COURSE:    Royal Dornoch

LOCATION:  Scotland

JUNG DESIGNER:  Scott Chesney


This course completes my tour of styling different types of
terrain.  I wanted to try a British links type course, even
though I feel that the Nicklaus  game makes such courses easier
to score on than they really are, due to the lack of trees.  For
example, I always find the Nicklaus game version of St. Andrews
very easy.  If you have played my other courses, you know I enjoy
making trees and doing dense forest.  Here, I could not do that. 
In fact, Royal Dornoch has absolutely no trees on it in reality.
It does have fields of heather and gorse, beautiful seaside
views, and dunes, along with rolling terrain and difficult
greens.  Given the lack of trees, its hard to make the course not
be boring... but I gave it my best shot.

If you play this course with no wind and normal conditions, you
can probably score quite well.  I believe its fairest test comes
with strong winds (preferably from the west or northwest) and
either fast or wet greens. (I shot an 82 with strong winds and
fast greens).  Under normal conditions, I was able to break par.
An interesting feature of Dornoch is it's crowned, or raised
greens.  Many have slopes veering off the green, and the bump and
run is a necessary tool on the actual course.

If interested, I used two source books for this course:  "The
World Atlas of Golf Courses" by Bob Ferrier and "The New World
Atlas of Golf" by Pat Ward-Thomas.

By the way, if any of you downloaded my Mauna Kea course, I
received some additional terrain information after uploading.  As
a result, I have altered seven holes.  If you would like the new
version, contact me, about this or anything related to other
courses, suggestions for the future, etc.  My next two efforts
will be Pinehurst #2  and Spyglass.

Scott Chesney (moto on Accolade BBS)
27 Edgerly-Garrison Road 
Durham, New Hampshire  03824
603-868-1251 (home)
603-862-1870 (work)

PS:  All objects on this course (limited as they may be) are
orignals.  

PSS: Those of you who know Jay Johnson, put the pressure on him
to do a new course.  I fear he is resting on his laurels (which
probably is much deserved, but nonetheless I always look forward
to his latest).