| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1666 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2006-04-25 |
13,189,120 bytes |
71 |
6616 yards |
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Style |
CRZ Filename |
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REAL |
WOODLAND |
BEAU PRE.crz |
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| COURSE NOTES |
| Beau Pre Golf Club is located in Northern California's beautiful Humboldt County. Redwood National Park and Six Rivers National Forest neighbor the towns of Ferndale, Fortuna, Eureka, Arcata and Trinidad, which are all a short drive from McKinleyville. The Pacific coastline provides a spectacular landscape for this challenging 18 hole championship golf course. |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Real, woodland course. |
Location
TBC |
Conditions
TBC |
Concept 5/10
There's the embryo of a good course in here. I like the open, 'young' woodland feel, and there are some interesting and challenging hole designs, particularly on the back nine. Sadly, not enough has been done technically to bring them to life: the course is lacking in finesse and any sense of location whatsoever. |
Appearance 2/10
An awful lot of work required here, I'm afraid. Planting is not varied enough, sometimes inappropriate and often cloned. The elevation work is pretty poor; extrusions are careless, and there are several mesh folds evident. Areas such as water and bunker lips are devoid of any close attention, which is pretty much expected as standard these days. But for a decent panorama, this would look pretty terrible. |
Playability 3/10
While this plays inoffensively, and has just enough variation in design and hole length to maintain the interest, there's not a lot going on visually to focus a player, and frustratingly there are too many occasions when ones ball gets lodged behind a tree; the only recourse being to chip out sideways. |
Challenge 5/10
Because of a few freakishly-long hole lengths and the close impingement of the trees (I particularly like it when they intrude onto the fairway: an effect that isn't seen often enough), this course is easy without being pointlessly so. Sure, you'll get some good breaks from the greens and pick up several shots on the Par 5s, but these hazards will prevent your score from just becoming silly |
Technical 2/10
Plenty needed here, sadly. Although it's nice to see custom textures, they really should be blended together or at least more closely matched. The absence of deep rough in the right places is worrying, too, because large mishits just aren't punished severely enough. Add this to the required improvements on the planting and elevations, and you're left with a course which feels as if it should be still in the Beta testing phase, rather than the finished article |
| Overall |
A course with some good ideas, not fully realised. Somewhat basic in feel, it's unlikely to excite today's demanding Links golfer. |
17/50 |
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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