I play it often in real life. The whole course is brutal, but you have a few more scoring opportunities on the front. I have shot 35 on the front (plays a 36 in real life) as my best, and my best back is 9 was 37(same day as the 35), for a 72. This was from the whites. From the blues, or worse the tips, the back 9 is much harder for a few reasons(IMO):
1) If you were lucky enough to play the front well, meaning you lost less than 2 balls, and gave yourself some good chances at birdies, you start the back on 10. 10 probably plays as hard a 10th hole as there is, if the wind is in your face it makes it even tougher. Now some background, I can hit a drive more than 300yds, and I can tell you I have hit driver, 3 wood into the wind on 10 from the tips, and been SHORT of the green. Its rough.
2) 11 is a simple hole from the fairway, but only gets tougher the closer to the green you get, on in 2, take your very downhill putt or 8 foot breaking sideways putt, put it close to the hole and walk away with par. If you miss the fairway left or right, its a very tough par hole.
3) 12, you have to hit it 270yds and in the fairway to have a shot at par. That bunker we all clear in WGT is very much in play from the back tees. Tough 2nd shot, pin up top is hard to get close.
4) 14, easy par 3 from the green, not easy from left or right short
5) 15, have yet to par it EVER in real life. Seriously, like this game, maybe not so much on the approach since I have hit 5 iron to the top tier from 180 out, but its just impossible to putt. Doesnt come into play much here, but right of green is steep drop off
6) 16, you know that 40-50% rough we hate from over 150yds out, that is all of 16, if you go further than 12 yds of the fairway, you need a spotter, otherwise good chance its gone. The native grasses in summer are higher than your knee.
7) narrow green, huge bunkers, but like this game, if you hit the green you have a good chance at the putt, it doesnt move all too much except from top tier of the green to bottom of the green. Unlike this game where we can all club to about 5yds of intended distance, back bunker is raised making bunker shot downhill, very tough
8) 18, plays pretty easy in this game from the fairway, does in real life as well, especially when tees are up, but miss this fairway, 6 comes into play easily. bunkers right of green are deeeeeep, bunkers left and right of fairway are so scattered and weaving you can be up against any of the numerous lips that make the green unreachable.
9) the front is tough enough for most courses, once you cross the street heading to 15, you realize every hole you made it through, and you are approaching some of the hardest holes on the course, that can make or break your round. Unlike WGT, you reach the 10th in about 2-2.5hrs, you will not have waited on one tee for anyone in front of you, it just takes that long to play it.
10) NOOOOOO CARTS allowed on Black. None. Carry your bag, or pay someone to. You climb the hill behind 17 to 18 tee, climb the 18th green, then climb to get back to clubhouse. its exhausting.