Eh, it seems like everyone's piling on, so I may as well join in.
I gave the CTTH a test drive, and it just kind of leaves you disappointed. The gameplay is fine. I mean, it's a game of golf being played by clicking a mouse a couple of times, it is what it is. I will at least give mention to the fact that the percentages from the rough seem more in line with what's seen in the game. When playing the older CTTH courses where rought might be 2-5%, my mind seems to switch back and forth to whether this would be a percentage relative to the stroke play game or if this is really how much the distance will be affected.
However, the biggest problem with the course is probably just as much a reflection on WGT's strength: the hopes are visually unappealing. Really unappealing. Even though I've played the stroke play courses a bunch of times since I've joined, they're still beautiful to look at. Switching from true pictures to renderings just kind of ruins it (and considering recent advances in video games, the renderings really aren't very good). The reality that, yes I am sitting at my desk at home and yes I am playing virtual golf hits that much harder, and it's not really in a good way. I'm not sure the variety of courses this agreement would provide would offset the pay-to-play aspect; after testing out TWO, the greens fee aspect to play any other course besides whatever one they had made free was one of the big reasons I wouldn't switch.
I doubt the pricing will fly. I'd hope (but you never know) people would take a free test run on the CTTH before paying for 9 or 18 holes. But, in reality, while we would be paying for a new course, we're also paying for an inferior product. Now, I'm definitely not in the camp of "I want a new course every week, and I'll stomp and scream until I get it!" I know that until you can get a veritable shipload (a self-censored phrase if there ever was one) of cash and programmers/designers/whatever's necessary, courses won't be flyout the door. And there will still be the normal collection of complaints regardless of what you put out. However, I think it lowers the game's long-term credibility for a cop-out like this. Do what you and do it right; don't take the easy way out.