Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1684 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
2006-07-29 |
75,153,408 bytes |
72 |
7225 yards |
Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
REAL |
PARKLAND |
trophy_club_locked.crz |
Course ID |
Course Key |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description Real, farmland course |
Location TBA |
Conditions TBA |
Concept 9/10 Trophy Club is set among wide, flat prairie land, sparsely planted and
worn. Sounds dull, you think? Not in the slightest. The course has been
magnificently created to negate the dull landscape, featuring a surprisingly
diverse and accessible range of holes. Clever use of texture properties
helps the course play all the more realistically, and the result is a
pleasingly surprising and stimulating round of golf. |
Appearance 9/10 Bunker sculpture takes all the prizes here. The dirty sand texture adds to the brilliant down-at-heel realness around the greens. Sadly
the natural landscape is the enemy elsewhere, and texture repetition and squares take the edge off what could otherwise be very fine.
There is the added bonus of some very natural contouring as and when required. |
Playability 9/10 A smashing round of golf and with very few of the pretensions that mark other courses. There are some wonderful tests of bravery and
creativity and the holes make full and ingenious use of the natural features. The variety is amazing for a course that might have been
so dull. |
Challenge 2/10 Oh. Finally we find the shortcomings of a largely flat course. Bogeys are pretty tough to come by, and certainly the Par 5s are
particularly generous. Flattish greens make long putts conceivable, and a round close to the mid-60s is a likelihood rather than a
dream. Even by the standards of easy courses, this is easy. |
Technical 9/10 With the utmost in bunker technique, and some brilliant recreational techniques, Bob Hankla is right up there with the best. It's such a
pity that the texture mapping repeats are so obvious, otherwise this would be a shoe-in for full marks. |
Overall |
Flat doesn't always mean bad. A courageous and exciting course despite the lack
of elevations. |
38/50 |
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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