I would be pleased to take just about anyone to the course. If this were a links course, it would be perfect. As it is, it’s just nearly perfect. Serious players (low or high handicappers) will appreciate the ever changing challenges and the newbie (after 5 years at this game, cracked 90 only twice) will think all courses are "this" good. There are no goofie tricks to the course’s challenges and no shot is overwhelming. The variety of shots required is invigorating. Arrowood is one of those courses you’d like to play on a day when no group was behind you. You would select various places on the course and practice multiple balls until you “decoded” the challenge. Each tee-to-green shot must be thought-out and well executed. The first tee is great; from the beginning it plays with your head, begging you to over swing, or under swing or just doubt your ability to deliver a good straight shot. The reward for a good shot is immediate. It seems the fairways grant reasonable forward roll rather than having the ball fall and stick. The greens are tough but they won’t spoil a series of great approach shots. One shortcoming is the distance markers. There’re not to be trusted, especially on par 3s and approach distances. They’ll be off by a full club or more, unpredictably either long or short. In 2006, when we can use the visual “range finders” I guess the problem will cure itself. If you had no choice, and you had to play Arrowood over and over and over again, the promise of Arrowood is that your skill base will improve broadly. You will be mastering your game not merely memorizing the sweet path at Arrowood.