NAME: Baltusrol Golf Club
LOCATION: Springfield, New Jersey
LENGTH/PAR: 7076yds/Par 70 (U.S.Open set up)
JNSE ADAPTATION: David B. Norwood

First off I want to say that until a few weeks ago I had no intention of
releasing this course on the JNSE BBS. This was just a little project to 
have a version of the U.S. Open course for this year so I could play along
with the pros while watching the tournament. After I got started I got more
involved and detailed than I intended and once I was finished I figured I 
might as well upload the thing before the Open for anyone else that might
want to give it a try.

My sources were fairly limited: The New World Atlas of Golf and the June
issues of Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. Since I started this as a personal
project I got the hole overheads by doscopying the original JNUG Baltusrol 
hole files that Accolade released a few years back over my routing. I then 
modified the holes to varying extents by bringing in the rough, changing pin
and tee placements, and fringing greens and bunkers. Some holes are more 
than others. The par 3 fourth hole I completly redid and I am most proud of 
it. I also drew in adjacent holes and edited the pallette. As I did not have
a reliable souce for elevations at Baltusrol I did not change them any with 
exception of working on some greens. I felt they were a little too flat for 
U.S.Open play and are probably still a little too easy.

The entire object file and background are lifted straight out of Lee Ritze's
Merion. My thanks to Lee for his excent work. It,s hard to muster up the 
inspiration to do original objects with such great ones already there. The 
placement of objects was a little bit from the Atlas of Golf, some from
magazine photos, and some creative license. 

I am aware that another designer, I don't know who but I think I remember Mark
Willet's name mentioned, is working on a Baltusrol. Im sure they have better
sources and have spent more time. I think of my Baltusrol as sort of a 
" while you wait for the real thing " version and I hope you enjoy playing it.
Again, this is not a full fledged design effort. I am currently working on 
some projects that are much better, at least in vision, including a version
of Barton Creek I am excited about. If you like this course, thanks and enjoy
the game.

David Norwood
Austin Texas
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