The dramaturgy of the routing is nearly ideal: it starts reasonably and then injects more and more quirk up to the 5th hole and then eases off again for a while. The craziest stretch is what could be called the Amen Corner of Rhein-Wied between holes 10 and 12. It starts with a blind, downhill tee shot that has to land on a dime, otherwise it's an extra chip or two just to get to the corner of the dogleg. At the 11th a gorge of epic proportions must be driven – but again more a question of working out the correct angle than of pure length. Finally, the 12th presents an "Eisenhower tree" right where you want to land your tee shot. All three holes can be birdied as well as royally botched.

This exciting stretch is again followed by some holes that are easier to digest. Finally, 17 and 18 are pretty unusual closers, because they are both very short, eminently memorable and strategic enough to provide a fun finish in match play. The best word to describe this layout is probably "imaginative" and although the terrain takes no prisoners, it is not so severe as to cause any detriments to playability.