This is a fairly down to earth course in a quite welcoming environment. It has the traditional par 72 configuration, but with an equal number of par 3, par 4 and par 5 holes. This leads to a slightly more dynamic experience, because long and short holes alternate frequently. The "middle of the road" par 4, that usually makes up the backbone of a course, plays a smaller role here. That being said, it is a challenge to find four different one-shotters of quality in most places and finding six here on a relatively featureless site was never going to happen. The same holds for the dreaded "transporter shot" on the par 5s.

In terms of flow the routing is totally fine, the returning nines are not forced and long walks between holes are avoided, so all the basic boxes are checked. Conditioning is a bit rustic, which meshes well with the natural surroundings and the general atmosphere at the club. Ultimately, the only thing missing is a spark from the hole designs themselves. They are just too straightforward and the difficulties are not on a graduated scale. Either there's nothing going on at all or there is a punishing obstacle. Case in point: the ditches that seem to be deliberately cut to be ball graves. It would certainly help to have a more harmonious distribution of challenges, especially around the greens.

That being said, it's a nice course to play golf on and the only disappointment is the name, which translates to black heath, but there is no heather on the course and the soil is not sandy either. But some of the holes are quite interesting and none are jarringly bad.