Hello and thank you for downloading Hazeltine. Course: Hazeltine National G.C. Chaska, Minn. Designer: Robert Trent Jones, 1960 Host to : U.S. Open 1970 Winner: Tony Jacklin, 2nd Dave Hill Womens Open 1977 Senior Open 1983 U.S. Open 1991 Winner: Payne Stewart, 2nd Scott Simpson JNUG Design: John Dillon, June 18th - June 22nd Hours spent at the Designer: Countless. My girlfriend Jamie could answer that better than I. She seemed to keep track of them all. Hello again and welcome to Hazetine. The home of the 1991 U.S. Open with its high drama play off round between Payne Stewart and Scott Simpson. Here are some brief notes on its history. Hazeltine came into being in 1960 and was finished in 1962 at the hands of Robert Trent Jones and Totton Peavy Heffelfinger. ( Yes that is a real name.) The original name of the course was The Executive Golf Club of Minnesota and was later renamed Hazeltine after the lake that borders both the 10th and the now famous 16th hole. Remarkable for its time, the founders decreed that one of the clubs first policies would be to have an totally open membership, with no restrictions on race are religion. Remarkable considering we are talking of the early 60s when our country was torn by devastating race riots. This was the idea of Totton himself for which he should be applauded. From day one the course was actually built and conceived to hold one of the next U.S. Open Tournaments in the 60s. The late Mr. Heffelfinger was the president of the U.S.G.A. from 1952 to 1953 and used some of his influence to get his wish in 1970. This honor did not come without its price. The course was deemed to young and immature for such a match. Heavy rains caused serious turf problems for the match and high winds, up to 40mph, sent first round scores into the 80s. The "Golden Bear" himself scored an 81 and marked the only time he failed to break 80 in the 29 U.S. Opens he played in as a pro. The course itself took a terrible drumming in the form of harsh criticism from some of its major players. Dave Hill, the runner up, summed it up by saying "Just because you cut the grass and put up flags doesn't mean you have a golf course....If I had to play here every day, I'd find another game....What it lacks is 80 acres and a few cows...They ruined a good farm by building this golf course on it." I'd say that is harsh. Even Jack Nicklaus bashed its high number of blind shots. "The only target on the tee at 18," he claimed "Was the chimney on Tot Heffelfinger's House." Well Tony Jacklin, a young 25 year old Briton with excellent putting, won the U.S. Open Cup that year by 7 strokes over Dave Hill. That was the largest margin of victory since 1921. Also, no one has won by more than 3 strokes since then. Tony, citing the wind and wet turf, well, made him feel, "right at home." Well the course has matured in the last 21 years as well as gone through some major revisions for the 1991 U.S. Open. Some holes were changed entirely. Most notably the 17th hole and 16th which seemed to gain national fame during the recent telecast. The course almost demands to be played conservatively. At 7,149 yards for the Open, it is a bit long. There are really few, if any holes where you can, "go for broke and go for it!" As many of the best pros found out this year. Maybe the 3rd and the 7th, they have tempted me more times than I would care to say. A Few Words On The Course Design and The Designer Itself. As for myself, I am hooked on JNUG & Course Designer. And since you took the time to down load this course, for which I again thank you, you are probably hooked too. Don't feel bad. It keeps us off the streets and closer to our girlfriends and wives. Who, if they do not share the same fanatical interest in golf, have deemed themselves to be golf widows till the end of time. Not only did we get a nice golf game here but a designer where we can create our own courses and challenge Jack himself to a round. It really never ceases to amaze me how we can create course and put ourselves at any spot in the course and have a look around. I must say I had no idea Accolade was about to release this course on disk when I started this long, 60+ hour endeavor. But even if i did, I was so captivated by this years Open, I know I would have taken a crack at it any way. The main bulk of input came from over 18+ hours of VCR tape which I recorded during this years Open. I then logged, using the tape counter, each and every view of each hole from start to finish. I am really surprised the pause button didn't wear out. I then took each hole one by one and tried to do my best to recreate the