot of sentiment for Creve Bore to be dropped for Rockspring before the scheduling difficulty made it happen. The was a "plastic politics" reason why they were not going to when they had options. Then they ran out of options.
Rockspring is a much better course than Cupcake Ridge IMO. To use Cucpcake Ridge you would have to throw off the unmarked, unkept dirt blue tees and hope it didn't rain. Rockspring has good tees. That and the fact that Cupcake Ridge is almost closer to Albert Oakland than it is to Jefferson Barracks made it a poor choice for the Open. You are going to like Rockspring, trust me.
The players pack looks good, the players party sounds organized, it should be a good time.