| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 38 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2001-01-11 |
9,128,983 bytes |
73 |
7446 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
TROPICAL |
bcrater[1].crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 3d7ff7c0e79f11d4959e00b0d063fc2c |
8faa164eaa04882dd42c6930e93a7375 |
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LINKS CORNER REVIEW |
Reviewed by Doug Jensen
Designers Note:
I have no experience with the designer. This review is based on playability and looks alone. Other reviews will highlight the design aspects of this course.
James Woods is the designer of Black Crater G.C. A Seaside Style course with trees, sand, very deep craters and water, Black Crater G.C. was very enjoyable to play. It was not overly difficult but did test me from time to time. It was very nice visually as well.
Black Crater G.C. is very nice visually. James made good use of Palm Trees and the use of Lava Rock on #9 was done very well.
Black Crater G.C. was not overly difficult but there were a few holes that will give you problems. Hole #3 had a long sand trap in the fairway that made the fairway very narrow for your drive. Hole #4 and a few other holes had the fairway lined with a crater that got one of my drives. Hole #7 is a Par 4 that can be reached with a Power Drive but doing so is very risky. #15 is the only Par 5 reachable in 2 but even then, your approach could end up in one of two sand traps. You will find a little slope on the fairway to test you on your approach. Putting is fairly easy at Black Crater G.C. as you will find slight break for your putts on some holes but you should not be tested
Great design James. Good luck with your next design.
Course Info :
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Reviewed 2001 |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Imaginary, tropical course. |
Location
TBC |
Conditions
TBC |
Concept 2/10
The theme behind this course seems to be somewhat confused. I think it wants to be a tropical island course, but at times it feels like an American Parkland course, and some holes have an almost Links-like quality. The designer seems to have lots of ambition, but little of the panache, imagination or technical ability required to carry it off. |
Appearance 0/10
Anyone claiming they like the look of this course is a liar. Cloned trees, extruded and flattened block textures, little if no attention to detail, stock textures and a completely inappropriate panorama all sum up the ugliness of a course that appears to have been made in a day. |
Playability 0/10
The sheer ugliness of the course doesn't entice you to keep playing, and it's all too easy to give up. Most holes offer little or no viable choice of line, and bunting the ball around flat fairways is a real plod. If you're still going strong after six holes, I congratulate you. |
Challenge 7/10
Bizarrely, this is one aspect where this course does well. There is little aspect of risk-reward, but the designer has given the trials and tribulations of playing golf some careful thought, and designed the course accordingly, without making the glaring 'step into the trap' errors that plague other courses. There is some room for improvement and I would like to see more careful bunker placement and more options on certain holes. |
Technical 0/10
You might have gathered that there will be nothing worth of praise here. It is clear that very little attention has gone into fine-tuning the detail on any hole. Textures are big and blocky, trees are scattered higgledy-piggledy, and the extruded water hazards look plain awful. Perhaps the sheer cliff walls that reach down to the sea could look good, in another setting. Here, they are just laughable. |
| Overall |
A course with almost no redeeming features whatsoever. You have been warned! |
9/50 |
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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