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I first played Black Gold in 2003, before most of the surrounding housing had been built, and was impressed by the layout. My next visit was 17 years later. It has matured into a fun, inspiring course with many challenges. The conditions were very good with well-watered fairways and true-rolling greens (although I had to fix a lot of other golfers' ball marks -- come on people!). The distances on the tees are good - I played whites with the matched-up twosome playing blues, we ended up in similar positions and had a lot of makeable approach shot. Many challenges but most could be dealt with by course management. Pace was good, only waited a few minutes on a few tees and finished the course in 4 hours 30 minutes, just about at guideline speed. Some holes are house-lined but not obstrusive.
Pricey but you get value for what you pay for. Definitely will return.