Course: Doowrehs Golf Course Setting: Fictional course set in the canyon country of central Colorado. This course was originally intended as a joke. I wanted to see if it was possible to take Sherwood, and turn it around backwards. During the Prodigy playtest several people had complained that the course wasn't much of a challenge. I thought it would be fun to re-route the holes; have 1 become 18, 2 become 17, etc., etc..... I initially renamed the holes in reverse order, and used the other course files to (I thought) complete my backwards course. It played alright, but the hole quotes were all wrong, and I undertook to make corrections in them. Next; not being completely happy with the objects on the course; I went about "borrowing" objects from the other user- designers in the JNSE community. Almost every one of them draws and and creates objects far better than I probably ever will. The list goes on and on; Scott Chesney, Mark Willett, Alan Pajari, Keith Holzapfel, Ted Maiden. At least the objects were borrowed from their courses. If they borrowed any objects I used from someone else I want to take this opportunity to thank any of the original designers. Great work fellas!! Even though the basic hole layout was Accolade's, the majority of the holes have been either partially or completely flattened. re-contoured, tilted, had fairways re-shaped (a little or a lot), tee blocks moved, etc.. All center lines have been extensively re-worked, and all yardages are accurate according to Course Routing. All tees are located in their proper tee areas, and all pins are located on the greens at what I figured to be a respectable distance from the edge. Ponds, lakes, and creeks have been added in some spots, and taken away in others. All sand traps have been deepened, according to how I felt when I was working on any particular hole. Some traps became ponds, and some ponds were re-shaped and became bunkers. All holes, with only a couple exceptions have had almost all objects relocated, or others substituted in their place. All holes have more trees, bushes, etc. than any hole on Sherwood. On this course you can't "wail away" at the ball. A knowledge of when and how much to hook or slice the ball is essential. Trees get in your way, and traps and water hazards pop up when you least expect them. A finesse golfer will probably do much better on this course than a consistent long ball hitter. During practice on the individual holes I shot either birdie or par on all par 3's, and most par 4's. The Par 5's (and there are 6) are a different story entirely. On most of them I felt happy to get by with par, and in quite a few cases bogie or double bogie. I have erased the HI file so that there is no list on the best of 7 screen. That gives everyone who d/l this course a chance to post a decent score without having to try to beat a previously posted score. I believe I've covered just about everything, so on to..... THE LEGEND OF DOOWREHS GOLF COURSE!! Doowrehs (pronounced duress) it is said, gets its' name from an old gold miner who once wrote home that he "suffered great doowrehs (duress) at the hands of the local sheriff while being locked up in jail one Saturday night". Being caught in the then un-named canyon now holding the course, it prompted the locals to write his spelling of the word on maps of the canyon area. Hence; the unusual name. In between wars, (WWII and the Korean Conflict) a group of bank- ers from a large Eastern city hit upon the idea of a resort complex to accomodate the tourists coming to the area to see the abandoned gold mining towns. Either their investment capital ran out, or they were unable to lure other investors into their plan. Whatever the reason, the idea just never "panned" out, (pardon the unintended pun) and they were left with a completed golf course that nobody seemed to want. In the end they deeded it to the small nearby town of Kneeknocker, a former gold camp settlement that survived after the gold in the area played out. Being a small town (small enough to not be on most maps) the town council has decided to make the course open to the general public and has plans drawn up for a clubhouse which will house the Pro Shop, locker rooms, and a restuarant when it's completed. Enough of local history for now. HOLE YARDAGES AND PARS FROM COURSE ROUTING. 1. 450 YARDS PAR 4 10. 442 YARDS PAR 4 2. 162 YARDS PAR 3 11. 232 YARDS PAR 3 3. 530 YARDS PAR 5 12. 448 YARDS PAR 4 4. 170 YARDS PAR 3 13. 421 YARDS PAR 4 5. 464 YARDS PAR 4 14. 525 YARDS PAR 5 6. 536 YARDS PAR 5 15. 461 YARDS PAR 5 7. 178 YARDS PAR 3 16. 213 YARDS PAR 3 8. 517 YARDS PAR 5 17. 528 YARDS PAR 5 9. 386 YARDS PAR 4 18. 346 YARDS PAR 4 OUT 3393 YARDS PAR 36 IN 3616 YARDS PAR 37 COURSE YARDAGE 7009 COURSE PAR 73 I would rate this course as moderately difficult. Some of the par 4's may seem a bit long to most, but I believe this is compensated for by the fact that most fairways are not narrow or cluttered. I think that the par 3's are all birdie prospects except under the most adverse green and wind conditions. The par 5's will give the average JNSE player the most trouble. Enjoy your round, and I welcome any and all comments on the course. THE LEGAL STUFF: This course was designed by the author with the sole intent of it's use the enjoyment of any and all owners and players of Jack Nicklaus Signature Edition Golf and Course Design. It is distributed to all BBS not charging a fee for it's D/L or use. If this course is distributed by any other means, or a fee is charged for its' D/L the author/designer should be contacted by written request stating purpose and reason for any fee charge for D/L of this course, and should dispense from any D/L until written permission is received from the author/designer. This JNSE course file is not meant to be, and should not be construed as an accurate representation of any existing course. It was the author/ designer's sole intent to create a course file to be used freely by everyone for the mutual enjoyment of all. (C) August 6,1992 Gordon J. Chisholm 1535 Engelholm Av. St. Louis, MO 63133-1807 Prodigy #-FHDM42A America On Line-GJC1