*** The Oakcreek C.C. *** Located within Oakcreek Village, Sedona, Arizona Course Designed by: R. T. Jones, Jr. JNSE rendition by Paul Conrad, San Jose, Ca. AKA "Treefrog" Sedona is located about 25 miles south of Flagstaff at the southern end of lovely Oak Creek Canyon, one of Arizona's true showplaces. Lesser known than that "other" canyon in the state, Oak Creek is more intimate and every bit as enjoyable. Sedona itself sits in a basin surrounded on three sides by splendid walls of red sandstone and numerous named rock towers. It has been called the most beautiful setting in the world for a town and I'd be hard-pressed to dispute that. This golf course is situated in a development about five miles south of town where rock towers such as the prominent Shiprock and Bellrock tower above the golf course. While this is desert country this course is not one of the cactus and sand-filled wasteland types, but a well-manicured layout in a suburban setting. ** Dedication ** This re-creation of the Oakcreek course is dedicated to my Uncle Kenneth, who lives in one of those homes near the 12th fairway. Both he and I wish we were still out playing on the courses, but unfortunately neither of us are able to. Perhaps sharing this version with some of his friends will rekindle old golf friendships. Paul For JNSE, the course was laid out by copying a village map, then reducing it to JNSE overhead size, making a transparency of that, and using that as a screen overlay mask guide for building the plot. Thus, the layout of the course is as accurate as possible. The course has four tee positions on the scorecard, but two are men's and two ladies'. Since JNSE has three men's positions and one ladies' I used the two mens tees and longest ladies and added a championship tee back from the longest men's. This lengthens the course out and makes it tougher. Yardages from the three tees are within 2-3 yards of the scorecard for pin position #1. For those who wish to play the course as it exists in Sedona you might want to use either the JNSE Pro or Mens tees. The shape of the fairways is reasonably accurate although the slopes may not be in some places. Some greens have the correct general slope but I did not have detail on many of the greens. However, as a general rule this course's greens and many fairways slope away from the high towers to the north. Like the slope of the greens, the trees used are representative of what is on the course but their location is more my imagination. The course plays fairly open, and while there are more trees in JNSE than the real course, they tend to be out of the area of normal play. Generally, trees are used to compensate for some of the difficulties in translating a real course for JNSE and are used to enhance the attractiveness of the course. Key characteristics of the course are the splendid setting, the great fourth hole view, the very large teeing areas, and the many houses perched along the edges of the course. That strange little area near the 3rd tee and the 5th green is a small desert garden with yuccas and other desert plants. You'll see it on the overhead of several holes. Enough chatter, enjoy the course. I think you'll find Oakcreek a "golfer-friendly" course. I'm always thankful for any feedback you wish to offer on any of my JN designs. Paul Conrad 279 El Portal Way San Jose, Ca. 95119 (408) 226-7676 Special thanks go to Scott Chesney, Mark Willett, Lee Ritze, Bob Polin and others were the original designers of some of the trees, buildings, and other objects which have been modified by me to fit this locale. The hole information signs are as close to the real ones as I could build and the dark red trees are originals for this course copied after the one I saw by the 10th tee. Look for it on the 10th. Some holes were rotated a bit in the routing to correct background views. Unfortunately, the resolution of JNSE is not sufficient to include some of the Quail which are in abundance - live, on the scorecard, and on the hole information signs.