The number of stars for you will probably be higher, but for me, ...

1. This is not a $500 golf course. The first 5 holes are beautiful, and the rest are pretty and interesting. But neighboring Pebble is way better. Holes 6-18 remind me a lot of Bethpage Black, and that course costs around $100.

2. This course is ridiculously hard. I was playing from the Senior tees (green), and I took my 100th shot on #16. (My handicap says I would have a 50% chance of breaking 100.) Our caddy said that in his experience, folks shoot about double their handicap. Yup!

For me, the things that contributed most to the difficulty were: the elevated greens, the general lack of bail out area in front of the greens, the deep rough, and the crazy and subtle undulations (combined with the speed) of the greens. A caddy will help read the greens, but if you hit the wrong speed on the right line, you're still missing by a mile.

The par 3s are not nearly as hard (if you are playing from the proper tees) as the rest of the holes.

Full disclosure: it was raining for most of our round today. And it had been raining a lot recently, so the course was playing unusually long today (according to our caddy).

If shooting a good score contributes to your enjoyment of your round of golf, you need to adjust your expectations and (hopefully) find your enjoyment elsewhere.