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Post by pyates on May 2, 2016 11:35:50 GMT -5
This course straddled evil and just plain fun IMO. Some of the greens in particular I just felt if you toned down the evil then it would add back in a little room for player skill to get close as some seemed impossible to get close to.
My favourite hole was the short 315ish yard par 4 where you could run around the right of the middle bunkers. Downwind would make that a fun drivable hole skirting it round the outside. Cool idea.
Liked the look although I am not sure if the theme looked very Rio... Also not sure if it was supposed to.
Great fun course... Think the greens might be a little extreme but otherwise strong entry
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Post by boynsy on May 4, 2016 13:01:00 GMT -5
I loved the start of the course, looking out towards your version of the O Cristo Redentor statue. Maybe it could have been a little more prominent on the screen, but I suppose that was more down to the camera angle I play on rather than the design choice.
The layout did feel a little empty to me, until it really came into its own on the last couple of holes. 17 in particular was a lovely hole, playing up alongside the beach.
There were obviously many scoring opportunities to be had, so in that sense I enjoyed my round - I made 4 birdies, plus a couple of others before I restarted my round - but I also struggled on some of the tougher greens to shoot a +1.
Good luck in the contest!
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Post by hershalcrustofsk on May 5, 2016 17:33:17 GMT -5
This was a gem of a course. I think aside from the one par 3's green (it was early) I really don't have much else critical to say. It was a ton of fun to play, it walked a fine line of too tough and fair but didn't cross it and those are my favorite styles to play. Awesome work Clay
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Post by reebdoog on May 12, 2016 10:15:57 GMT -5
after watching CC and CSU both post -1 yesterday and say that was the lowest round I took it on last night. I was -2 going into the last hole...and I totally muffed it and rage quit. I'll be back and WILL post -2 or better dang it! It can be had but some holes you simply CAN'T get close too without a lucky bounce or two. You have to make long putts to score and I can't...
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