THE FOLLOWING ARE EMAILS FROM THOSE WHO  READ MY DEVIL's ISLAND TIPS 
additional tips included on some as well

Monday, October 09, 2000 9:54 AM
Hi John,

The leap frog continues!  I was recently introduced to your site by my
brother, Jeff Shillings, and was challenged to try to match his score.  He
had posted an -11 and was rubbing it in pretty hard..:)  I hadn't played
Devil's in quite a long time....had given it up in frustration.  Jeff faxed
me the tips you put together and i decided to accept his challenge, with your
help!  I now REALLY enjoy Devil's and the best thing of all is that now the
big brother has reestablished his rightful place in the sibling rivalry!!
:-))).

Thanks for the tips and thanks for the website...cool deal.  As with your
-15, i felt like i left a couple out there but I ain't complaining
either..lol.  Keep up the good playing and good work with your site.  I
expect you will try to leap frog me again as i am sure Jeff will....GL and
take care

Larry Shillings aka Birdmor

 

Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 11:16 AM

Subject: Fwd: (no subject)

Hi John,

Jeff Shillings again.  I told my brother about your site (and my score) so he
promptly took up the Devil's Challenge and recorded a score.  He sent me an
email of his game, so I knew it must be good.  I loaded it and played....and
fell behind early and settled in to watch his round.  Early on the back 9 I
saw I was step for step with him.  I continued to play well and came up with
a good score. He broke the record, but I broke his record!  His and my new
file is attached. The scores are as follows:

Jeff Shillings aka "TexAgs" -       -14
Larry Shillings aka "Birdmor" -    -12

LOL...we are have a new appreciation for Devil's, whereas we never gave it a
second thought before!

Hi John,

I was checking out your site the other day and saw the Hall of Fame.  I
decided to have a try (several tries, really) and came up with a good one.  
The file is attached.  The tutorial was excellent!  My snap was bad the whole
game and it finally caught up to me on the 17th with a bogie!!  But, I made
some good saving putts along the way, so I guess the breaks all evened out.  
Good Site!

Jeff "TexAgs" Shillings  (scored a -11)

From: "Links LS Hall of Fame" 

To: "John Pineda" 
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: Record round on St. Andrews (Old)

I'll tell you a short story about Devils Island.  Shortly after your
original record round, I printed out your pictorial on how to play the
course.  Just a few days later, a friend and I joined a team ladder.  In one
of our first matches, we said 'no' when asked about course or condition
preferences.  Our opponents asked if we were sure and we said yes.

Maybe you've guessed by now...they took us to Devils Island with hard/fast
greens.  I reached for your DI guide and with my teammate on the phone, we
proceeded to beat those jokers 2 up.  Out of many online games, that's one I
will always remember.

I no longer play the 2 click swing, just powerstroke.  On Monday of this
week, the number one player on the PS ladder took us to Devils for a match
and I reached for the notes again.  Sadly, I wasn't able to beat him this
time, but it sure helped having your guide, even though club selections will
differ a little with power stroke.

All that to say thanks for sharing your knowledge about how to play the
course.  In case you might be interested, I've attached a double eagle on
the 18th hole.  It was done in practice, not a match, but I was pretty
impressed anyway.

Thanks for submitting your record rounds.  Hit 'em straight and long.

Scout

Links LS Hall Of Fame
www.proaxis.com/~scout

Tue, 04 Jul 2000 18:00:13 -0400
To John Pineda,
luv ur site and ur piece on devils isle intrigued me. Played 4 rounds
there today and figured a few things out. 14th hole, par 3, with pin in
middle circle...use a flop 5-wood, aim dead at stick...12-6 snap gives u
a 3.7 foot putt from behind the pin....did it 2 rounds in a row!
Anyway, i shot -4 two rounds in a row (couldn't believe it) with
NW/S/F conditions. recorded second round if ur interested. was 5 under
goin to 18, 3-putted for bogey and just missed a few other putts during
the round or coulda been a lot lower score. Found back nine easier to
score on than front. Maybe it took that long for my putter to
warm-up....anyway had a blast. Wanna try and take a stab at the record.
well, hope u r well and hittin em straight!

Sincerely,
John Werner.

John Pineda writes: John Werner indeed shot a 60 after a few days, tying Lee Harris' record round.

John -

My name is Bob Sorem, and I enjoyed looking at your info on the Devil's
Island course.  The course I have is from Links 386 and I am using it
with Links LS 2000 (a damn AWESOME program).  It is nice to see
something besides whining about this course.  Hey, if you don't want
such a difficult challenge, try Bountiful or something!

I have tried MANY things to get decent scores on this course.  I know
that using Links 386 I broke par many times, but I'm not sure if I have
or not with LS 2000 (I will have to check on that).  Most of the times I
have played with LS 2000 I have scored 85-100, depending on how many
times I got caught in the %$#@%%#$ wild grass.  Most of what you offer
in the way of tips I agree with, as I have done a lot of experimenting
with the course.  While I agree that #10 is possibly the easiest hole,
#18 can also be with a good tee shot.  I have attached a modified
picture of #18 (I copied your JPEG and added a different line to take).
Following this line, you can tee off with a driver, and especially if
you have any wind behind you (it seems everytime I play on LS 2000, the
wind is from behind and right -- I usually do not monkey with the wind
settings and such), get in position to use a mid to long iron to go for
the green.  I have many an eagle on this hole at the end of an otherwise
miserable round.

Again, it was fun to find someone who finds this course a real challenge
rather than something to just whine about.  BTW, I certainly agree that
#2 is the hardest hole.  On Links 386, it seemed that the tee shot would
not roll as close to the trees if you kept it left, and it was sometimes
possible to hit over the trees to the green.  I know I birdied that hole
on Links 386, but never on LS 2000.  LS 2000 plays considerably
differently that Links 386 (and LS 2000 is MUCH more realistic),
especially with putting.  Under LS 2000, putts are a lot harder to judge
the distance and break on.

Okay, I've ranted enough.  Keep up the good work.  Maybe I'll go play a
round right now to see what I can do!

- Bob