| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1883 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2009-04-15 |
97,636,352 bytes |
72 |
7221 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
OCEAN |
Eight Points Resort.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 3f65a8b684404dfbb652959e95f34768 |
3257d3273ff5785b0ec91d72dadd422c |
| COURSE NOTES |
This the final version. The readme is in
the zip.
Thanks Doug & Karen |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, ocean course |
Location
TBC |
Conditions
TBC |
Concept 7/10
Eight Points has marked a real achievement for its designers in being the first of their courses to have genuine location. Set on almost-links land, with the ocean constantly on the horizon but rarely threatening the play, it is the perfect setting for a resort course. The hole design is for the most part excellent, although it is perhaps more in keeping with an inland park course than one running along shoreline - there are definite influences from Bay Hill and Prairie Dunes in its design, as well as lesser-known courses. A course in close touch with its heritage, even a fictional one such as this, deserves recognition. |
Appearance 6/10
The neat and tidy fairways bely a fair amount of rushedness in terms of panorama, course peripherals (such as paths) and particularly the beach and ocean. It is possible to blinker yourself enough that these don't make a difference, but I suspect the overall consensus will be that there is an underlying roughness to this course that won't be easily ignored. |
Playability 8/10
By far the most compulsive of the Montgomeries' courses, Eight Points is a terrific exercise in positioning, concentration and elevation-based recovery with barely a hazard in sight. Sure, there are bunkers, but often they are there on a decorative basis, leaving you with just a lot of great terrain and some great course management to battle with. Despite other unprepossessing creations, the designers have rarely been better than this. |
Challenge 6/10
A sensible player will comfortably undercut par here. There's really too little for this environment in terms of punishing rough, and - as previously intimated - the hazard count does little to help either. In fairness, both of these seem to be deliberate decisions, but they really do very little to set a decent bar. |
Technical 5/10
Sadly, there's still quite a lot of polish and perfection absent here. The plot runs out inconveniently when you don't want to see the panorama, and there are still some inexcusable messy mesh moments. The textures are excellent in parts, but less well looked after on the bits that matter, such as fairways and the deeper elements of rough, those that there are. It still looks uncontrovertibly a little bit weak. |
| Overall |
A nice location with a novel and authentic atmosphere, but still yet to provide that critical step up. |
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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