| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 257 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2001-01-15 |
33,814,833 bytes |
72 |
6613 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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REAL |
PARKLAND |
Table Rock Golf Club.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 0f123b01ea6011d4991b0050da1fdd5e |
b35737aa1ef7afa433999560d162820c |
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LINKS CORNER REVIEW |
Reviewed by James Wood
Course History:
This course is located in Centerburg, Ohio. Mr. Jack Kidwell designed it in 1972. It is a semi-private country club. The greens are bent grass with bluegrass fairways. The course rating is 71.4 with a Championship yardage of 6771 yards.
First Impressions:
This course is short and very flat. There are very few hazards here. This is obviously a typical U.S. style country club that most of us know so well because we play on them every weekend. Planting here is very sparse. There are a lot of buildings and other objects scattered about. The cart paths run from greens to tee boxes and are flat and look good. The bunkers and water are properly extruded with a lip and edge of dirt. This edge however has no mapping. The planting around the water is done well.
Strategy:
Not very much on this course, which is, it's downfall when played on a computer. There are few obstacles and the holes play mostly straight away. Out of the four par 5's three are very reachable. The greens however are nicely contoured and they are large.
Favourite Hole:
The second shot into the par 4 14th looks very nice.
Overall:
Very few mistakes were made here but the course itself hasn't translated well to the game. A nice course to play once or twice but unless you're a member of the country club it's doubtful you'd want to keep it for long. The designer does have a good handle on the APCD and it is hoped he will produce or reproduce a more challenging layout.
Course Info :
Cameo Screen? No
Splash Screen? Yes
Text file?
Hole Previews?
31mb
Reviewed March 2001 |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Real, farmland course |
Location
TBA |
Conditions
TBA |
Concept 5/10
Whether intentional or not, there's very much the aura of a newly-opened
club here. Some very barren stretches around the first half hint at British
coastal links and a course still being created. The critical could say it's
lacking in features, and to some extent this is true, but there are still
moments of charm - not least the 'surprise' ponds that pop up from time to
time to swallow your drive. With a re-design, this could be a work of
understated genius. |
Appearance 4/10
Any proposed redesign would certainly have to put texturing first and foremost. The naff stock textures really do drag down a course
where - with a smoothing out of contrast between fairway and rough - the barrenness could be presented much better, in the manner
of Woodbridge. Some of the elevations have been handled a little roughly, too. There's adequate compensation in the attention to
course buildings, fences and the surrounding fields, but it's not quite enough. |
Playability 5/10
It's unfortunate when you plough straight into a pond from the first tee, and the first criticism is that this course really needs hole
previews. To a large extent, the pleasure available from the rest of the course will depend on whether you buy into the idea that this is
an open, unmature golfing environment. If it works for you, then the golf comes all the easier. I suspect, though, that some people will
just find it underwhelming. |
Challenge 7/10
While I finished my practice rounds comfortably in the low seventies, there were definitely a few adverse factors at work. Some heavyhandedness
on the greening means two or three are almost unplayable (although, oddly, the rest are fine), and the hidden lakes strike
of gimmickry, certainly at first. Once you've some experience of the course, though, and are prepared to play it on generous settings,
there's a good all-round test, particularly from some unexpectedly lengthy Par 5s. |
Technical 5/10
There are two ways to look at this. Either the designer was trying to produce an example of how some golf clubs are relatively
featureless, in which case he has succeeded, notwithstanding the poor textures. If not, then Table Rock must surely go down as a halfhearted
effort. |
| Overall |
A course either poorly textured or completely underworked. An interesting
experience which belies the simple presentation, but unlikely to hang around for too
long. |
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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