| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1659 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2006-03-11 |
85,438,464 bytes |
72 |
7231 yards |
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FICTIONAL |
TROPICAL |
JungleIslandFinal.crz |
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| COURSE NOTES |
This course was a labour of love for Seb for many years. This is his course and all of the great waterfall work in the course was done by him. He asked me if I would finish it for him, and I agreed. I added the remaining 6 holes that were left to be done using as much as possible existing terrain that he had left, and I tweaked a couple of holes to give them an added Risk and reward to them. Planting and custom graphics put the final touches to it.
The reason to play this course and to keep it is for the spectacular views. The waterfall on 15 is truely a work of art and for this all the credit must go to seb.
This course can be set up to play extremely hard or relatively easy depending on how you feel. It has been modified from the course used on the Online World Golf Tour last year which was set up at the extreme difficulty level. Scores for the first two rounds went from +4 to +76 for 2 rounds of golf.
Not wanting to frustrate everyone and take away from the beauty of what seb had started this released version of JI plays significantly easier than that one did.
Pano is by DLunatic and is the same one I used on Ardennes Dunes.
I hope you like this trip around our Island...Andrew |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Imaginary, tropical course. |
Location
TBA |
Conditions
TBA |
Concept 8/10
A tiny lost tropical paradise with some wild areas, massive (but not unrealistic) elevation changes, and lovely offbeat touches, especially the rock formations and waterfall, that's Jungle Island. It doesn't have the way-out wackiness of the Crusoe Course or Devil's Island, and each hole stays in touch with reality, while maintaining a stern test. Several hole designs are unique and quite exciting. But, for me, there's something missing - there's a feeling that the course could have been just a little bit more. It's a damn fine round of golf, nevertheless. |
Appearance 9/10
Sheer loveliness, would be anyone's verdict. This is about as good as you can make a course look without using an impressive panorama, and while the rocks might not be 100% authentic, and the mud-bed stream looks a bit unlikely, the rest of the course is not only pretty, but utterly believable as a desert island as well. |
Playability 5/10
To be frank, there's several reasons to get frustrated with Jungle Island. The deep rough is almost impossible to play out of, and tee shots are frustratingly hard. You'll play round at least once just to see the custom creations (particularly the ones on hole 7), but there's not much to come back for a third or fourth time. |
Challenge 6/10
Obviously, this course was designed to be tough, and the nice surprise is that's it's not Devil's Island tough, but a fair yet firm challenge. You'll struggle to score well, and it would take a combination of conservative play and luck to break par, but its far from impossible as long as you avoid the rough and some of the hideously penal green run-offs. |
Technical 9/10
Very few flaws here. The custom creations are stunning; the waterfall head and shoulder above any other Links creation. Textures are well chosen without drawing the eye specifically and blended well. The management of the course as a whole is exceedingly good. Perhaps a little more spit and polish on some of the custom areas is all this needs to be in with the best. |
| Overall |
A lovely and idealistic creation. Misses out on being the best through lack of final polishing and also the designers' well-publicised belief that it could never be anything more than a drawing board. |
37/50 |
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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