Course Notes:  Brentwood Golf Club

   Home of the Iron City Open since 1936, Brentwood has attracted some of
   the greatest names in golf.  The 1.1 million purse is provided by the
   Western Pennsylvania Brewer's Association, who bring you such premium
   brews as Iron City, Rolling Rock, and Yuengling Brothers beers.  
   Winners receive a year's supply of Old Frothingslosh ("Hi Dittom
   Dottom, the Foam's on the Bottom -- When the Bottle's Upside Down") beer
   in addition to the $198,000 prize.  
   The "Iron Man" (Byron Nelson) heads the winners list with five victories
   at the Open.  Such greats as Sam Snead, Ben Hogan, and Arnold Palmer have
   also won here, but by a statistical fluke Jack Nicklaus has failed to 
   place better than second in fifteen tries.  (See the attached winners file
   for a list of all winners since 1936.)
   The record for the Open is the 21-under par 267 scored by Nick Price in
   1990.  Course record is 63, set by Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez in 1967.
   Last year Ben Crenshaw slogged through the last two soggy rounds to post
   a 14-under par 274 for his first win at the Open.
   The Iron City Open is played in the second week of May, right after the
   prestigious Refuge open at the nearby Refuge Country Club.  Charities 
   supported include several area hospitals as well as the Pittsburgh
   Steelers "We Want a Quarterback" fund.

 Designer's Notes

   Brentwood Golf Club is a fictional course named for the suburb of 
   Pittsburgh where I grew up.  Although the terrain is wholly imaginary, 
   it resembles the rolling, wooded landscape of the area. Design principles 
   include fairly wide fairways (30-40 yards on average) and moderate greens
   with some tricky undulations.  The holes are set up to accomodate a 
   variety of shots:  the course does not dictate the shot you have to make.
   All holes are doglegged to a greater or lesser extent, rewarding the 
   player who can work the ball, but favor neither left-to-right nor 
   right-to-left players.  The course presents the opportunity for a 
   relaxing, forgiving game with the chance of making a decent score.
   The trees and bushes are mostly modified JNUG objects with a more 
   realistic color scheme, except for Lee Ritze's pine from Augusta. 
   The backgound is straight from the JNSE disk.
   Note that the course is set up as a palindrome: par for all holes reads
   the same from 1 to 18 or from 18 to 1.

   The designer welcomes questions, comments, and (constructive) criticism
   from players of this course.  (No letter bombs, please!)  Mail can be
   sent to the address below, or posted on 19th Hole or Double Eagle.

   Brentwood and its sister course, Refuge, are found in the designer's FRP
   world, Refuge, where some of the greatest legends in sports have been 
   resurrected to compete against one another. 
     copyright 3/93 by Eric M. Hammer

                      Eric M. Hammer
                      3855 Blair Mill Rd #227B
                      Horsham, Pennsylvania
                        19044-2804