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  1.  
  2. BURNT MILL RUN GOLF COURSE
  3.  
  4.                         Location:  Near Smithfield, Virginia
  5.                         Type:      Original
  6.                         Length:    Out: 3365 - In: 3332
  7.                                    Total: 6697
  8.                         Design:    (c) 1993, Gene Rodriguez III
  9.  
  10.                           Burnt Mill Run has been knocking around on my
  11.                         hard drive since late winter. I've been trying (and
  12.                         in some cases discarding) a number of new
  13.                         techniques in the JNSE designer, and this course
  14.                         was the test bed for a number of them. Finally, I
  15.                         decided to get it finished and out in the world.
  16.  
  17.                           The land plot is taken from a topographical map
  18.                         entitled "Bacon Castle" produced by the USGS.
  19.                         The land currently consists of rolling farms tucked
  20.                         in and among the meandering Lawnes Creek and
  21.                         its surrounding marshes. At the start of this
  22.                         project, I intended to take the contours directly
  23.                         from this map. 
  24.  
  25.                           After several long tedious sessions of trying to
  26.                         trace the contours onto a hole overhead and then
  27.                         adding elevations to them, I realized that this
  28.                         method would take entirely too long.
  29.                         Consequently, the water and shoreline features are
  30.                         accurate, but the elevations are only an
  31.                         approximation of what actually exists on site.
  32.  
  33.                           The Burnt Mill Run property sits hard against a
  34.                         turn in the James River called Burwell Bay, almost
  35.                         equidistant between Norfolk and Williamsburg,
  36.                         Virginia. The course is about nine miles due south
  37.                         of the Surry Nuclear Power Facility, and you can
  38.                         see the containment structures in the background
  39.                         from many areas of the course... always helps to
  40.                         know your neighbors. {g}
  41.  
  42.                           This course features a further refinement of the
  43.                         video capture hardware/ software I used for
  44.                         Furnace Springs. With FS, I used the system to
  45.                         capture objects from television coverage of several
  46.                         desert tournaments. 
  47.  
  48.                           This time, I used a VHS camcorder to capture
  49.                         trees for the course. I was able to get some great
  50.                         shots of specimen trees at a local cemetery, these
  51.                         trees were perfectly formed and stood in relative
  52.                         isolation, thus reducing the amount of "background
  53.                         clutter" that needed to be cleaned out of the
  54.                         screen shots.
  55.  
  56. HOLE NAMES
  57.  
  58.                           The holes at Burnt Mill Run are named after
  59.                         place names that were found on the "Bacon
  60.                         Castle" map, they all refer to real places or
  61.                         features.
  62.  
  63. A NOTE ON ACCESS
  64.  
  65.                           You may notice that on some of the holes their
  66.                         appears to be no way to walk or ride from one
  67.                         part of the hole to another. The reason for this is
  68.                         that, try as I might, I couldn't replicate a wooden
  69.                         trestle/walkway.
  70.  
  71.                           In reality, this is how the marsh areas would be
  72.                         crossed, but the current designer prevents this type
  73.                         of structure from being accurately portrayed. I
  74.                         decided that in the absence of such a structure, I'd
  75.                         let the players imagination fill in the gaps...
  76.  
  77. FORE!
  78.  
  79.                           I hope you enjoy your round(s) at Burnt Mill
  80.                         Run. I spent quite a bit of time on the look and
  81.                         feel of this work. The course follows my tradition
  82.                         of being "golfer friendly" while at the same time
  83.                         providing a pleasant visual experience.
  84.  
  85.                           I hope you find this to be so,
  86.  
  87.                           June 28, 1993
  88.  
  89.  
  90.                           Gene Rodriguez III
  91.                           428 Benlea Circle
  92.                           Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454
  93.                           Member: Accolade BBS, 19th Hole BBS,
  94.                                     National Videotex Network
  95.  
  96. OBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY:
  97.  
  98.                         (In order of appearance)
  99.  
  100.                         Cherry Tree  - Video Captured; Rosemont         
  101.                                        Cemetery
  102.                         Plum Tree    - Video Captured; front yard,       
  103.                                        Waterway Surveys
  104.                         Oak          - Video Captured; Rosemont Cemetery
  105.                         Beech        - Video Captured; Rosemont Cemetery
  106.                         Conifer      - Original, created from Video
  107.                                        Captured foliage
  108.                         Deciduous    - Original, created from Video
  109.                                        Captured foliage
  110.                         Marsh Grass  - Modified from Lee Ritze's St.
  111.                                        Andrew's Dune Grass
  112.                         Marsh Grass  -        "                "
  113.                         Marsh Grass  -        "                "
  114.                         Pine         - Lee Ritze, Seminole Wind
  115.                         Ground Cover - Modified from Lee Ritze's St.
  116.                                        Andrew's Dune Grass
  117.                         Marker       - Original
  118.                         Flag         - Original
  119.                         Ground Cover - Mark Willett, Alhambra
  120.                         Dead Fall    - Scott Chesney, Shattuck
  121.                         Small Bush   - Unknown
  122.                         Ground Cover - David Dykeman, Adirondack
  123.                                        Preserve
  124.                         Dead Tree    - David Dykeman, Adirondack
  125.                                        Preserve
  126.                         Pine         - Lee Ritze, Augusta
  127.  
  128.  
  129. OTHER COURSES BY THE DESIGNER:
  130.  
  131.                         Bay Bridge Greens     - Fictional Golf by the      
  132.                                                 Chesapeake Bay
  133.  
  134.                         Royal St. Kitts       - A Caribbean island
  135.                                                 resort course
  136.  
  137.                         Nahabino Golf Course  - Located just outside     
  138.                                                 Moscow, Russia
  139.  
  140.                         Furnace Springs
  141.                         Golf and Country Club - Fictional Desert Course,     
  142.                                                 Sonoran Desert, Arizona
  143.  
  144.  
  145.  
  146. Course design and all original material, (c) 1993, Gene Rodriguez III
  147.