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New South Carolina
by Scott Logue
| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 703 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2001-12-16 |
19,810,506 bytes |
72 |
7017 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
WOODLAND |
New South Carolina.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 711472e1eb0f11d587370080ad811262 |
bdfd8949a680ff331cbefcafb3575817 |
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LINKS CORNER REVIEW |
Reviewed by
Joe Turner `Loner'
February 2002
A very pleasant looking course with a combination of green colors for the tee boxes, mowed fairways, deep looking roughs and flat greens. The tree selection was small because of the size of the download but well mixed as was the few dashes of color to brighten up the course. The undergrowth was well done for a course this small. There were assortment of signs, tents, scoreboards and other objects that just about emptied out the APCD for the next designer, but it was all in fun. I have to admit it was different looking than the regular courses we see. The undulating fairways at times gave me huge drives and were more than fair in size but more about them later. The bunkers were scattered around the fairways and greens but the fairway bunkers seem to be the ones that will give you a few problems.
This course rather than rely just on bunkers alone for a hazard used, heavily at times, elevation as the main hazard. You found yourself either changing clubs or trajectories, or using fade or draw more than you usually would on a normal course. You did play blind at times so the elevation and caddie had to work well and to Scott's credit it did. The greens were very nice size but had quite a roll to them after hitting, that's were the trajectory adjustments came in handy. They, the greens, were fairly flat with very minor breaks and if you were close you had a birdie, far.a good chance at one. The fairways seemed to be 'crowned' at times, and you find a good drive rolling a long way into the edge of the rough. The course played longer than the 7017y listed because of all of the elevations but that's what kept your interest up. Flat the holes would not have been very imaginative. The back nine had 4-5 pars that gave you more birdie opportunities.
# 4 hole, par 4, 369y, your driving blind on this hole, I found that if you placed your aiming stick to the extreme right of the fairway and using a draw shot I got a 292y drive that cleared the fairway bunker. With 68y to the pin it is an easy lw. If you want to play safe you can use a 3w off the tee and still make the green in two.
#14 hole, par 5, 548y, even though the fairway bunkers are at your landing area you can still avoid them but this is one of the fairways where it seems 'crowned' and there is a distinct possibility of your rolling into the rough. I went to the far right and still rolled into the rough's edge, 284y downrange. With 270y to the flag and a 22y drop there is a good chance for reaching the green.
#18 hole, par 5, 554y, I aimed 255y on the left side of the rough of this left dogleg and had a clean 279y drive. 226y remaining, I aimed just between the long bunker on the right and the green and used a flop 3w which put me 19y on the fairway from the flag. The trees are very tall in places so crossing them is a definite hazard.
All in all this was a pleasant course to play, nothing extraordinary or creative about it but pleasant. He varied the elevations on mostly normal shaped holes to make it fun and most of the time it was. At times it went a little overboard with bunkers not guarding the fairways at your landing point but blocking them. That doesn't test skill just patience; you want to get past just to continue the round. The putting was very good. His skills with the APCD need some improvement to give the course a professional look, I don't know enough about the APCD but the bunkers just didn't look 'right'. It is a very small download for a course that is very playable and it should be kept in mind for those times when the new courses aren't coming in at a torrid pace like they are now.
Reviewer Note:
I am a player not a designer and therefore rate a course as a player for other players.
Included: readme, cameo, splash, ball washer, carts, cart path, buildings and many objects, tournament and others.
Not Included: Hole previews, signs, numbers, custom flag or custom tees.
Statistical Information: par 72, 7017y, 5 sets of tees, 5-3 pars, 8-4 pars, 5-5 pars. |
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