| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 2111 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2012-12-11 |
81,551,360 bytes |
72 |
7480 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
WOODLAND |
Buena Vista.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 2ec55b92a0e545929335932458f27f01 |
63ca683df1d5a758ae0ce4664b455861 |
| COURSE NOTES |
See the readme.
Thanks
Doug & Karen |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, woodland course |
Location
Nothing given, but the dry grasses and the name hint at somewhere Spanish-speaking |
Conditions
Some greens don't really take more than M*/M* |
Concept 4/10
A vague sense of location doesn't really wrap up this set of holes convincingly enough. The selection here is peculiar: lengthy Par 4s (including some longer than at least one of the 5s, which is always a no-no), some pleasant strategic holes, but also two or three tortuously contrived efforts which really should have been left well alone. The course elevations are certainly intended as a selling point, but they vary between the wobbly and well-handled, and it's just too hard to get a big picture of the course. |
Appearance 5/10
The dry textures are individually very nice, and the deep colour of the bunkers is refreshing when at present everything else seems to be brilliant white. But there are problems too: a lot of hasty shaping, a mixture of trees which look bizarre from some angles, and an omnipresent rough which tiles dreadfully from mid-distance outwards. Guest designer Paul Seaman has added a clubhouse which looks like an odd attack-fish, but at least it's a focal point. |
Playability 6/10
Pleasant, if stubbornly one-way, golf around the first half gives way to a hefty dose of cynicism on the 3rd and 8th holes, both of which really needed a re-think. But generally, the Montgomerys' strong suit has always been a good eye for golfing values, and the back nine is great tournament fare. |
Challenge 6/10
Despite stretching the course out to well over 7000 yards, even from the Mids, and narrowing the fairways so they just look the wrong side of natural, there's little that's very threatening at Buena Vista, unless you're playing with some greatly-reduced swing speeds. The impression is that there have been some desperate, but ultimately unsuccessful, attempts at adjusting the course towards par. |
Technical 5/10
The Montgomery course-factory continues to churn them out, but it continues to be disappointing that too few of these courses will be memorable enough to merit their place among others. The golfing design is also left wanting when compared with more subtle, if less attractive, earlier efforts. |
| Overall |
Hard to get excited about this one. Nothing terribly wrong, but one or two blunders mean Buena Vista has less appeal than some of its predecessors. |
26/50 |
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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