| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1927 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2009-12-28 |
64,065,147 bytes |
71 |
7377 yards |
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Style |
CRZ Filename |
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REAL |
PARKLAND |
Celtic Manor Golf Resort Final_locked.crz |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Real, farmland course |
Location
TBC |
Conditions
TBC |
Concept 5/10
Ryder Cup courses are odd things. Frequently playing to the gallery's desires for target golf and high drama, they can be quite artificial creations. There are certainly overtones of The Belfry here at Celtic Manor, where an otherwise uninspiring region of Welsh lowland has been strewn with artificial water hazards and intimidating green complexes; a bit of a shame when this is really prime country club land - as demonstrated by other great courses in the region. It's no fault of Brian Jameson, of course, whose conversion for Links is playable if hardly inspirational. This is a course that could have used some of the extras and trappings that go with a course in vogue. |
Appearance 7/10
This course has certainly run the gauntlet through its various incarnations, with a range of appearances, none of which ever managed to quite capture the soggy charm of Celtic Manor. What we have been left with, though, is a good legacy, if somewhat rushed with the planting and a little sharply-elevated around the water features. |
Playability 7/10
Part of the charm of any big-name courses such as these is the opportunity to re-live famous shots and rounds, and that's certainly a growing part of Celtic Manor's appeal. A terrifically diverse range of hole lengths call for consistency at all distances, although the experience is tainted by frustrating green complexes and a lack of pin testing. |
Challenge 7/10
It's been intriguing watching this course develop as the 2010 Ryder Cup approaches, but one consistency has always been the scoring: it's a rare round where you'd go a long way over or under par. In retrospect, perhaps this isn't a great thing: shouldn't Ryder Cup courses inspire the brave shots and the Eagle chances? There's a touch of contrivance in the greens as well. |
Technical 7/10
It's the nagging things about this course - rows of cloned reeds, lumpiness in the mesh, and even the occasional extrusion mark - that really count against it, and the pins planting really could use an overhaul. It's a shame, when there has been a lot of high-quality patient work done, that these few flaws remain. |
| Overall |
A proper collectors' course, mainly worth owning because of its newly-found prominence in real life. If only it were perfect… |
33/50 |
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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