Beggars Walk-Thru    January 23, 1993


Please read the file Beggars.TXT before reading this one.  Also, if
you would like, print this file out and follow along on the course
with me.  Thanks. 

Again, this course is laid out in what I call "rHr" fashion.  Remember
if you are going backwards in the hole window the wind direction is
"reverse" from what the gauge is reading.  It takes some getting use
to, but it becomes very natural after awhile (However, you mindless
LINKS players may have trouble -- keep trying!)  Also, in the hole
quote I remind you each time which hole is the primary hole for that
hole window -- such as: Wind - 18.  If you are on #1, #10, or #17 it
will remind you that the wind will be different than the gauge reads.
If your on the 18th, it will be normal.


Walk-thru
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#1  Par 4 / 394 yds

    Tight drive here for a opening hole.  Lay a 3 or a 4 wood out
    about 230 or so, and then knock a 6 iron on the green.  Tough
    putting here as this is perhaps the hardest green on the course.
    Take a four -- plenty of time for birdies.

#2  Par 5 / 501 yds

    This short par 5 plays against what little prevailing wind there
    is (Beggars' is located in the "zone of the doldrums" in the central
    Pacific), but it is not often reached in two.  Mainly, because it's
    so early in the round, and one is not often warmed up enough to flirt
    with the ocean.  Still an easy birdie for the patient.

#3  Par 4 / 413 yds

    Here I demand that you hit a good drive, and it can be a long carry
    against wind.  However, I do give you plenty of fairway for you crooked
    drivers.  Second shot here is also a tester -- again take a four here
    on this "Signature Hole".

#4  Par 4 / 413 yds

    Same length as previous hole, but a lot different.  Best drive is to
    clear the left fairway bunker while flirting with OB.  If your drive
    hits the downslope you maybe left with only a 8 or a 9 iron to the
    green.  However, if you lose your drive the least bit right, you will
    find rough and bunkers.  From there you can have a difficult second
    shot over the bunker complex in front of the green, and also thru
    the palms.  One of my favorite holes on the course!

#5  Par 3 / 218 yds

    Longest par 3 on the course, and pretty barren except for the grass
    bunker lying in front of the green -- can cause a great deal of 
    problems.  Good iron shots here never seem to get close to the pin.
    This is the only hole at Beggars' I have never birdied!

#6  Par 4 / 373 yds

    Another favorite of mine -- the "massive sinkhole" makes a great
    hazard!  Again, lay-up with 3 or a 4 wood as fairway tightens after
    230 yds or so.  Computer players seem to hit a lot of OB balls here.
    Great fun to play out of the "sinkhole" -- try it!

#7  Par 4 / 394 yds

    A few months ago I saw some conversations by fellow designers on
    Prodigy about what makes a great par 4.  They wrote as if every
    par 4 on a course had to be great -- baloney!  In order for anything
    to be very good or great there has to be average, poor, and garbage.
    This hole is "average" -- yet I still have a great fondness for it!

#8  Par 3 / 194 yds

    Great par 3 if I may say so myself!  Patterned after the 17th at
    Pebble.  It is a neat thrill to watch reverse instant replays here.
    Green is, as the quote says, tough to hit and tough to putt.  Birdies
    here can inspire one!

#9  Par 4 / 408 yds

    Cross-bunkers as hazards went out with "raccoon skin coats" and 
    "zoot suits", but I think it makes for a great change in strategy.
    You can lay-up, but I just blast away taking my drive to the right
    of the bunker.  Often I find the rough.  The mounding near the green
    makes for great viewing in the reverse angle replay!  Patterned after
    the 18th at "Old Ballybunion" in Ireland.

#10 Par 3 / 141 yds

    Criss-crossing the "hole window" makes for tricky wind conditions, but
    my main problem with this hole is always putting.  This green is very
    subtle in its breaks, and the pins positions are difficult.  It seems
    like I three-putt here as a rule.

#11 Par 4 / 450 yds

    Most elevated tee on the course makes for great driving, however too
    far right and you find the rough.  Snap hook, and you find OB!  I 
    always like to design at least one par 4 with no bunkers, and usually
    uphill.  Patterned after the 3rd at my Deane Hill.

#12 Par 5 / 466 yds

    Was originally supposed to be a long par 4, but I shortened the 11th
    so I could show the 10th green in the hole window.  I started to 
    build a small pond in front of the green in order to make the hole 
    more difficult, but I get tired of water all the time.  Anyway, I
    can now make an "eagle" every now and then -- so it staying the way
    it is!

#13 Par 4 / 282 yds

    Like the great designer Dr Alistair Mackenzie I love to include at
    least one "short easy par 4" per course.  However, I prefer that the
    green be very difficult in order to try to defend it from easy birdies.
    The 12th at my Deane Hill is another good example.  If the good player
    fails to birdie, he may lose concentration, and more misery may follow!

#14 Par 4 / 400 yds

    The last hole before rejoining the ocean.  Great view from the tee,
    with a long iron approach over a small creek that fronts the green.
    The concrete bridge in front of the green may save you at times.  I
    built it that way so those who shots were true in direction but only
    slightly heavy could still stay dry.  Fairly challenging.

#15 Par 3 / 122 yds

    Best view on the course.  Those magnificent Willett clouds are not
    obstructed by trees or mountains.  When the wind is up, and the pin is
    back it's very easy to lose it in the ocean here.  Enjoy the view,
    but watch your head!

#16 Par 5 / 562 yds

    Longest hole on the course.  Reached only by the longest hitters.
    Pot bunker short of the green grabs a lot of second shots.  Big 
    sloping green is one of my favorites.  By no means a certain 4!

#17 Par 3 / 160 yds

    The most difficult par 3 on the course, and therefore it makes it
    one of the hardest holes.  I seem to find the ocean here about as
    often as Bill Clinton tells a fib -- well maybe not that much!
    Anyway the "wind" here plays havoc with my ball.

#18 Par 4 / 392 yds

    Absolutely the hardest drive I've ever designed.  You must carry 230
    to 240 or so.  Would not be hard in LINKS, but it is very difficult in
    JNSE -- the program that turns you into a Senior player in driving
    distance.  However, the hole works very well.  You can have a three
    or four stroke swing on this hole alone.


Well there it is.  Also, if you go to the practice range you'll see 
that there are trees on it like there was at my Deane Hill.

Hope you shoot some low numbers! 
                                         
Bill Permenter
Prodigy # GSTM14E

    