| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1939 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2010-02-28 |
141,776,305 bytes |
70 |
6725 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
PARKLAND |
Rotherly Park Golf Club_locked.crz |
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Course Key |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, farmland course |
Location
TBA |
Conditions
TBA |
Concept 7/10
An appealing blend of ideas has been brought together here by Leigh.
Rotherly Park is a short Par-70 course set amid fields of vivid yellow
rapeseed, but paying some homage to Pinehurst in its colourings and
plantings, particularly the dry straw-coloured wild grasses. It's certainly no
hit-and-run course: these holes demand careful and prudent play, without
resorting to silliness in terms of the number of hazards or hole shapes.
The one nagging feature for me was that the majority of these holes seem
to play uphill: a loophole in an otherwise fine fictional creation. |
Appearance 9/10
Leigh Seaman continues his excellent visual work here. The textures are detailed to perfection, and the planting of reeds and lilies in
the water are gorgeous. Bunkers are superbly moulded and lipped. There is the occasional off-putting view, such as the harsh yellow
rapeseed fields, and a few trees which just don't appear properly scaled. |
Playability 8/10
A cracking set of holes, this. Plenty of strategy and recovery play is required, despite the course's short length, and you'll reconsider
even taking a driver out on the course with you. The green complexes are especially clever and capable of kicking errant approach
shots into gullies or dangerous bunkers. Par 5s are at a premium, so you'll get plenty of practice at accurate drive-and-approach play. |
Challenge 6/10
I've criticised a few of Leigh's courses in the past for being too easy: Rotherly Park thankfully has a few more teeth to it. The length is
more of a pre-requisite for careful play than an easily-overcome obstacle, and there is a shortage of genuine birdie opportunities,
thanks to some clever design. I felt as if the course could use another layer of rough, though; there just isn't enough penalty imposed
on missing the fairways. |
Technical 9/10
Despite a few visually unappealing problems, there's not very much at fault here. The texture work and layout of the course are well up
to keeping with the quality we expect from the Seaman family. |
| Overall |
A terrific, short layout with only the occasional trapping distracting from good, solid
golf. |
39/50 |
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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