| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 2008 |
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| 2011-05-18 |
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71 |
6668 yards |
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WOODLAND |
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| COURSE NOTES |
| My interpretation of Lindrick Golf Club in South Yorkshire. Made from Google overheads and using the hole previews from the club site, it's a fun short course. |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Real, farmland course |
Location
Nottinghamshire |
Conditions
Good putters will have no problems with F*/F* |
Concept 7/10
A really cosy course with lots of attendant English charm, Lindrick Dale is possessed of no little character. Its layout is hardly
championship standard, with a distinct lack of threatening sand traps and - rather refreshingly - no water at all. But there are enough
quirks to the course and realism to this conversion to really let the natural charm of the course shine through. This is one you'll enjoy
coming back to time and time again. |
Appearance 9/10
The designer has really excelled here, with a wealth of planting at all levels, and colourful course surrounds that are totally authentic (I
know, for I have been there!). The yellowing texture set is perfect, and - despite it not being a course jam-packed with features - there is
remarkably little wasted space. The one small concern would be the wooden fences which border much of the neighbouring fields: they
are a mite blocky and obtrusive. |
Playability 9/10
There is certainly the hit-'em-hard factor to enjoy here, but also the attendant charm from playing golf on a small, intimate plot: I played
my approach to the 4th from the 3rd green, for instance. Despite having few trademark holes (the cleverly-elevated 2nd is about as close
as it gets), Lindrick Dale is undoubtedly possessed of that mysterious X-factor, which simply makes playing there a very pleasurable
experience. |
Challenge 4/10
Well, no, it's not the hardest course on my hard drive, and nor would anyone expect it to be. There are some very open and flattish
greens, and little by way of heavy rough to artificially increase your score. But the course length is no pushover - there are no easily
Eagled holes, for example - and in its own way the balance is reasonable. |
Technical 9/10
Dtephen is a real visual artist, and Lindrick Dale has proved that every bit as much as Worksop. Putting ones efforts into local courses
requires far more discipline than fictional creations, and leaving this one until a good clubhouse and high-definition textures could be
inserted was definitely a masterstroke. |
| Overall |
Golf as golf is played, by normal people, on normal courses. Fine-tuned and
delivered to very near perfection. |
38/50 |
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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