| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1694 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2006-09-10 |
49,721,344 bytes |
72 |
7440 yards |
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Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
WOODLAND |
Cardiff Springs Golf Club.crz |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Real, woodland course |
Location
New South Wales |
Conditions
Stick to S*/S* |
Concept 6/10
This Cardiff is in Australia, not Wales. Riddled with water hazard and tight hug-the-corner dog-legs, it's a surprisingly demanding test of golf crammed into a tight spot - it's not unusual to find yourself staring back up the fairway you have just played. Given the lack of Australian championship courses in the repertoire, it makes a surprisingly accommodating venue. |
Appearance 4/10
There are some howlers in the texture rings, especially around bunkers, and the number of clones on the course is certainly wearisome. The elevations are not always handled with finesse, but in the big picture there's little badly wrong. A shame the small picture is such a mess. |
Playability 7/10
A first-class layout, and there's a surprising amount of fun to be had at Cardiff Springs. Some rough-and-ready ambient sound is noteworthy if hardly subtle, but the hole designs mix things up nicely, and the water is used creatively without being gimmicky. Sure, sometimes there has to be a chip-out and recovery approach, but that hardly dulls the edge. |
Challenge 5/10
I doubt it would surprise many people to see that this is a toughie. Strokes will be dropped at many lakes, particularly those on Par 4s, and the greens are cunningly designed, bordering on the excessive at time. The frequent elevation changes, as well as being unexpected, do an awful lot to throw shots off-kilter. It can be a frustratingly tough round, especially for those playing Champ or higher, or under the hardest conditions. |
Technical 3/10
A great deal of improvement required here, not least in the elevations and cloning, although the frequent steel trees are - if anything - more frustrating. The course, as it stands, just isn't believable, and that's a big cross against a real track re-creation. |
| Overall |
A somewhat unconvincing course with a few worthy features, but too many problems to really recommend it. |
25/50 |
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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