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     Course Name:  Carnoustie Golf Club    
     Location:     Tayside, Scotland (Northern shore of the
                                     Firth of Tay)
     Length/Par:   3541-3566-7107/36-36-72
     Designer:     Sir Robert Maule (?) in 1842
     Difficulty:   Moderate
     Source:       Golfplan course book for Carnoustie
     Thanks to:    Scott Chesney for the use of some of his
                   bushes which I modified and for the changes
                   he made. It does look better.
     Dedicated to: Scott Chesney (what, him again?) for his
                   inspiration to finish this course. Scott
                   believes that the cure for burn-out is to
                   light a fire. He was right.
     JNUG Design: Jay Johnson (aka "Jaybird")
              THE YARDAGE CARD
          OUT                 IN
     Hole Par Yrds       Hole Par Yrds
     ____ ___ ____       ____ ___ ____
       1   4   408        10   4   453
       2   4   458        11   4   381
       3   4   362        12   5   490
       4   4   381        13   3   170
       5   4   397        14   5   481
       6   5   536        15   4   461
       7   4   397        16   3   248
       8   3   176        17   4   434
       9   4   426        18   4   448
     ____ ___ ____       ____ ___ ____  
          36  3541            36  3566

     Now that the essentials are out of the way, I would like to
   give out a little info about the tradition of the course. The
   Scots have been at the business of golf since we have been at
   business of screwing the Indians out of their land (maybe    
   longer) and they are big on tradition. Witness the fact that
   each and every bunker at St. Andrews has a name. Not even
   Augusta does that and Augusta is known for its tradition. I
   guess that's the difference between 140+ years and 60+.
   So, here's some of the tradition of Carnoustie (note how 
   much of it is due to American players).

    Hole 2: Braird's bunker is the one in the fairway about
            250 yards out. I have no idea who Braird was, but
            he must have spent an inordinate amount of time
            in the sand.
    Hole 4: The name of this hole comes from those 2 large
            mounds on the right about 50 yards out.
    Hole 5: That bunker just to the left of the green is named
            Hogan's Bunker after guess who? Seriously, in 1953
            Ben Hogan won The Open at Carnoustie after 
            "destroying" the course. Mr. Hogan is still held in
            very high esteem by the locals.
    Hole 6: The fairway is called "Hogan's Alley". Guess why.
    Hole 9: That fairway bunker on the right at about 160 yards
            from the pin is named Jack Nicklaus' Bunker. The 
            next time you play with Jack, ask him why.
    Hole 10: There's a story behind the name of this hole and it
             goes like this: it seems as if one of the members of
             the club decided that his road to fortune was in 
             Argentina as a golf pro. The other members threw a
             going-away party and our hero quaffed one (or more)
             too many. He wandered out to seek his fortune and
             the tenth hole was as far as he got.
    Hole 14: The name of this hole, "Spectacles" comes from the
             pair of bunkers in the fairway about 70 yards in 
             front of the green. I suppose they look like
             spectacles to the Scots. To me they look like two
             fairway bunkers.
    Hole 18: The last bunker on the right is named Johnny  
             Miller's Bunker and I don't think it's because
             of anything good.
      That's all of the trivia for now. Have fun and hit 'em
      straight.
         I welcome feedback of any kind on this or any of the
       courses I've put out there. I do ask that you be specific
       - telling me that a hole (or even an entire course) sucks
       doesn't help much unless you specify how it sucks. But
       hey, you've got the JNUG Designer, so feel free to make
       the changes you feel are needed.
         I also welcome suggestions as to courses that you want
       to see done and this applies to types of trees that will
       be appearing in future TREESn files.
         I can be reached via the BBS at Accolade or at home:
            Jay Johnson
            449 Blumont St.
            Laguna Beach, CA 92651
            (714) 494-2477
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