same views on my monitor as I saw on the TV screen from the real course. I must saw I did take some, but limited, artistic license on some of the holes by adding a few extra trees here and there for purely esthetic reasons. But what I really strived for was, "the lay of the land," or in this case, "the lay of the course." I wanted the land elevations on each hole to be as close as possible to the real thing for the most accurate play on the ball. Since in the game you can not look from one hole across to another, even if they are side by side, I took further artistic license. I created some imaginary hills around the outskirts of some of the holes to get rid of that horrid flat avocado waste land look. After all was said and done I was happy with the results. But you, the player will be the final judge of that. My favorite holes are the 6th the 10th and the 16th. This course still has some blind shots, but so does the real course. The greens, for the most part, are rather large and oddly shaped and the fairways are a bit narrow from time to time but all the better to challenge your skill. Since the greens are so large I did leave most of them flat. After playing a few rounds you may agree it was a good choice. Since the Open was played with windy and dry as well as windy and wet conditions I suggest you play it the same way for the most accurate scoring. I will more than likely post a slight revision of this course within a month or so to include some more detail. Right now I felt I wanted all of you to play it while the Open was still fresh in our minds. Other than that I have no real hints to give you but if you come up with some please let me know. For now, ENJOY! I would like to gratefully thank the following: "Scott Chesney", A.K.A. Motto: for his insight on course design well before the start of this Hazeltine course and for use of some of his objects and courses that I have enjoyed. "Jay Johnson", A.K.A. Jaybird: for his objects and courses. "Golfnut": For some of his objects and course designs. "A.B.C. Sports": For such excellent camera work at the Open. The copter "fly bys" were a tremendous help. If you watched the Bush Classic on C.B.S. the following weekend you know what I mean. "Golf Digest": magazine for their coverage before the Open. "Jamie": My true love for not booting me out of the house since purchasing JNUG. "Johnny Walker" for keeping me company late into the night. If you have any comments or insight please feel free to get in touch. And, thank you again. John M. Dillon, A.K.A. Baggy 12419 S. Shasta Ct. Phoenix, Az. 85044. P.S. Besides the courses of the names mentioned above I also recommend you down load a file called "GolfStat.Exe". It is an excellent file that will keep an "on going" record of your scores for each of your courses as well as the number of eagle, birdies and bogies for each hole on the course for later viewing. Just remember to paly in "Tourn" mode. 7/03/93 Greetings from Bill Pepperman A.K.A. "BoomBoom"--- I Had always wanted to play Hazeltine National on the JNSE but could not find it on any bulletin boards. After reviewing all the courses for JNUG at the Accolade BBs,I noticed Hazeltine by John Dillon. I decided to download it and see if I could update it for use on JNSE. I believe it came out fine. Needless to say, John did all the leg-work by taping the U.S. Open in 1991 His rendition of the "lay of the land" brings back memories of the tourney. I changed very little of the hills other than smoothing out some traps. I had to put the undulations on all the greens and I think they turned out OK. After playing a couple of rounds with computer pro Jim Hallet, I can tell you that you"ll need your putter working. As far as the background goes, I imported it from Scott Chesney's "The Country Club." Then I had to import some differnt trees to go with the new background. I wish I had the skill and patience needed to draw these objects. Finally, I placed a cart path running thru the whole course. I sure hope it really does go from hole to hole on the real thing. Well, that about does it from here. This is the first course I have ever uploaded. Again I would like to thank John for doing what I could never have accomplished all by myself. I am looking forward to taping some courses at Myrtle Beach this winter and trying to do them. Until then, good-luck at "Hazeltine National G.C." Bill Pepperman 162 Juniper Road Etters, Pa. 17319 Prodigy(GKRG38A) P.S. I am looking forward to playing this course with windy and dry conditions. It will be tough to par! Also does anybody know of a good rendition of Torrey Pines?