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Oakland Hills South 2008 - beta  BETA
by Steve Avery

Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1843
Release Date CRZ Filesize Par Course Length
2008-08-02  88,387,584  bytes 70  7387 yards
Type Style CRZ Filename
REAL  PARKLAND  ohillssouth2008beta.crz 
Course ID Course Key
   

COURSE NOTES
Updated version of the Oakland Hills South course for the PGA Championship

CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg)

Description
Real, estate course
Location
TBA
Conditions
TBA
Concept  7/10
Open, austere, immaculately presented and very American, Oakland Hills South is overtly a premier Championship course. The course has many shining features: not least stunning trademark Par 4s on both 8 and 16 and an open playing area without too much deep rough, which inspires creative shotmaking. The massive white clubhouse building looks out over the course and sets a very 'country club' tone. Most satisfactory.
Appearance  8/10
For the most part, a superb reconstruction. Textures are appropriately clipped, and the little terrain changes that help make the challenge are well-handled. Perhaps the trees could use a little under-planting, but otherwise the designer has really gone out of his way to make this distinctive appearance.
Playability  9/10
This is the sort of real-life course which you might think would not translate well to Links. You'd be quite wrong. Despite the lack of variation in the pars and lengths of holes, Oakland Hills is forever throwing up a new challenge. You'll not play the same shot twice, whether it's through clever use of the landscape, off-beat fairway design, or some testing greens, and the round simply flies by.
Challenge  10/10
My test-round statistics speak for themselves. 16 pars, one birdie, one bogey. In short, this course is supremely well judged. I doubt there's another course on the game capable of giving such an apt and well-pitched challenge. For this to be a Real course conversion is testament to Steve Avery's skill.
Technical  8/10
Very fine. Perhaps a little sparse on the planting, as mentioned above, and some bunkers look a bit deeply extruded, but the work that has gone into the 3D clubhouse is impressive. The finely-tuned elevations make the course, and stop it from being the boring openlanded hack that so many similar courses have become.
Overall For a course that is sometimes slated as second-rate in real life, this has really excelled and is right up there with the best of them. 42/50
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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