| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1727 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2007-02-06 |
95,248,384 bytes |
72 |
7475 yards |
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Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
WOODLAND |
NorthWoodGC.crz |
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Course Key |
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| COURSE NOTES |
This is my third release. I my opinion the best, i've made. I hope you'll like it. Please read the attached "welcome to NWGC.doc". There is a hole by hole description and i'm thanking the people who helped me out here.
Enjoy the course - and please give feedback in the forum....
Kind regards
Jacob |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, woodland course |
Location
It’s reasonable to assume Denmark, given the designer’s form and home. |
Conditions
*/M* plays well. Anything faster might be hard work. |
Concept 7/10
North Woods takes up the mantle pretty much where Jacob's Creek left off. The aspects of target golf are still present, although this
course is more hilly parkland than low wetland. Having said that, it's unremarkably unmemorable and reliant on dogleg golf which
doesn't vary enough. The back nine is a good test, but you increasingly get the impression that the designer has tried one novelty too
many, especially after playing the disappointing closing hole. I can't for the life of me understand why a Par 3 18th is deemed to be a
good idea. |
Appearance 7/10
The strengths of this course are the choice of texture set, and a lovely gentle hand with the blends. The low-level planting's great, too;
the unusual heather-like grasses help the course to stand out in the memory. More problematic, however, are the unlikely landscaping,
which never is believable, and a panorama you may have trouble believing is a good fit. |
Playability 6/10
ob has generally drawn a careful line between the open European Tour style of course, and an American target style, which should
in theory appeal to those on both sides of the Atlantic. But there's a certain amount of indecision about which way to go here: it also
brings home some of the worst aspects of both types of course. Several semi-blind tee shots don't really help, either. |
Challenge 6/10
Hazards rule the roost here. They've been carefully placed, and frankly it's not difficult to believe that they've been too carefully placed.
Between them, some fairly damning rough, and several inconvenient trees, they're bound to cost strokes. This is offset to some extent
by generous and flattish fairways, but there's no escaping the fact that this is a pretty tough course. |
Technical 6/10
This just doesn't match up to Jacob's Creek, for me. That was a beautiful and delicate course: this seems a little more heavy-handed and
landscaping such as the smooth cliff-edges just aren't convincing. The designer's strengths in manipulating the surface are clear, but a
little bit more time paid to the golf would not hurt. |
| Overall |
Suffering a little from 'difficult second course' syndrome. Admittedly, it's not the
designer's second course, but it is difficult. |
32/50 |
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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