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