| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 2072 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2012-04-27 |
36,597,760 bytes |
73 |
8042 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
PARKLAND |
woodside.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| b6188057e5f645dfba55d8db63fcab5e |
95f472bd5ab4c37a02610d90a56cae5a |
| COURSE NOTES |
This is a revamp of a course designed over 10 years ago featuring new seam blends, hole lengths, textures and various other items of "artistic licence"! This Course is LONG with a premium on mid-iron play - get on the wrong spots on some of these greens and 3 putts will be the inevitable result.
Happy Golfing!
John Brooks |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, forest course |
Location
None given – this could be almost anywhere. My best guess? Possibly the
south of England. |
Conditions
Definitely no faster than S*/S* and even this will be too much to stomach for
some. |
Concept 4/10
ut much by way of distinguishing features, Woodside is really little more than a scratchpad for some larger-than-life hole designs,
a few of which admittedly are pulled off with some panache: the 9th being a real nice example. The huge hole lengths don't work with
the course ideas, though, and the greening is frankly stupid. I can see why it was nominated for updating, but it is equally clear that
much more work should have gone into an update than just slapping down a few textures and blends. |
Appearance 4/10
A lot of the trees - and given the nature of this course, trees are everywhere - are determinedly low-resolution and it's often not clear
what you're looking at in middle-to-long distances. The elevations are generally not believable and distinctly oddball in many places:
there are also obvious extrusion marks around many greens. The course does unexpectedly throw up good portraits along many hole
lengths, but the fine scale takes some desiring. |
Playability 2/10
Ugh! With the creativity toned down and some of the treeline taken out of play, Woodside would be tolerable and perhaps even
enjoyable. But, even in a new incarnation, it feels cramped, pressuring, and some of the hazard placements are downright cynical. The
greens will quickly dispel any acquired amusement, and more than one is virtually unplayable. |
Challenge 1/10
Plenty will take shots away from you - the awkwardly-shaped fairway bunkers, dodgy elevations and the somewhat excessive water.
But none are as bad as the greens: a veritable no-no for anyone with serious golfing pretensions. |
Technical 3/10
I've always reserved my worst criticisms for technical errors that impact directly on the gameplay, and in not ironing out the putting
surfaces (or, at the very least, planting some playable pins), John has played his part in making this course miserable. The greens don't
even look realistic, far less play it, and any good work which has been put in has been swiftly undone by the impossibility of landing
reasonable putts. |
| Overall |
A few interesting hole designs undone by greens that are beyond ridiculousness. |
14/50 |
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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