| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 2089 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2012-08-17 |
142,274,560 bytes |
72 |
7388 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
MOUNTAIN |
Mountain Pass Golf & Country Club.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 9b5ae2b63eef4dc387fcdeba9b17a4f3 |
b78cf43ef546129917adac652c9c84dc |
| COURSE NOTES |
NOTE: Building the Shadow File takes a long time so do NOT get discouraged. The wait is well worth it.
Jerry for Pat |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Imaginary, mountain course |
Location
Ireland, apparently, although it’s hard for the evidence to be convincing. |
Conditions
Poor pin placements mean that M*/M* is your realistic limit. |
Concept 5/10
Certainly in touch with the 'Mountain' side of its name, Mountain Pass starts off on virtually sheer rock face before wending down into
relative flatlands. It's an extravagant and exciting course, featuring one or two stunning holes (the 10th, 12th and 14th are well worth
looking out for). But it's also cluttered, unrealistic and lacks previews, splashscreens and the like. On the whole, it's likely you'll find this
more believable than playable. |
Appearance 8/10
There have been some sterling efforts made with the grass planting and the course certainly offers more than its fair share of amazing
viewpoints. Deep in the nitty-gritty, though, are quite a few problems: some poor edges without blends and a quite ridiculous range of
trees, and even then some of them are cloned. A little attention, though, and this could be fabulous. |
Playability 6/10
There's some strictly-target golf awaiting you in this environment, and it's certainly worth playing Mountain Pass through at least a
couple of times to get the best of all it has to offer. Sometimes, though, it offers little but frustration, with lots of blind and falsified tee
shots, and slimline fairways which do not sit happily with all the water carries involved. The amount of hard work, and the long-ish
rendering times, do not always incite you to return. |
Challenge 6/10
Significant unbalance here, with a visit to the trees often costing two or three strokes, and other holes presenting rather easy birdies.
The water is shunted up close to greens, and several bunkers have near-unplayable lies. While I appreciate that this is very much a
fantasy course, there is no need for a fantasy scorecard. |
Technical 6/10
Mountain Pass does make you wonder if the designer went all out to create something spectacular and exciting without really giving a
thought to the need for balanced golf. It would appear that he succeeded on both counts. Several clever techniques are used to great
effect, but the result is cluttered and often quite awkward. |
| Overall |
A claustrophobic and overly heavy-planted course which looks great and has a few
standout holes. Often quite hard work, though. |
31/50 |
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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