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The Bluffs at Ocean Point
by John (SouthFla) Andersen
| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 446 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2001-06-19 |
18,039,399 bytes |
72 |
7368 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
OCEAN |
bluffs.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| e42fb42164fe11d5bcac00045a46af58 |
4efb0d9c4b1fa5ac0adb2407b6452f58 |
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LINKS CORNER REVIEW |
Reviewed by Joe Turner `Loner'
June 2001
The cart paths not only belong on a golf course but should blend in to the surrounding areas. White concrete paths are a nice start, but if you have to use concrete, it would better to color it.
The lush green colors all blend beautifully together and the planting looks like the download should be larger (14.8mb.). Well bunkered fairways and greens, deep, and many pot holes, but generous fairways gave you an excellent chance to avoid them. Greens are moderate and again fair to the player.
I was starting to make notes and I noticed that I was doing every hole! This is without doubt the best golf course I've played in a long, long time. I never "gush" over a course or "fawn" over a designer but this is a keeper on anyone's h/d and get an extra to keep in your pocket:), it is great.
The 18th is an 18th that Pebble would be jealous of, it out Pebbles Pebble! Don't start me talking about different holes. It is an exact mirror of Pebble but modern.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course and highly recommend it. Get it, keep it, enjoy it, tell your friends about it.
It must be fantastic to play in the wind, that's my to do for tomorrow, YES!
Filesize 16MB
Reviewer Note
I am a player not a designer and therefore rate a course as a player for other players.
Summary :
Read me, yes
Par 72
Cameo, yes
Rated "F"
Splash - yes (I want it for wallpaper)
Custom flags, yes
Ball washers, yes
Cart paths, yes
Hole signs, yes
Custom tee markers, no
Cart path (cinder, nice). |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, ocean course. |
Location
TBA |
Conditions
TBA |
Concept 7/10
As you might expect, this course explores a rocky outcrop and the
constricted forests nearby. The little touches, like the seagulls and bunkerin-
a-green trick, go an awful long way towards disguising some of the
course's flaws, such as the nastily penal rough and the feeling that you're
always playing 'borrowed' ideas. The closing three holes, though, are
genuinely great and it's worth playing just to enjoy these holes. |
Appearance 6/10
A lot of attention has clearly been lavished on the rock work, and it rightly looks great. In places. Elsewhere, around the creeks and tee
boxes, I'm afraid it looks distinctly amateur, and could have been dispensed with altogether. Textures are also a problem on this
course: despite some customisation, they look distorted and inappropriate. |
Playability 5/10
It's somewhat depressing forcing your way around this course. You're forced to strain for every shot, recovery shots are commonplace,
and unreasonable demands and restrictions are made off most tees. It's not a complete drag, but it's certainly not a course that can be
taken lightly. |
Challenge 5/10
The woodland holes are almost impossibly hard, with almost impossible fairways and punishing wild grass rough. Along the coast, the
ocean comes into play too, just to maintain the difficulty level. It's not a set of hazards that allow you take the course lightly, and you
feel that the course is bordering on the unfair at points. |
Technical 7/10
The course is executed well, with good customisation and convincing elevation work. The planting is good, with one or two clones just
spoiling the view. Perhaps a little more needs to be made of the texture work and low-level planting: in tandem, they could pick this
round up and alleviate some of the challenge. |
| Overall |
A course with potential, but most of it is the potential to be annoying. Struggle
through for the closing holes, though. |
30/50 |
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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