Course:    LITTLE WING
Par:       72
Yardage:   Championship - 6,874
           Professional - 6,573
           Men's        - 6,256
           Ladies'      - 5,972
Location:  Somewhere where there are no gangs, no taggers, no drive-bys, no
           wife-beaters, no cokeheads, no Muslim extremists, no (dare I say
           it?) talk shows, infomercials, or psychic hot-lines.  
           
           Rather, let us say, a high elevation, lush Alpine 
           meadows, crisp mountain air, small-town friendliness, courteous
           players, an immaculate course, and always assigned to play with 
           three pleasant, intelligent, and beautiful women who also happen 
           to be scratch golfers (please substitute "handsome men", if 
           necessary; there should be no chauvinism in this idyllic setting).
Misc.:     Hole #s 2, 3, & 16 have alternate championship tee boxes.
Designer:  Jay Ray
Dates:     June, 1994 - February, 1995


Artistic Credits:

Background: Borrowed with many thanks from G.W. Maggott's "Apache Hills 
            Canyon".  I did make some very minor modifications.

Objects:    Proper credit for specific objects becomes a little difficult due
            to limited documentation.  So allow me to mention that the source
            courses for most of the objects were: G.W. Maggott's "Emerald 
            Trace", Gene Rodriguez III's "Afton Mountain", and Scott 
            Chesney's "Banff Springs".  It would probably be most prudent to 
            thank the following persons as the probable sources for most of 
            the objects: Scott Chesney, David Dykeman, Keith Holzapfel, Bob
            Polin, Dan Rafferty, Lee Ritze, Gene Rodriguez III, and Mark
            Willet. I'm sure that most of you also recognize a couple of
            trees from JNUG.  I did manage one small bush and a cartpath
            sign on my own.  I apologize profusely for any errors or
            omissions and solicit all corrections, so that this document
            can be updated and proper acknowledgement given.  


Usage:      Little Wing is a golf course wholly designed and created by 
            Jay Ray (note exceptions under "Artistic Credits").  It is 
            solely for the private, non-commercial use of end users (players 
            and designers) of Accolade's Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Game. 
            Commercial usage by any person, persons, or corporations is 
            strictly prohibited without prior written consent from the 
            designer.  Distribution as "freeware" or "shareware" by any
            person, persons, or corporations is strictly prohibited without
            the written consent of the designer.  (This probably doesn't
            scare anybody.)

            Permission is hereby granted to all end users of Accolade's
            Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf to alter the course as they see
            fit for their own private use, provided the course is not 
            subsequently distributed to any other person nor uploaded to 
            any electronic facility.

            Permission is hereby granted to any person or persons who wish
            to use this course for tournament play using Accolade's Jack 
            Nicklaus' Signature Golf provided that this text file always
            accompany the distribution to each tournament participant.

            
Various Comments and Musings

First off, Little Wing is a golf course wholly designed and copyrighted by
Jay Ray.  It is distributed solely for the entertainment of end-users of 
Accolade's Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf game.  It is not to be used, 
nor distributed in any kind of "shareware" package.

Some of you may recognize the name "Little Wing".  It is the title of a  
composition by Jimi Hendrix and appeared on his second LP, released back in
December, 1967.  It has some wonderfully lyrical guitar work in it, and I am
particularly fond of the title.  What am I doing naming a fictional golf 
course after a deceased guitar legend?  Well, I'm not quite sure.  Aside 
from being a great admirer of his creativity, I'm just sort of 
free-associating my love of guitar and golf.  If it doesn't work for you, 
please feel free to change the name; I won't hold it against you, and I don't 
think Jimi will either.

This course was designed using JNSE and is approximately the 20th course that
I have designed using this wonderfully entertaining software.  It's earlier
incarnation, JNUG, was in fact, the single most important reason that I 
bought a PC in the first place.  Happily, my designs have improved since 
#1 all of those years ago, and has really just now reached the necessary 
level of polish and sophistication that I feel is warranted in a course that
is to be shared with the large number of expert architects out there in cyber-  
space.

When beginning design on this course, I wanted to avoid several "ruts" into
which I'd fallen with most of my previous designs.  1) Stop using a 
Driver off the tee on every single Par 4 and 5.  2) Concentrate on different
sizes, shapes, and contours of the Greens.  3) Narrow the default Rough,  
bringing Heavy Rough into play more often.  As to number 1, I feel that I've
addressed this by changing the location of optimal landing areas, either by
narrowing fairways or by creating troublesome slopes and blockages.  As to
Number 2, in most of my previous designs, I'd virtually ignored the greens. 
With this course I've devoted much more time marrying different green shapes
and sizes to each hole in an attempt to create a variety of challenges  
throughout the course.  And with Number 3, I've tried to vary the width of
the Rough in a way that creates more variety and a greater chanllenge,
but at the same time, maintains fairness.  Frankly, a few of the courses
that I have downloaded and played tend to unfairly penalize small mis-hits by 
plunging you into Heavy Rough too easily.

One last point that I'd like to make concerns Greens.  You will notice that
my Green designs don't have many Steep slopes in them, and certainly where
there is a Steep inclince, you won't find a pin placement anywhere adjacent
to it.  By using this design philosophy I find that I produce a much more 
fair challenge on the greens than in some courses that I've downloaded and 
played.  (Although I do enjoy playing JNSE, like many of you, I probably 
spend much more time designing, and therefore, don't have a highly polished 
skill level for the "play" aspects of the game.)  I don't believe that 
it's fair nor realistic, to strike a putt just right, but to be ever-
so-slightly offline and then watch as the putt rolls ten more feet off the 
green and down into a bunker, even when it's WET!!!  I've certainly played
on a number of courses out here in California where the greens are hard, dry,
and fast, but rarely seen this kind of roll.  Anyway, I feel that my Green
designs are tougher than the JNSE packaged courses, but more forgiving than
some custom courses.  I hope that this a good indicator of fair Greens and a
well-rounded golf challenge.

I wish to extend my thanks to Accolade not only for the JNSE software design, 
but for providing their BBS, which has been especially valuable for this golf
design community.  Top notch quality and top notch service!

I would also like to reiterate my sincerest thanks to those persons from whom
I've borrowed objects and backgrounds.  Your creativity has been invaluable
to those of us less artistically gifted.

In closing, I hope that all of you find this course a satisfying play, 
worthy of your time and hard-disc space.  If you would care to send comments
or criticisms, please feel free to do so.

Jay Ray
1560 Kenmore Rd
Pasadena, CA 91106-4521

Internet: uvl@aol.com
America On-Line: UVL

February 05, 1995

