Course: Canada Pines Golf Club
Architect: Jeff Kissel
Begun: May 1996
Completed: June 1997
Revised: June 2000 (changed objects, new quotes, land plot, revised holes #4,6,8,9,17)
Released: July 8, 2000

Canada Pines is a fantasy course set in the Canadian rockies.  I got the idea when I finally 
was able to find a "pine tree" object I could use.  And I designed the first 10 holes in 
mid-'96, but then let the course sit for almost 9 months.  But I didn't give up, and finished 
it in mid-1997.  I very rarely played it after about 3 months after that though because I 
liked some of my other courses better.  Before my revision, there was a substantial difference
in style of architecture from the front nine to the back.  Now it's not so prominent.  And some
of the holes on the front nine were rather unplayable at times.  But since the revision, they're
not.

The course itself is pretty hilly and was originally designed for a beginner-level player who 
hits the ball a mile (this was fixed in the revision).  It is a par 36-35=71 (originally 70;
#9 was changed from a long par four to a short par five), playing 6,852 yards from the tips.
In windy conditions, this course could be a monster because many of the fairways are narrow and
some long par fours play directly into the prevailing wind.  There are a couple pretty small 
greens, and some multi-tiered ones as well.  I tried to design this course in the style of 
Banff and Jasper (the old-time Canadian Rockies courses), and I think it fits that style.  
The only major difference I noticed was that I did not include very many bunkers; I didn't 
even put in as many as I normally do.The course has some very pretty and unique holes.  #5 is 
the most uphill par four I've ever done (it's not unreasonable though), #13 is a tough long 
par 3, #17 is a par three over a canyon, and #18 is a nice-looking long par four.

The course, as is with all of my fantasy courses, does not have cart paths (except bridges 
over a couple of canyons).  It also has no parallel holes because they most likely would barely 
be noticed anyway during the play of the course due to the spread-out routing.

Before its revision, I didn't really think much of Canada Pines.  But since I added a few new 
objects, changed a couple of the holes, and "smoothed" the lines everywhere, I changed my mind.  
I now rate it about equal with (maybe ahead of) Royal Ayrshire as a "second-fiddle" of all my 
fantasy courses to Boulder Beach.  It really is an enjoyable course to play in calm conditions 
and probably is the toughest of all the courses I've released so far, overall.  Enjoy!