RAVEN'S RIDGE GOLF CLUB
A Fictional Course
Location: Western South Dakota, near the Black Hills area.

     First off, I would like to state that this is purely a fictional course,
and if it bears even the slightest resemblance to any real course, it is an
unintended accident of pure chance.  The name comes from a subdivision outside
Belleville, Illinois.  My brothers and I went by one day, and I wrote the name
down because it impressed me as an intrigueing name for a course.
     I picked the location simply because it appealed to me. I have been in the
area several times and think it's a pretty location. Not quite on the prairie,
and not quite in the mountains. It could be located anywhere in that same
section of the U.S., between the Canadian and Mexican borders.
     All objects have been borrowed from other courses, and I would like to
thank all artists and course designers who are capable of creating such fine
objects. I do not draw worth a damn, and that is why I borrow other's objects.
     This course is laid out differently than most courses you will see any-
where; real or fictional. The longer and harder par 4's and all the par 5's
(there are six of them) are located at the beginning and end of the course.
The easier par 4's and all the par 3's are lumped in the middle of the course
between #'s 6 and 14. This was done to allow the player to gain strokes on the
course at a time when your game would normally be peaking if this were an actual
course.
     2/3 of the holes have water of one sort or other. Whether or not the water
becomes a hazard depends entirely upon your style of play. I played one round
with Jack Nicklaus, and he liked the water 4 times (I only liked it 3 times).
Our scores for that round were:
          1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  Tot.
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Jack      4  5  4  4  4  3  3  4  3   4   4   3   3   2   6   5   6   5   72
Gordon    4  5  2  5  4  2  3  4  3   4   5   3   4   4   5   8   5   5   75

     All holes have been given names that I figured fit in with the character of
the hole.

THE YARDAGES FOR RAVEN'S RIDGE GOLF CLUB AS TAKEN FROM COURSE ROUTING SCREEN.
The will be slight variances from time to time depending on what pin placement
is selected. All greens have 5 pin placements,and pin placement can change the
character of a hole greatly; especially some of the tighter doglegs.

Hole #   Name              YARDAGE  PAR
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
  1.     ON FIRE             493     5
  2.     BEAR CLAW           525     5
  3.     THE NOOSE           277     4
  4.     UPHILL              458     4
  5.     THE WOODS           485     5
  6.     TWIN OAKS           237     3
  7.     OLD BLIND MAN       269     3
  8.     AGAIN?              376     4
  9.     DEPRESSION          234     3
Totals                      3454    36

 10.     SCRAGGLY            402     4
 11.     SWITCHBACK          386     4
 12.     DOWNHILL            242     3
 13.     SANDY               256     3
 14.     NEEDLES EYE         170     3
 15.     LONG JOHN           629     5
 16.     APOSTROPHE          458     4
 17.     WATER AT THE KNEE   581     5
 18.     HALLELUIAH(I think) 576     5
Totals                      3600    36
Grand totals                7054    72


     My intent with this course was to design one which was not overly long
but as challenging as I could make it within the confines and restraints of
JNSE. Only those who play it will be able to tell me whether or not I was
successful in my attempt. I welcome all comments; just post a note in the
OTHER GAMES section of the Prodigy BBS.

Gordon J. Chisholm
1535 Engelholm Av.
St. Louis, MO 63133-1807

Prodigy ID - FHDM42A