The front 9 are crazy and the back 9 are criminal. That's what you get when you combine a rollercoaster site with small, fast and undulated greens. Approaches will rarely hold, some putts are impossible to stop near the hole or curve away viciously after looking great at first. This is not a knock on the course, in fact it makes it a standout amongst its peers and wildly interesting - but at the same time exacting challenges are not every golfer's cup of tea.

The one thing that must be mentioned as universally hated is that there is way too much walking involved, which is due to the fact that property for the course was bought as it became available over the years. Therefore it was impossible to create an 18 hole routing, as no one knew which land would eventually end up as part of the site. So there are several unconnected patches that house a few holes each. The climb up to tee 10, down to tee 12 and back up to tee 14 is simply a joke.

All that being said, it remains a course with a handful of the most unique hole designs ever seen. While overall conditioning is ok-ish, the glassy greens are a very rare challenge in terms of difficulty. The jury is out on replay value, but Goldegg must be played or rather experienced at least once. At the end of the day it is not a long course, so with a conservative strategy and the utmost respect for the putting surfaces it should actually be possible to score low.