Credits and infos
Designer : Dominique Bois (dominique.bois@libertysurf.fr)
Design time : 5 months
Custom stuff :
Horizon : thanks to B. Silvernail (just modified
the bottom tree line color to fit my tree plantations)
Textures : thanks to Jeff Reel, from JN6 Black
Valley
Objects : two high grasses and some willows
that come from JN6 (thank you Jack ;o)
Playtesters :
Myself and Rob Roy (thank you Jean Bob !)
The course story :
The name of the course comes from the last
century when an indian tribe that lived there, burried a broken arrow to
seal a peace treaty with the US governement. By fate, there was a clause
that gave some cattle to the tribe, and that cattle was infested by a deadly
virus. All the tribe perished soon except one man and his baby boy. This
man was named "Silent Smile". As some white men looked for a terrain to
build a golf course, they ask Silent Smile to buy the tribe's lands. He
agreed at the condition that the money of the sale would be used to give
a decent "white" education to his son that he leaved to his destiny, claiming
that the boy would not be informed of his father until this one die. So
the course was build and the holes were given the names of some of the
greatest men of the tribe, the last hole remaining unnamed until "Silent
Smile" died, thus giving his name to the most famous hole of the course.
By this time he leaved in his cabin behind the 5th tee and used to play
golf and rather well. At the time he died, his son was informed of the
fate of his father and his tribe and was made a permanent honorary member
of the club.
Since its begining, the course have been modified
many times to fit the new improving play of the pros. It has always been
a test of golf for every player that tees up at n°1 "Little Cloud".
You can see some traces of the ancient routing, especially around the 12th
where you can easily see the place of the former par 5 that went up parallely
of this hole when the current 11th did not exist.
Note :
I have changed a little the 13th hole name,
as the original was "Mad Squirrel". I called it "Screwy Squirrel" to give
a tribute to one of my favourites cartoonists : Mr Tex Avery
