Dominique BOIS Designs presents :
This
course was for a long time in my head and on my H.D. under the shape
of a JNSE course than I first designed several years ago. This one was called
"Deep dunes" and was never released. From that course, many holes
have changed. Still, you can have some idea of it as the 1st, the 6th, 9th
and 10th are clearly inspired from that old design. The 10th, for example,
was far better in the JNSE version, but didn't reached to create the same
hole with APCD (I must say that as the JNSE graphics were rather poor, a lot of
this hole look stays only in my imagination...)
Then, I started the
APCD project with the aim of practicing for a real course that I have not done
yet, but still hope for. I left the terrain routed and elevated but quit the
design as I didn't have a convenient panorama and the course stayed forgotten
on my H.D. since I played Enniscrone “the Dunes”. I thought that
its pano would be ideal for my course, and with the permission of the designers
of the course and the pano, I got this one and, with a little tuning (widening
the open sea) it fits perfectly with the course. So I decided to go on and
complete this design.
Though the course is fictional, it is
obviously inspired by the great links courses of the
A
little fantasized history :
The course lies on the links between the towns of Prestnoch and Dorwick where
golf was played since the middle-age. The course was designed on the 19th
century and got some modifications by the middle of the 20th century
to take account of modern golf. The main changes were the addition of new back
tees (the most obvious is the 8th back tee), the pushing of the 3rd
green behind the burn, changing the 4th in a par 5 and the 6th
in a par 4 and several greens and bunkers redesign.
As
the two towns were involved in the course creation it was set that the
Prestnoch golfers should play the course on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
and the Dorwick golfers should play on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
living the course on Sundays for the walk and picnics of the people of both
towns (the many patsh that you can view on the course are filled with walkers
every Sunday). As most part of the course lies on the Prestnoch territory, the
course got its name from that town (the first tee and 18th green are
really near the first houses of Prestnoch). At the other end of the course you
can see the
The course is now rather long from the
back tees but offers a rather fair challenge despite some blind shots. The
greens have some severe slopes, but there is always a location near the pin to
land a safe approach. Still, punishment is always near for the bad shots and
nearly missed one are most often forgiven, that makes a great golf course.
About the blind
shots, observe the local golfers that always use the cross as an aid for their
aim. This cross can be viewed from most parts of the course as the light house
and those two signs are really useful when you are lost between some huge dunes.
General notes about the course and the
design:
It is necessary to play the course some
rounds to get familiarized with the blind shots and fairway cuts
that you can manage. After that, just play not too aggressive, hope
that the wind will be friendly and you'll see that it is a pretty fun and
enjoyable golf experience.
By the way, I started the design with
the "no regulation fairways" box checked and I discovered too late
this point, so the "vanishing cup" syndrome is here and you will have
to experience it some times. I have made all the improvements so that this
problem should appear the less as possible.
I really hope this will have no effect
on your pleasure to play around this course.
For hole by hole detail, please report
at each hole detail page.
Credits and legal stuff:
I think there are not really borrowed objects or
textures on this one, though some of the textures may come from some original
designer. But they have been modified so much time that I can decently consider
them as mine.
This course is, as always, made to be distributed freely on the Internet for
the pleasure of all my fellow linksters. Any other mode of distribution must
have my written authorization. Designers that want to use any part of this
design must ask for my authorization too.
Now, let’s thank the testing team, as it’s not such an easy job. Fist,
all my greetings go to
Wholeheartedly thank you all!