Crooked Creek is the next fictional design from HGD. Destined to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, fictional design for Links 2003.

This course has some of the most complicated blending techniques to have been used to date. The bunkering, I believe, is truly some of the best work that has ever been created (well, by myself at least) with the APCD. Some of the bunkers have up to 15 individual blends, to ensure they look realistic from any angle.

Crooked Creek also features some very daunting approach shots, with run off areas eating into the putting surface ready to funnel errant shots away from the intended target.

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Crooked Creek started out as a sister course for Tall Pines Estate. The grand plan at that stage was to build a few courses that where all in a similar location ala Pinehurst. I had the first two holes in and elevated in the same style as Tall Pines. I was just about to start on the third hole and I was waiting for the file to save, when I thought I would do some surfing on the net to get some ideas for the course. Then it happened…………. I came across a photo of the 13^th hole at Brookwater Golf Course in Queensland, Australia. I fell instantly in love with this design. It was almost a cross between Tall Pines and in some ways, a Melbourne sandbelt course. I truly am inspired by most of the designs on the sandbelt, but I still hold a special place for Pine planted courses. So I had a new style in mind for Crooked Creek, and I hope you can see the similarities in the designs, while not being a direct copy.

Using the modded version, 1.06,  available for Links 2003 ( also available at www.apcd-courses.com ), I recommend turning up the wind and setting up for hard and fast greens. The greens will then run they way I intended. On some of the greens you will need to be on the correct tier or face the possibility of a three or four putt. With this in mind, you will need to start planning your route on the Tee. It is very important to know where the pin is on some greens, so that you can leave your drive in the correct spot, to setup for the best angle into the green. There are a few pins that you will just not be able to go after, over time you will learn which of these to leave alone.

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