COURSE:          Heartbreak Ridge

DESIGNER:        Dave Salamon

TYPE:            Original/Fictional (Course...not designer)

DATE:            October 28, 1992

Yardages:     Silver: 6992
                Blue: 6754
               White: 6387
                 Red: 6018

After d/l courses from all the great designers out there, I decided
it was about time to try to pay you all back with an original design.
I tried designing with the original JNUG when it first came out and
was quite pleased with my results. Then I got hold of a modem and
found out about the 19th Hole and the Double Eagle BBS. Once I saw
what the state of the art was, I became thoroughly discouraged and
downright depressed. I wasn't even in the same ball park as these
guys named Willet, Ritze, Chesney, Maiden and others. Still, I thought 
I had some good ideas and once JNSE came out I just had to give it a
try. This first design is what I finally came up with.
This course was designed to play fairly easily. I tried to use the
elevation aspect to keep the ball in play for all but horrendous
shots. I made the fairways fairly wide and kept the heavy rough far
away but it still can be found. I also tried to resist the temptation
of placing trees right next to the fairway to force lots of fades and
slices. The greens are large with not too many severe breaks. I don't
think you'll see many (if any) putts with a "15" break. But I did try
to make the greens somewhat of a challenge. Trying to design this course
to look real tough but play like a pussycat proved fairly difficult and
I hope I at least partially succeeded.
In Western PA, I think some of our prettiest courses are located in the
Laurel Mountains about 80 miles East Of Pittsburgh. With this type of
location in mind, I came up with an original background to try to reflect
a course that sits up high upon a ridge. I used a low tree and mountain
background to try to assist in obtaining this feeling. (In reality, I
think that some of the mountains are too high and steep for this area...
but I liked them so I left them in there). 
The objects are all borrowed or modifications of the work put in by other
designers. I spent hours and hours trying to come up with my own objects
but they always looked like crap. So, I wish to thank the following
designers for creating these objects so that designers like me can 
borrow them:
            Small Pine             Scott Chesney        Banff Springs
            Small Tree             John Sandoval        Doral
                                   Kerry Liebowitz
            Large Tree             Ted Maiden           Mocassin
            Small Pine             Ted Maiden           Mocassin
            Flowers                Mark Willett         Alhambra
            Ball Washer/Bench      Mark Willett         Alhambra
            Large Pine             Brian Silvernail     Rolling Evergreen
            Flowers                Brian Silvernail     Rolling Evergreen

These were the courses from which I imported the objects. It is somewhat
difficult to always tell who exactly was the designer who created a particular
object. If I missed anybody in the above accolades...I apologize.

I want to thank Jim Dutton (aka Ranger1) and Ted Maiden (aka Maker, aka
Devil Dawg) for taking time to preview this course and make
recommendations. I also wish to thank Mark Willet for some advice he gave
me a long time ago about be willing to put all the time necessary to make a
good design.

I hope that you consider this courses worthy of your d/l time. Any comments
or criticisms of this course will be sincerely appreciated. I can be 
reached through Prodigy . My ID is JWDV23A. My home address is:
Dave Salamon
641 Penny Drive
Pittsburgh, PA  15235