| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1950 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2010-05-17 |
174,274,898 bytes |
72 |
7218 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
PARKLAND |
Riverside Valley_locked.crz |
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Course Key |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, heathland course |
Location
TBA |
Conditions
TBA |
Concept 5/10
Peter's photo-realistic real course creations have been stunners: turning
his hand to fictional creation has revealed a few prejudices. There is a lot
of gimmickry and few original holes at Riverside Valley, a course which
feels contrived and clearly designed for computer golf. While there are
plenty of special moments, the overuse of water and design of these
discontinuous holes just doesn't feel right at all. |
Appearance 8/10
Riverside Valley has been given a few make-overs with increasingly better textures, and while the latest set look fine in isolation, the
colour-matching as a whole takes something to be desired. Take your eyes off the plot and there are some odd things going on around
the horizon too. Planting, as has always been the case, is a real strong suit here, but the care in the water and bunker lips won't
disappoint either. |
Playability 7/10
Pulling plenty of old golfing chestnuts out the hat perhaps hasn't made for the most original round, but there's a nice sense of
escalation as you pull round the turn and down the back nine. The biggest disappointment is the imbalance of hole lengths: why is one
Par 4 on the back nine longer than the neighbouring Par 5s? And for that matter, why are the Par 5 holes such a let-down? |
Challenge 4/10
There is a lot of unbalance here. The long holes are frequently quite trite and some too-easy pin positions make approaching
unguarded greens little more than a formality. The over-use of water is clearly intended to provide a counterbalance to this, but the
ponds only come into play if you're really missing the snap. The whole thing is quite a misjudgement. |
Technical 9/10
Nary a flaw here, bar an occasional hard edge and funny-looking path. Clearly the designer has produced exactly what he set out to
plan, albeit a course which doesn't quite ring the right chords. |
| Overall |
Riverside Valley certainly won't disappoint, but it just doesn't offer enough that's
new for the golfer. |
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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