| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 79 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2001-05-02 |
62,625,268 bytes |
73 |
7439 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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FICTIONAL |
PARKLAND |
Deer Track Golf Resort.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 3e9f94403ea111d5a9fd8cac6b104861 |
3dcba23beba899f6cdb95aecd3b0d05e |
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LINKS CORNER REVIEW |
Reviewed by James Wood June 2001
First Impressions:
This course has a park style setting located at the base of Whistlers Mountain. Quite a bit of elevation work was done here and it doesn't stop with the tee shots. The greens have a lot of undulation to them and they also have quite a bit of slope to them. Some of the greens are very large. Hazards are plentiful and will influence your tee shot as well as your approaches. Some of the landing areas are very narrow and club selection is critical. There is a first cut of rough but it is fringe. Fringe is tough to hit off of from the fairway. It is a tight lie and is very unpredictable. Three of the holes have pins below zero feet and you will get credit for the putt even though the ball does not actually go into the hole. The planting here was very well done with a good mix of trees, ground cover, and other planting. Other objects were kept to a minimum with the occasional golf cart and bench seen throughout the course.
Strategy:
This is a very difficult course to score on. The par 5's are good risk/reward holes and some of the par 4's are long with good elevations. The par 3's are also long. Even if you hit the greens in regulation you're going to be faced with some tough putts because of the undulations and slopes. Club selection is crucial and it's advisable that you take time to learn the course and pay attention to the desired landing points.
Favorite Hole:
I like the look and feel of the par 4 10th hole. Hit a 2-iron out into the middle of the fairway and you'll have a good look at the green.
Overall:
A very well done course technically with the exception of the flaws mentioned above. The layout is very interesting and the shapes of the hazards, fairways, and greens are very nicely done, as is the planting. There was a lot of effort put into the design and it shows throughout the course. The course itself may be too difficult for some players. PS'ers beware this one is tough for the best of clickers. If you like this kind of challenge though then this course will give it to you in spades.
Filesize 58MB
Course Info :
Cameo Screen? Yes
Splash Screen? Yes
Panorama Used? Yes |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, mountain course |
Location
TBC |
Conditions
TBC |
Concept 3/10
A busy mountain course where the designer has made no attempt to conceal his focus on providing a stiff challenge, Deer Track's use of elevations has left it somewhat confused. There is a lot that seems to have been just thrown at the plot in the hope it will stick: lakes, streams, paths, waste areas, grasses, bushes…the list goes on. Hole design is often difficult to fathom and nearly impossible to play well. A mess of confusion to which some players will want to offer a wide berth. |
Appearance 4/10
Entertaining and rich texture choices have failed to disguise the speckling as they disappear into the middle ground, and the ambitiousness of the planting is not helped by far too many obvious clones. The much-groaned-at Whistler panorama towers over the whole thing. Deer Track's saving grace is that there is enough to catch the eye, though: the oddball aspects to the course are just enough to take your mind off the golf. |
Playability 2/10
If Norris McWhirter drops by, tell him I've found a new candidate for the most blind-shots ever on a golf course. The designer's intent to bamboozle the player scales dizzying new peaks as nearly every shot on nearly every hole has obstructed vision, either from the landscape or planting. And you just know that there's a bunker (or worse, a lake) waiting to catch your ball over the other side, don't you? Ouch. |
Challenge 2/10
Deep rough is fairly ubiquitous here, and it doesn't play easy. Expect to reach less than half the greens in regulation. When you do, you'll be faced with some tiring green layouts which don't go over well. Anything less than millimetric precision on the par 5s, and you can abandon all hope of eagles there, too. Ouch, ouch. |
Technical 5/10
For all the criticism I've levelled against it, Deer Track is surprisingly admirable in that it does at least fulfil its designer's intent. There's nothing genuinely awful about the APCD-work, other than a few sharp edges, and this is - remember - harking from pre-blending days. Credit where it is due for sticking to your guns. |
| Overall |
Very random, and rather difficult. There's just not enough freshness here to keep the course soldiering on. |
16/50 |
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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