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- Butler National Golf Club
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- Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course #6
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- Created by Robert Gil
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- Butler National Golf Club is located just outside of Chicago, in
- the posh suburb of Oakbrook. Paul Butler hired George & Tom Fazio
- to design the course. When it was a regular site for the Western
- Open, most pros agreed that this was a demanding venue. The links
- were laid out long and narrow, in many cases right through dense
- forest. It was here, under all those tall trees, that Lee Trevino
- was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open. Trevino's advice
- to anyone caught in a thunderstorm: "Grab a 1-iron and hold it
- high over your head; not even God can hit a 1-iron." If the trees
- weren't enough, consider the huge lake that makes 4 of the 18 holes
- a challenge unto themselves. Water comes into play on this monster
- 19 times in 18 holes. When you tee off at the fifth, consider this,
- its 150 yards of water before your reach the green! Don't be too
- intimidated though, Bob Hope once hit a hole-in-one on the 5th with
- his trusty 1-wood. On the 18th, you'll find the scariest final
- hole in all of gold. Not only does the fairway zip-zag left, right,
- the left again, but right smack dab in the middle is a towering oak
- tree, which Paul Butler would not allow to be chopped!
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- Notes on construction:
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- This course was intended for play only on Jack Nicklaus Signature
- Golf. It will not load on the older versions of Nicklaus golf games.
- Many hours were spent drawing the fairways, greens and bunkers to
- exact specifications. Trees and bushes have been placed where
- they really exist. Some holes will feature stone banking just like
- the real course. Yardage has been carefully measured to provide an
- accurate rendition of the Butler National Golf Club.
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- This is just one course available to you. If you like what you see
- and want more, please write to:
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- Robert Gil
- 704 North Root St.
- Aurora, Il. 60505
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- If you include a self-addressed stamped envelope I will send you back
- a complete listing of courses I've constructed and also courses
- under construction. If you would like to receive my courses directly
- on disk instead of downloaded please send $5.00 per course to cover
- disk costs, shipping & handling. Please specify disk size.
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- Thank you.