OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB
                            SOUTH COURSE


Course:           Oakland Hills C.C. South Course            
Location:         Birmingham, Mich. (Detroit suburb)
Yardage-Par:      3,512-3,524_7,036; 35-35_70
Designer:         Donald Ross (1917); R. Trent Jones (1951)
Difficulty:       Moderate, I think. Greens can be devilish in 
                  dry conditions.
Acknowledgements: To those I borrowed objects from. I don't  

                  remember all of the borrowees but  
                  I do know that the greater majority of     

                  borrowing was done from Scott Chesney.
JNUG Designer:    Robbie Mendelson aka Van (nom de Nick),     
                  Hondo (nom d'Accolade).
Sources:          The World Atlas of Golf, 3rd Edition
                  Associated Press hole-by-hole descriptions 

                  for the 1985 U.S. Open and 1991 U.S. Senior

                  Open
                  100 Greatest Golf Courses (1986-87 Edition)
                
                          The Card
           Hole  Yardage Par          Hole  Yardage Par
             1      437    4           10      458    4
             2      538    5           11      413    4
             3      205    3           12      554    5
             4      432    4           13      170    3
             5      464    4           14      466    4
             6      362    4           15      400    4
             7      408    4           16      402    4
             8      442    4           17      205    3
             9      224    3           18      456    4
                  3,512   35                 3,524   35
                                             7,036   70

The South Course at Oakland Hills is my first contribution to
the world of JNUG design. It was chosen primarily because of
its relatively straightforward design. There aren't many
tricks to the course. Certain characteristics are evident
throughout, the most prominent of which are the tapered
fairways at each landing area. There are also, by my
unofficial count, 112 sand traps, most occurring either at
the landing areas or surrounding greens. Due to this,
accuracy off the tee is essential as is accuracy around the
green.

I am not an "artist" by any means and therefore you will see
very little original artwork. The background is a slightly
modified Accolade design (I think) and the majority of the
trees and objects have been borrowed from others, most
notably from Scott Chesney's design of Medinah. My decision
to use objects from Medinah stems mostly from my admiration
of Scott's work, this one in particular, but also from the
provincial New Yawk view that west of the Hudson, the rest of
the country all looks the same anyway. Michigan,
Illinois, what's the difference? (Sorry, I couldn't resist).

Anyway, enough of the cheap shots because I'm thinking that
by releasing this design, I'm providing enough ammunition for
the rest of you to get back at me for a long, long time.

Finally, I would like to say a hearty thank you to the avid
members of the Prodigy JNUG club whose discussions and
support over the past year or so has given me the help in
making this design a reality. As a first-timer, my primary
intention was to create a well-executed and playable design
that some will find enjoyable and which will give me reason
to create more in the future, either for JNUG or JNUG II.
I'm reserving my greatest thanks, though, for my daughter
Emma who was thoughtful enough to takes naps of long enough
duration on my days off, allowing me the time to complete
this design. EMMA, THIS SIMILAC'S FOR YOU.

Robbie Mendelson
241 Carlton Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205-4001
(718) 522-7137
Prodigy - DNVT47A
Accolade - Hondo

Any comments, both constructive and destructive, would be
greatly appreciated.