| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1693 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2006-09-09 |
92,958,720 bytes |
72 |
7275 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
WOODLAND |
Shenandoah Ridge_locked.crz |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, woodland course |
Location
The readme states Virginia |
Conditions
M*/M* works well; there are too few pins sitting close to the flat to go much
faster |
Concept 8/10
A tremendously realised course, Shenandoah Ridge is rife with strategy and has some real standout holes, including the 7th and 16th - the
latter of which might well be a candidate for an all-time list. There's an awful lot of water on the opening half, with several semi-island
greens which smack a bit of overkill. Thankfully, this tendency is withheld a little on the later holes, which use an excellent combination of
fairway bunkering and plateau greens to achieve their effect. The overall environment, set among pine-needled woodlands, is a great
convincer too. |
Appearance 7/10
I really enjoyed the planting, which was natural and well-selected, and the scrubby grasses raised the rough beyond the merely ordinary.
The biggest problem is with the texture set, which are mostly featureless and blurry, with some stretching around bunkers where a proper
lip was really required. The blends, too, look experimental rather than natural, but you have to be pretty close-up to notice the anomalies.
Generally speaking, the course looks fine, though. |
Playability 9/10
I've really enjoyed my re-visits to Shenandoah Ridge; with its subtle sound and exciting target holes opening the round, you feel very
much as if you're part of a stadium-style course. There's also a pleasing consistency to the design which lasts all the way through and
only adds to the environment. |
Challenge 9/10
Remarkably well-pitched, as target courses of this type often are not, this round offers plenty of opportunities to gain and drop strokes.
Some severe deep rough and liberal use of water hazards will inevitably cost the player, but the greens are not too penal. The Par 5s
are splendidly judged - not always an easy feat - to straddle the line between two- and three-shot holes, and level par is a good
number for the course. |
Technical 8/10
More work on the plot would have put this right up with the best. Some textures with more definition, better blended would have made
a big difference in this case. But there's still a lot of very good work in the hole design and the planting which is hard to overlook. |
| Overall |
A terrific creation and one of the best-conceived courses outside of the P2P oeuvre.
Some slight visual let-downs shouldn't deter you in the slightest. |
41/50 |
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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