| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1713 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2006-12-17 |
74,108,928 bytes |
72 |
7045 yards |
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Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
PARKLAND |
Friday lake.crz |
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| COURSE NOTES |
Welcome to Friday Lake. This is my first complete course and I hope you enjoy your round. It is Mod friendly (I hope).
Please take time to browse the read me as it explains in more detail and gives the credits to the people that helped me out with this project.
Cheers,
JonB |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, lakeside course |
Location
Based on a bit of guesswork and the readme, this seems to be in Hertfordshire. |
Conditions
Inconsistent pin placements mean you wouldn't want to push this past M*/M* |
Concept 6/10
This delightful first-time effort is based on real landscape with a fictional, and rather daring, golf course threaded around it. Indeed, at times it all gets a bit overwhelming, with a lot of shaped holes and one or two silly carries. But there has been enough done with the landscape and presentation here to sell the design, and there are one or two moments of charm even if the sum of the parts doesn't always quite add up. |
Appearance 7/10
In the absence of civilisation, bright almost lime-green textures have taken the foreground, although they are not as bright as the eye-searing hole previews! Generally, things have been done well, although the bunkers lack the hallmarks of time and the panorama is definitely not at the right height. But stick around, for there are a couple of really classy moments, including the small dock on the lake and the dramatic approach to the 11th hole. |
Playability 8/10
There's real pleasure to be had in these offbeat designs, and making the most of this course provides most of the course's continuing appeal. OK, so without much ambient sound and unhelpful hole previews it can sometimes be a lonely experience, but it's a course I find myself turning to time and time again. |
Challenge 6/10
At times way too accessible, Friday Lake also has real costs in the over-reliance in water (admittedly only on a handful of holes) and dense woodland with impenetrable trees. Rather than scoring bogey for erring, you'll often suffer a double or treble, and it's this that puts the balance really out of kilter. But, with reasonable putting, rough and bunkers, you'll hit plenty of birdies too. Perhaps a course that scores so few pars needs a bit of a closer examination… |
Technical 7/10
Some of the underplanting and bunker work is beginning to look dated here, although there is plenty to still enjoy, not least the designer's ambition to use real landscape and some careful planting at all levels. Perhaps a bit less insistence on inaccessible and fanciful holes would have helped the course be more coherent. |
| Overall |
A delightful amble with some scenic if unbalanced golf. |
34/50 |
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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