Big Horn Golf Club
Big Horn, California

Home to THE SKINS GAME, since 1992

Architect:
Arthur Hills

Tees          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  OUT
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Par           5   4   5   3   4   4   4   3   4   36
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Championship 504 365 506 184 290 514 389 205 461 3418
Pro          485 344 490 168 264 496 370 162 416 3195
Mens'        472 320 482 141 242 445 346 122 405 2975
Ladies'      445 200 392  96 186 330 282  90 328 2349

Tees         10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18   IN   TOT
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Par           4   3   5   4   4   5   4   3   4   36    72
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Championship 429 200 525 397 397 509 429 165 429 3480  6898
Pro          410 170 504 384 381 493 400 146 410 3298  6493
Mens'        344 154 472 378 368 461 368 144 384 3073  6048
Ladies'      301 104 424 298 312 416 341 130 365 2691  5040

   Nestled in the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains, this course is the
site of The Skins Game for the PGA Tour.  Payne Stewart won in 1992 and 
repeated again last year as The Skins Game champion.  The skins format can 
prove to be quite exciting.  Set the first six holes to $20,000 each, the next
six for $30,000 each and the last six for $40,000 each.  Now you can take on
Payne Stewart and the rest of the foursome and see if you can win some skins 
from them.

COURSE   
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   For the course layout I used The 1993 Viewers Guide to Professional Golf by
Whitney McClelland and his crew of artists.  I also used video tape of the 
coverage provided by ABC-TV.  The video tape also helped me to make the changes
that were made to holes nine and thirteen.  I tried to make the greens fair and
yet challenging.  I made the O.B. play as heavy rough, but used this sparingly
since the real hazard in the desert is the terrain and sand.  With regards to 
the sand, most shots that miss the fairway or rough would generally be out of
bounds or unplayable.  It is possible in this JNSE version to take a few extra
clubs and go for the green.  Be careful though, most of the lies are steep and
make it a challenge to get your Sand Save.
 
   I would like to thank John Kunyik for the invaluable help that his JNSE 
Designer Toolbox and Palette Editor provided.  To be able to change the color
schemes of the basic JNSE palette really makes it exciting to work on new 
objects and backgrounds.  I was able to use it best to influence a change in the
color of the sand and the background in general, as well as some of the objects
that I borrowed.

OBJECTS
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   I have downloaded many courses from the JNSE bulletin board at Accolade and
have borrowed objects from people who have borrowed objects from others.  I am
not sure who is responsible for creating them, but I'm appreciative of all these
gifted artists.  I have edited most of these to fit the general look of the
course and to reduce most of the originals' sizes which I feel are too large, in
most cases.  Most of my designs are rather 2-dimensional but I am practicing and
perfecting my designs.  The two "Bushes", "Clubhouse" and "Rockpile" are mine.
I also edited a Deer from a JNUG ClipArt package to provide a Ram who is a Big 
Horn native.

   I did include one of the "Grass" objects from Revery's version of Royal St.
George's as a tribute.  This is probably my favorite JNSE design that I have
downloaded and played.  Subtleties of this design reveal themselves the more
rounds that I play.  Everything about this design is TOP-RATE!  I'm looking 
forward to seeing a Turnberry design for this years British Open.

BACKGROUND
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   I borrowed the background from the fantastic version of the Palmer Course at
PGA WEST that was created by Dan Raftery.  I changed most of the mountain colors
with the palette editor and also took some liberties by grafting a few extra 
mountains and clouds into the original background.  This is a premier example of
a desert course and I tried to incorporate a lot of what I've learned from 
playing this and several other of Dan's courses.  His use of height with the
natural flow that is present on these holes creates a high standard to shoot 
for.

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   This is my first JNSE design that I feel is worthy of presenting here.  With
time, experience and practice I should be able to improve my design, object and
backgrounds.  I generally download and play PGA Tour courses exclusively.  Be on
the lookout for En-Joie Country Club, home of the B.C. Open.  I hope to have
this course completed after some more "on-site" research.


Chip Hughes
Elmira, New York
February 21, 1994
