			  The Adirondack Preserve
			   a JNSE Original Design
				    by
				Dave Dykeman

I'd like to begin by saying I hope that you, whoever you may be, enjoy 
playing this course.  The design process has taken me more than seven months.  
In that time I like to think I've learned quite a bit about designing for 
JNSE.  For much of what I have learned I wish to thank the finest designers, 
and some of the nicest guys around; names such as Lee Ritze, the first to 
give me a hand when I got JNSE back in April; Paul Conrad, who was kind 
enough to give me some tips and sent me some wonderful courses to study; 
Ted Maiden and Scott Chesney, whose designs and dedication to details I 
admire; and other fine designers too numerous to mention by name.  But most 
of all I want to thank Mark Willett for his incredibly beautiful and natural 
course designs, and for his enduring patience in responding not only to my 
questions but to anyone in need of design assistance, and for his positive 
comments which kept me at this project even after some major setbacks.

ADIRONDACK PRESERVE GOLF CLUB
This design is set in the northeastern part of New York state in an area 
which remains remote even late in the 20th Century.  I placed the course 
here because I believe this is one of the most beautiful natural areas I 
have ever seen.  Which brings up one of the great things about creating golf 
courses on a computer: you don't need to disrupt the land to build them.  
The holes are named after actual towns located in and around the Adirondack 
Preserve.  They are:
		 par  yds.                    par  yds.
1.  SPECULATOR    4   420     10. SABATTIS     4   392
2.  RAY BROOK     5   529     11. PARADOX      4   445
3.  SARANAC       3   168     12. SEVERANCE    4   438
4.  RIPARIOUS     4   345     13. CONIFER      3   173
5.  WANAKENA      4   406     14. GRAPHITE     5   538
6.  MOODY         4   436     15. HAWKEYE      4   432
7.  HOPE FALLS    3   144     16. GABRIELS     4   433
8.  HIGH BANK     4   402     17. INLET        3   202          
9.  ONCHIOTA      5   514     18. CLEAR POND   5   537           par  yds.
  sub-total      36  3364        sub-total    36  3590     totals 72  6954

Many of the holes were named for characteristics or concepts I associated 
with the particular hole.  Other holes were named solely for the sound of 
the word, simply because I liked the name.    

I began the course by creating a land plot from a completely flat plot.  
By building small hills and overlaying more and more until I liked the look.  
I then placed the water in the lower lying areas and routed the entire 18 
holes.  I made as few changes as possible to my original plot while doing 
the finishing work on the holes.  Then all that remained was to choose and 
create/modify objects, place them, and get the background right.

Whenever I got to that last part I just wasn't satisfied by anything I did.  
Then one day, while on Prodigy, I threw off a remark to Gene Rodriguez III 
about needing a "killer" background for a new course.  Much to my surprise 
the next day I had an e-mail from Gene telling me to send a copy of the 
course and he'd see what he could do.  The final result of which is the 
stunning background peeking through all those trees on this final version 
of the course.    A very large "THANK YOU" goes out to GRIII.

MY FAVORITE SHOTS
Some of the views I like best are: the tee shots on #3,#7,#13,and #17; the
ninth green, and also, don't ask me why, from the first trap on #8.

The most difficult shots, in my opinion, are: any shot on #6, the second 
shot on #2, and trying to reach #14 or #18 in two.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I can't begin to figure out where most of the objects came from originally,
so if I leave out something you recognize as your own I apologize.  
Most of the rocks are from either Ted Maiden or Mark Willett courses.
Most of the trees started out as Lee Ritze's
The golfers are from GRIII's Nahabino.
The houses/clubhouse came from a Bob Polin course. (Forest, I think.)
All the objects were modified to some degree, some greater some lesser, by 
myself, for which I am willing to take full responsibility.  And two, yes 
two, objects are completly my own.  The little pine tree, and one of the 
other small trees.  One other tree was cut and pasted from the large Lee
Ritze tree.  I'm not sure who gets credit for that one.
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ADIRONDACK PRESERVE - history/background

The Adirondack Preserve Golf Club traces it's development back to 1923 when
Willie Dutton built a small summer cabin near Clear Pond.  Being a golf 
fanatic, and quite wealthy, Dutton had a nine hole course built to his 
specifications.  Then the Great Depression struck and the course fell into 
disrepair.  It was over forty years before this gem in the Adirondacks was 
rediscovered.  
One day in 1976 Dutton was approached by a man who, after 
some negotiation, purchased the land and reconstructed the course, also 
adding a second nine holes which ring the property.  The only thing not 
reconstructed was the road leading in to the course.  All supplies, and 
guests, are flown in by helicopter.
The course is now a private retreat for celebrities who wish to escape into 
a world filled with the sounds of nature, and the quiet satisfaction of a 
round of golf on a breezy summer day.  The owner, who lives in a small 
house up near the fifth tee, can often be seen on the course.  Even with 
those shades on none of his guests need to ask who the man with the side-
burns and the blue suede golf shoes is.  Yep.  That's right.  Elvis owns 
The Adirondack Preserve G.C.

Please comment on the course however you see fit.
I can be reached on PRODIGY at SVDV02A.

Most of all enjoy the course,
Dave Dykeman
67 Old Rt 55
Pawling NY 12564
