                               HIGHLAND PARK

  HISTORY

    Highland Park is a fictitious course located in Scotland's Orkney
    Islands.  It is an old links-type course, and has many typical
    features, such as blind shots and crossing fairways.  Despite it's
    eccentricities, it is not a long course, nor too penal, and it is
    enjoyed by local enthusiasts of all abilities.  If the tees are back,
    though, and preferably with a stiff breeze, it can be a suitable
    test for a championship.  The par is 70, and from the back tees the
    length is around 6600 yards.


  DESIGN NOTES

    I had one principal goal for this course.  All too often when I do
    a course, by the time I'm finished planning, designing, testing,
    refining, re-testing and so on, I'm so tired of the course, I don't
    have any interest in playing the finished product.  My goal here
    was to end up with a course that still held my interest and would
    be a challenge to play further.  

    My plan to achieve this was to take as natural process as possible
    to design the course.  I particularly wanted to avoid a lot of
    analysis, trying to "sculpt" each hole for a particular effect.
    The land plot was made with a lot of random hills and depressions,
    without any great elevation changes.  The holes were laid out along
    the seaside as much as possible.  On each individual hole, I left
    the elevation pretty much as I found it, but added sand hills 
    surrounding them where appropriate.  Instead of moving hills to
    suit the lines of the hole, in many cases I moved the tees and
    greens to suit the land.  In a couple of cases, I laid one hole out
    on a copy of the other.  These are some of my favorite holes, as
    I could really look at the land as a designer and not an earth-
    moving "god".  I left most of the design as I first did it, and
    tried to avoid going back and making changes.  If some things don't
    make sense to you, they may not make sense to me either!

    I'm sure the palette will be controversial.  It's my opinion that 
    everything possible should be done to give the course it's desired
    "feel".  Given the appearance of real links courses, that meant a
    radically altered palette.  I tried to come as close as I could to
    what I've seen of actual courses.  I realize that such altered
    palettes have side effects which many people find objectionable.
    For anyone wishing to use it, I have included a palette file with
    the standard grass colors, HIGHLA.PR2, which can be substituted 
    for the altered palette.  As far as I know, no other colors have
    been changed which also cause problems. (color bar, etc.)
    

  CREDITS

    Palette Editor:  John Kunyik
    Sheep #1:  Jim Matthews (Revery)  From his Royal St Georges.  All other
               sheep are descended from this one.
    Buildings:  Original work based on real ones at various Scottish links.


  INSPIRATION

    All JNSE designs, particularly the links courses of Jim Matthews and
    Brent Blackburn.

    Besides golf courses, another of my favorite Scottish products is 
    whisky.  The name of my course was taken from Highland Park whisky,
    which is produced in the Orkneys.



  You are free to alter this design for your personal use or distribute it
  in it's original form.  Please do not distribute it in any altered form
  without permission.
  
  I hope you enjoy playing Highland Park.  Any comments will be welcome.
  I can be reached on CompuServe at 71603,3606.  Marty Gleason 11/93
 
