Glasgow Golf & Country Club Course Name : Glasgow Golf & Country Club Location : Glasgow, Kentucky Length/Par : 6,351 yards / 35-36-71 JNSE Adaptation: Jim Polson Difficulty : Easy to Moderate Date of Completion: Sept. 12, 1992 Inspiration : Playing the course for 21+ years and wanting to let others enjoy it also. Comments about the course: First off let me say this can be a very easy course or very difficult. It's up to you. I became a member of this course in 1971 and never seem to tire of it, therefore I wanted to share with others the little intracacies that I have enjoyed over the past 21+ years. It is not a hard course but the slope of the greens can make it so. Since this was my first endeavor at creating a course, I made it difficult on my part by trying to re-create a course I know evry slope on the course. So bear with me and I would appreciate any comments (good or bad) either on Accolade BBS or Double Eagle BBS. Next I would like to thank all the people that gave me different ideas just by playing their courses, of which I might add were very creative and ingenious in most cases. I can't list them all and forgive me If I left your name off but some of the following helped tremendously: Ted Maiden (not only for his courses but the BBS in which to get them from), Lee Ritz, Dan Rafferty, James Morrow, Ken Leibowitz, Mark Willet, Scott Chesney, Mike Vos, Phil Mccloud, Bob Poland, Dale Somerfelt, Alan Pajari, and especially Bill Permenter (of who I used his text file as my model). The background is generic but fits like it was made for the course. The objects are all generic except the ball washer which I created and a couple of other items which I borrowed but don't remember where (sorry). Now for the course. The fairways are all symmetrical mainly because that are the ways they are cut for real. There is out of bounds on every hole and will could come into play if you get wild with your shots. So keep it under control. FRONT NINE - Par 35 Glasgow Golf & C.C. was originally a 9 hole course with back nine opening in 1972. It is short with small greens and tight fairways for the most part. The key to the front is keeping the ball below the pin on your approach. I made the greens slope as closely to the real course as possible, therefore the putting could be harzardous. Due to JNSE limitatations, Hole # 7 doglegs left at such an angle that if you hit your tee shot thru the fairway, it will be out of bounds. The same is true if you overshoot the green on your approach. In reality there is OB behind the green but after about 30-35 yards. So take this in consideration especially on the tee shot. I tried to redo the hole in a manner that the tee shot could go thru the rough without going out of bounds but if the shot i sliced or faded the least bit it will go off the hole plot, therefore OB. Sorry. BACK NINE - Par 36 The back 9 is almost wide open in a sense after the front. The greens are much larger but still all slope from back to front and could cause problems if you get above the hole (especially chipping downhill on # 15 - par 3). Could almost be off the front of the green. This is not unreal as this happens quite frequently for real on this hole. One of the most difficult par 3's I have ever played and I have played several around the country including #17 at Harbour Town from the Championship Tee into a brisk wind. SYNOPSYS: I'm sure there will be complaints on the putting but due to the length of the course and reality, the slopes on some greens are fairly severe. This is the way the greens play. Some of the most notable people to have played this course are Mason Rudolph (friend of the pro) that shot a 67 on a friendly round, and Kenny Perry (pro from 60 miles away) that won the C.G. Follis Invitational Tournament (THE tournament in this area). The actual course record in tournament play is 65 in 1977 which as never been equaled. There are really only 3 tees, Ladies, Men and Pro tees. Therefore the Pro and Championship tees are one and the same. This course took about 3 months to construct but got easier as I learned more tricks on how to make it look as I wanted. I guess I will take a couple of weeks off now and then get into really designing courses. I have purchased 3 books - New World Atlas of Golf, Jack Nicklaus Golf Courses and Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Golf Courses which contain well over 200-300 courses to pick from. The next course I plan is Vallhalla in Louisville, Ky. (future course of PGA Tourn in '95 or '96 not sure which). Hope you have a nice round of golf! One more note...as in playing, you might note that you may hit the ball out-of-bounds and land on a road on some holes and not be counted OB. This is one more short-coming of JNSE that I was not able to change (at least I didn't find a way the first course design), but I wanted to keep the layout as close as possible to the real thing.