
27/11/00          Kauri Hills Golf Club - New Zealand Open Edition, by Mark Huxford
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Title		: Kauri Hills Golf Club version 1.2
Filename	: kaurihillsv12.zip

Author		: Mark Huxford
Email Addresses	: hux@websight-design.co.nz
URL             : Mark Huxford's Course Design
                  http://www.websight-design.co.nz/pga
Description	: Kauri Hills Golf Club custom course for PGA 2000 
Other Works	: PGA Tour 1950-60 player set.

Thanks to	: Playtesting
		  John Holt, Dave Boyer, Jennifer Silver.

		  Custom Libraries
		  Alan Toft (Lagalochan Bay)
		  Ken McHale (Headgate, Augusta 2000)
		  
  	          The team at Headgate Studios and Sierra for a great game! 

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* Notes *

Thanks for downloading Kauri Hills Golf Club - New Zealand Open Edition v1.2.
This zip contains the kaurihills.xcr distribution file you will need to install the course. 
Several custom libraries have been used during construction. They are as follows;

Lagalochan Bay course library
August course library
Augusta 2000 course library
Headgate course library

They have not been included in the zip to make the file size smaller.
You may already have these libraries installed though. Use the Course Manager to
check this and download them from the Copyright Club or Teebox Association if you need them.

This is my first course for any PC golf game. I have tried to create a course that
looks, feels, sounds and plays realistically. I also wanted to create a course that everyone
with the game's recommended machine specifications will be able to enjoy and play with some speed. 
Hopefully I have achieved this and the course will become one of your favourites. 

Kauri Hills is not very long in comparison to some of the custom courses I have tried. 
I do have five or six long par 4's but good decision making and strategy is more important 
than going for length off the tee.

I consider Kauri Hills to be more a members course that is capable of hosting tournaments.
The fairways are therefore quite generous but the rough is very punishing. 
I suggest carrying a six or seven wood if accuracy off the tee is not your forte as these
clubs work quite well from the longer grass. 

The bunkers are very deep in some places so be wary of them on your approach shots and 
conservative in your recovery should you end up in one.  

I suggest normal or dry greens be chosen for play. Simply because the speed feels right on 
them and the AI putting seems more realistic.

On a few holes you may see areas of ground under repair or GUR. These are intentional imperfect
areas of the course that allow you to take a free drop. Press the key D to take the drop.
You will not be penalized a stroke. Make sure the lie indicator actually says GUR though before
taking the drop. The rules of golf do allow you to play the ball as it lies. 
The ball will come out like a shot played from dirt.



* Installation *

1. Download and install the custom libraries required if you do not already have them.
   If you have a previous version of Kauri Hills you will need to unistall the course and library
   before installing the new version.

2. Create a folder named kau in the sierra/pga2000/courses directory.

3. Open the Course Manager, locate and install the file kaurihills.xcr to this kau folder.

4. If you downloaded the supplementary course guide, unzip the contents of it now to this kau folder.
   Clicking on Course text on the course selection screen will let you access the
   file Kauri Hills.html and then the course guide itself by following a link.

5. Play the game and choose Kauri Hills GC at the course selection screen.


* Construction *

  Base		: An original design by Mark Huxford
  Editor used	: PGA 2000 Architect version 1.2
  Known Bugs	: None, not even the AI do anything that stupid:-)
  Build Time	: 2 months

* Changes in version 1.1 *

  Added approxiamately 15,000 spectators.
  Lowered dune infront of 4th tee to improve visibility of fairway on low camera settings.
  Burn on hole 4 now has a rock banking.
  Added grass bunker left of 5th green.
  Reworked rough through-the-green, removing med rough texture on all but 12 & 17.
  Removed 2nd bunker next to the 9th green.
  Remodelled bunker lips on 1, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18.
  Replaced Whisperwood bunker sand with Monterey Shores sand.
  Fixed double fringe mistake on 16 (green size increased 1 yard).
  Added new pin positions to all greens.
  Tweaked shot points for improved AI play.
  Changed splash bitmap to include NZ Open logo (old bitmap included in zip)

* Changes in version 1.2 *

  Lowered dune off the tee on the first hole and added grasses.
  Replaced fairway bunker on 1 with deep grass hollow.
  Remodelled bunker on 2.
  Added gorse infront of championship tee on 3.
  Lowered fairway on 3 to improve visibilty of the green.
  Replaced right greenside bunker on 3 with grassed hollow.
  Shaved bank around 7th green to make short tee shots roll back into water.
  Expanded water hazard on 7.
  Replaced fairway bunker on 8 with lower grass hollow to improve visibilty of green. 
  Added shrubs to water hazard bank on 10 and raised the water slightly.
  Moved championship tee on 12 left to promote angle of the green.
  Filled in gully short of 14 with thick grasses and added some rocks.
  Replaced lefthand greenside bunker on 15 with a collection area.
  Moved championship tee forward 15 yards on 16 to encourage driving around the corner.
  Changed texture of 18 tee for mow lines that no longer influence alignment.
  Added lots of Brian Silvernail's Canaveral Dunes seagrass to soften areas of the course.
  Added better matching fairway border texture to the library.
  Added better matching green fringe and made fringe texture puttable.

* Copyright / Permissions *

  This course may be freely copied and distributed, as long as it is
  not modified in any way, no fee is charged and this file is always
  included. You are free to make this course part of any online tour.

* Disclaimer *

  This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either
  expressed or implied. The author will not be held responsible for any
  losses incurred, either directly or indirectly by the use of this
  course. This is not a Sierra product.

  PGA2000 is copyright © Sierra Sports.


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  ©2000 Mark Huxford. All Rights Reserved.












