Unfortunately, as in all relationships, Chip and I can not see eye to eye with out course architect philosophy. i am endeavoring to create fantasy or fictional courses as I prefer to call them as realistic as possible. Chip on the other hand may use the name of a real course as his, but it IS NOT a real course, but definitely a fantasy one with almost the same hole routing for each one and rather easy putting greens. With these differences, Chip and I cannot work together any more. This is the first and last project we will make together and release. Thank-you for all the comments, suggestions and support.

Today the course file was replaced on request of the designers, with a few minor updates.
A few areas on hole 11 on the course needed to be smoothed and fixed a little.
So when you want to play the updated version, then you have to uninstall the course, and redownload and reinstall the course with this updated version.

Well, for a first course, The B&C team (Bruce Ryder and Chipgill ?) did a pretty good job as this par 72 is quite pretty to look at with its small mountain panorama (and a couple of villages, a little bit apart), big lakes and smaller water hazards, not to mention the... deer grazing around !
After a “gentle” start with two par-4 holes (1st, with the flag set to the right, and the 2nd, with the pin set to the left), and a par-3 3rd, you will see water for the first time on the dogleg right par-4 4th, even though the two lakes are not real hazards (the first one, two-thirds of the way on the right, being a little bit too far from the green, and the second one, a little bit closer and to the left of the green).
The next two holes, however, are a different story as the dogleg par-5 5th has a fairway hugging a lake (on the left) and bends sharply to the right with a green, hard to reach on your second shot, and is followed by the dogleg right par-6th, around a wide lake (with a few trees along the edge) and a blind second shot toward the green.
As for the last three holes, you will need to hit a tough and long approach toward the green of the dogleg right par-5 7th, hidden by trees, before hitting another blind second shot to reach the green of the par-4 9th.
Coming home, one of my favorite holes is the nice dogleg right par-4 10th, with its fairway quite narrow midway, with a big lake (on the left) and a few small trees planted along an elongated dirt area (on the right), and its risky approach toward the green with a small pond across in front to watch for.
The par-3 11th hole is nice, with its narrow and elevated green (and a few trees, on the left), whereas the dogleg right par-5 12th is a little bit tricky with an uphill approach to the green, hidden by a few trees.
Then, after the par-3 14th hole, with a green set between two elongated bunkers (front and back), you will face the scenic par-4 15th, with its undulated fairway hugging a lake (on the left) and a blind and downhill approach to the green, before walking over to the short dogleg par-5 16th, with a narrow undulated fairway, bending sharply around a wide lake (midway, on the left), and with an elongated bunker (in the inner corner), and a blind second shot downward to the green.
You will complete your round with the par-3 17th hole, with a small round pond in front of the green, before trying to finish with an eagle on the par-5 18th, with its flag, set slightly to the right.
Overall, with its wide open look, this Dog Gone Golf Club course is quite enjoyable and, if you can avoid the water (and the deer !), you should enjoy it even on a... dog day afternoon !