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Whirlpool Golf Course
by Kevin Fraser
| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 426 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2001-06-10 |
22,337,530 bytes |
72 |
7296 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
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REAL |
WOODLAND |
WhirlpoolGC.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 242e048e58604329bde3de23d4251810 |
4a00a744e7bab4db2c8083a99c5f8bbd |
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LINKS CORNER REVIEW |
Reviewed by Joe Turner `Loner'
June 2001
Combined with the "read me", is a beautifully done color wordpad (5mb). It's patterned after a real course.
Plush greens and medium fairways are a constant throughout this one. This is one of the most beautifully crafted courses I have ever seen. Excellent planting done throughout the entire course.
The elevations seem perfect.
For hole 2 move your ball to left and use setup to click trajectory up at least one notch and you're home free. Nice treatments around water, and putting is more toward easy than moderate.
The course is well trapped in all the right places but because of the generous fairways will only catch the most errant of shots.
No cartpaths, clubhouse, or ball washers, all golf. Since this is pattered after a real course we can't expect him to add the amenities that we are accustomed to seeing.
The par 5's are for the most part reachable in 2, and for the two that are not, they turn out to be very birdieable holes.
The 9th, don't hit short.
A straight shot and putt course with only two slight doglegs 13 and 16. Nice elevated greens near the end. I had to wait until the 18th to see the Niagara River at which the course is located.
The course overall is beautifully made and will be a very interesting course under only the most severe condition.
Would I keep it on my hardrive? Probably, because it is the classic golf course. Not the most challenging... I liked it.
It plays 7296yds, bck/n/m/m/.
Filesize 28MB
Reviewer Note
I am a player not a designer and therefore rate a course as a player for other players.
Summary :
Readme, yes
Par 72
Word Pad, yes
Rated "R"
Cameo, yes
Download of 27.4mb
Splash, yes
Custom flags, yes
Ball washers, no
Cart paths, no
Custom tees, no
Hole signs at tees, no |
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CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Real, parkland course |
Location
TBA |
Conditions
TBA |
Concept 6/10
A very acceptable course without anything very offensive, Whirlpool is
set in the Niagara Parks, but in reality could be pretty much anywhere,
given the easy-rolling landscape and tree-lined surround. Indeed, it
wouldn't take a great flight of the imagination to put yourself in the
British countryside. The Links conversion feels reassuringly authentic
and coherent, and a course that doesn't have to resort to showiness is
always appreciated. |
Appearance 7/10
Very few obvious problems here - the green textures are convincing and well-coloured. The planting is dense with a minimum of
duplicates, and the elevations have been dealt with well. The scale of the whole layout is best: Whirlpool seems to have hit that ideal
middle-ground where a course feels natural. |
Playability 8/10
or no great reason, a round a Whirlpool is swift, repeatable and fun. There's no great shakes in the layout or the golf skills required,
but the course gels well, isn't too hard, and can accommodate any number of golfers, playing any number of styles and Modes of Play.
Whirlpool really is Mr Versatile, without being Mr Threatening. |
Challenge 4/10
Massive, wide-open fairways and fully escapable rough. Reachable Par 5s and some puttable greens. This is all a pleasant surprise
after the beasts of Championship courses, but there is the inevitable downside that birdies are rather easy to come by. Rather too
easy, I would say. |
Technical 7/10
You'd have to go looking in order to pick holes in this one. And part of the beauty of Whirlpool is that very few will actually need to go
looking, because they'll be having a fair time playing it. Certainly the designer's visions are spot on, but it may be argued that the
bunkers could use some good lips and the planting more consistency by today's standards. |
| Overall |
Very normal, but reassuringly normal for all that. A great leveller of a course with
playability value in a variety of situations. |
32/50 |
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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