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Hi all,

It's been quite a while since I've played a round of cybergolf - must have been 2 years or so. But the other day I loaded up PGA2000 and played a few rounds, and man had I forgotten how awesome this game is.

I guess it's spring comming that made me think about golf. I can certainly feel the urge to get out on the real fairways again (which probably still is a couple of weeks away here i Denmark). Maybe I should have a go at the arcitect again until that.

Anyhow, I just wanted to say hi.

... and bwt: which new courses from the last 2 years should I download

Hey Stefan,

Good to hear from you. Billabong Sanctuary is still a course I frequent a lot! The community here is growing - there have been some excellent designs put out there in the last two years; including a Robert Wagers/Terry Grayson combined effort that is pretty neat, some splendid contest courses and a recent Zager design that rocks. The girls and I love Cougil's Keep by Indy Anna - some say it is her best design to date and that is a reccomendation right there.

Stefan,
I have listed below a group of courses (released in the past 2 years) from what I call my A-List. A complete list of A-List courses is downloadable from the Utilities area (431 courses at this writing).
Dar

Course Name Date
1 Alkimos Golf Links 12/28/10
2 Aveley Island Resort Course 01/30/10
3 Bali Shandra 02/01/11
4 Blake Valley GC 09/17/10
5 Brookgreen 12/23/11
6 Cades Cove 01/24/10
7 Catalina 09/01/11
8 Clarkston CC 06/29/10
9 Cougill's Keep GC 11/12/11
10 Dismal Hollow GC 03/04/11
11 Flinders Range Golf Club 04/04/11
12 Glen Haven 12/04/10
13 Gleneagle 04/23/10
14 Gunpowder Bay 01/12/11
15 Hawthorne GC 07/02/10
16 Jack Springs Golf Club 06/02/10
17 Kapalua Plantation Course_V1 12/20/11
18 Kewadin Prairie Lodge 03/09/12
19 Killarney GC 04/01/10
20 Leverette Mountain Resort GC 08/10/10
21 Links Course at Hatteras Isle 03/14/11
22 Mamacs Retreat Golf Club 01/05/11
23 Medinah C.C. #3.crs 09/15/11
24 Mill Creek GC 08/04/10
25 Mountaineer V2 03/17/12
26 Muirfield Village 2011 05/03/11
27 Parkland Creek Fantasy 09/26/11
28 Point Reyes National 12/19/10
29 Ross Bridge V2 02/03/11
30 Royal Lytham & St Annes 04/26/11
31 Sundance 09/17/10
32 The Cliffs at Stone Forest 07/31/11
33 The Dunes @ Chesapeake Bay 01/05/10
34 The Monument 02/20/10
35 The old Course @ St. Andrews 2010 10/28/10
36 TPC @ Southwind 2010 08/19/10
37 TPC at Sawgrass 2010 05/09/10
38 TPC at Waterloo 12/31/09
39 Turnberry 02/18/10
40 Wabash Valley GC 06/30/10

I would say just about all of the courses released in the past two years are worth a play. There aren't many active designers left, but all but a couple are quite seasoned now and the quality of the work IMO is pretty extraordinary, and even the few newby/freshman designs are pretty good. Somehow the bar keeps getting set higher and higher and we still haven't found the total potential of this old designer/game.

Btw, welcome back Stefan!

Hope we get to see another Stefan design in the near future.

Hey Stefan, nice to see you again. I tried to send you my new course Peninsula State Park to play test back in December but your e-mail bounced back. Hope you'll check it out now. Look forward to seeing you around, I've always enjoyed your designs.

Welcome back Stef! Make sure you fire arch mate

Thanks for all the course suggestions - I'll start out with Peninsula State Park Brian (I changed my email adress about 1 year ago to stefanhojgaard(at)gmail.com btw - that's why it bounced).

God I hate your avatar Links. It just makes me want to... to... be you!

Anyhow, I played a few rounds on my own course Johanne Golf Club, which was the last I released before my temporary retirement, and I actually wasn't very satisfed with it - so I've decided to update it. Also this seems a bit more manageble that starting out on a new course.

I wondered - whould any of you care to play a couple of rounds at Johanne GC (playtest it if you will) and give me your candid opinion on what should be changed?

Ha! Don't be - I hooked it so badly I ended up playing up against the out of bounds to the right of the first...! Happy to play test mate

It's good to hear from you again Stefan. I always enjoyed your courses. Don't be a stranger. Welcome back.