| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 116 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2001-01-05 |
12,266,120 bytes |
72 |
6831 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
PARKLAND |
GLENMUIR.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 30b08182e33611d485c1fcd1c3ecc67e |
3fd7b74ff93716619d09ae39d7217000 |
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LINKS CORNER REVIEW |
Reviewed by James Wood
First Impressions:
This is a fictional course with a park style setting. Planting here is done with mainly pine trees that fit in with Whistlers Mountain being used as a panorama. No under planting has been done. The fairways are fairly narrow with no first cut of rough. The bunkers here are mixed. Some are done by just popping them in with no other work done, some and done with just the edges turned, and some with a 2nd extrusion with no edge turned. All of these different bunker varieties were seen on just the first hole. Many of the bunkers are the stock bunker shapes with some original shapes thrown in. The water has been done fairly well. Some tournament objects are seen in the course. There is a ball wash and trash can on every tee box. That's three of the same object seen eighteen times. Custom signs were seen describing every hole.
Strategy:
You can use a fairly straightforward strategy here. Some of the tee shots require a layup shot to avoid hazards. Two of the par 5's are easily reachable and one of the par 4's can be reached off the back tee with a 3-wood. The greens are fairly flat and you should score very well here.
Favorite Hole:
The par 4 16th hole. I've got a weakness for fences.
Overall:
The course looks pretty good with few bad edges and shadows. There are a lot of good golf courses being released right now so I can't really recommend this one.
Course Info :
Cameo Screen? Yes
Splash Screen? Yes
Text file?
Hole Previews?
6mb
Reviewed March 2001 |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, woodland course. |
Location
TBC |
Conditions
TBC |
Concept 6/10
An old adage about books and their covers might prove appropriate here. Glenmuir comes in a tiny filesize and has many surface flaws, but is - for the large part - intelligently and fairly constructed, using the pine trees to best advantage. Unfortunately, there's also a fair amount of laziness, too, evident most painfully in some stock shapes from the APCD. It takes a hefty edge off what is otherwise a much better course than you'd have any right to expect. |
Appearance 3/10
Masses of issues here, from the use of only about three trees, to yet another Whistler pano, to some obvious and painful extrusion and the use of stock textures. There are some elevations, but they are very inconsistent and the course is very flat in points. But there is credit due for the use of a few niceties: course buildings and ballwashers are very welcome, as is the fence planting that makes an appearance towards the close. |
Playability 5/10
With an impressive range of holes, reachable Par 5s, and one clever and very short Par 4, Glenmuir - for the large part - really engages the golfer. The use of the trees is great in lieu of fairway bunkers, and the greens have mostly stood the test of time. Unfortunately, the biggest detractors to the game - other than the lack of much-needed hole previews - are the obvious technical errors that dog the course. |
Challenge 6/10
Glenmuiir has aged very respectably compared to its peers. With sensible pin positioning, there are no Mod-unfriendly putts, and the tight foresting will often necessitate a chip-out to get yourself back on track. The Par 5s generally require a cleverly-shaped second shot to hit the green: the weakest link is a run of holes near the end that are just a little too simple. |
Technical 2/10
Far too many problems here, not least the reliance on APCD defaults and lack of patience - not that this is unsurprising - with planting. More than anything, though, I'd like to see the uneven elevations given a going-over and really fine-tuning the golfing challenge. |
| Overall |
Very, very old-hat as far as basic design goes, but delve a bit deeper and there's an intelligent golf design under the façade. |
22/50 |
Please remember that Clipnote reviews are the opinion of one person and do not constitute an 'Official' Links Corner review of the course. |
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