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Post by joegolferg on Feb 12, 2019 14:45:26 GMT -5
Finally, i've found out what "template course" means! Enjoyed reading through this! And going to use ideas and a website i found explaining the templates. I don't love the look, personally, but i admire the dedication and appreciation of original designs; I will certainly be studying, and hopefully using, the theory That website wouldn't happen to be www.thefriedegg.com would it? Also check out www.golfclubatlas.com and on search by architect, look for Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor and Charles Banks. These are the original template architects.
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Post by LKeet6 on Feb 12, 2019 15:05:27 GMT -5
Finally, i've found out what "template course" means! Enjoyed reading through this! And going to use ideas and a website i found explaining the templates. I don't love the look, personally, but i admire the dedication and appreciation of original designs; I will certainly be studying, and hopefully using, the theory That website wouldn't happen to be www.thefriedegg.com would it? Also check out www.golfclubatlas.com and on search by architect, look for Charles Blair Macdonald, Seth Raynor and Charles Banks. These are the original template architects. yeah, it was the fried egg one. Thanks, more reading for me!
I haven't gone deep on the site yet, does it include "normal" architecture as well? Or just the tmplate stuff? Would love a good site for all-round architectural info.
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Post by joegolferg on Feb 12, 2019 15:08:05 GMT -5
The fried egg specializes in mostly golden age design but, there are bits and bobs on there regarding modern design. It's just that most of the stuff on modern design is about how terrible modern designs are 😂, with exception to modern designers who understand and implement the intent of architecture from the golden age. Great modern architects include - Tom Doak, Gil Hanse, Coore & Crenshaw, Brian Silva, Jim Urbina and the recently disgraced Keith Foster. There are other's with lesser known names who are up and coming but I'd have to look them up again.
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Post by LKeet6 on Feb 13, 2019 11:18:35 GMT -5
The fried egg specializes in mostly golden age design but, there are bits and bobs on there regarding modern design. It's just that most of the stuff on modern design is about how terrible modern designs are 😂, with exception to modern designers who understand and implement the intent of architecture from the golden age. Great modern architects include - Tom Doak, Gil Hanse, Coire & Crenshaw, Brian Silva, Jim Urbina and the recently disgraced Keith Foster. There are other's with lesser known names who are up and coming but I'd have to look them up again.
oooh, what was foster "disgraced" for then?!
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Post by joegolferg on Feb 13, 2019 11:44:40 GMT -5
The fried egg specializes in mostly golden age design but, there are bits and bobs on there regarding modern design. It's just that most of the stuff on modern design is about how terrible modern designs are 😂, with exception to modern designers who understand and implement the intent of architecture from the golden age. Great modern architects include - Tom Doak, Gil Hanse, Coire & Crenshaw, Brian Silva, Jim Urbina and the recently disgraced Keith Foster. There are other's with lesser known names who are up and coming but I'd have to look them up again.
oooh, what was foster "disgraced" for then?!
Illegally transporting products made from endangered species. A combination of greed and cruelty I suppose.
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Post by LKeet6 on Feb 13, 2019 11:59:16 GMT -5
oooh, what was foster "disgraced" for then?!
Illegally transporting products made from endangered species. A combination of greed and cruelty I suppose. Yuk. That's gross. What a dick.
Thought you meant a golf related thing...
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Post by joegolferg on Feb 13, 2019 12:58:58 GMT -5
Illegally transporting products made from endangered species. A combination of greed and cruelty I suppose. Yuk. That's gross. What a dick.
Thought you meant a golf related thing...
Nah. But most of the courses that he was working on have sacked him because of it.
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Post by linkslover on Feb 14, 2019 7:57:12 GMT -5
Good on them. :thup:
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Post by joegolferg on Feb 23, 2019 13:31:00 GMT -5
UNNAMED COURSE
Round 2....
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Post by joegolferg on Mar 10, 2019 5:23:13 GMT -5
SOUTHERN STRAITS
Just a few update pictures of some of the other holes that I've completed. I'm almost done with this course but, as I'm actively working on another seven courses as well, it might not be published for quite a while, yet.
A picture of the cape hole from the back of the green to show the scale of the "jutting out" of the green with the vast amount of water in front. The water comes into play from tee through to green and is a mid length par four.
The Alps hole is a short par five that is easily reachable with a well placed tee shot. In true Raynor fashion the green is completely blind on approach and has the famous hidden front bunker to catch out any short shots. There's an abrubt ridge running across the entire green and a slick run off area to the right, made up entirely of green fringe (works so much better than fairway)
The hogs back hole deflects all tee shots to the right hand side of the fairway, carrying the bunker guarantees you'll stay on the fairway. Slicing the ball will be sure to kick off into the rough which is not ideal to an angled green that plays well above your position from the fairway.
The knoll hole is great chance of birdie and possibly an eagle if you have the right winds followed by an accurate tee shot. This hole features the smallest green on the course that is perched up above the fairway and falls off on all sides. The run off area to the right is severe!
The road hole here is only a short one that plays around the 420 mark. The landing area narrows for those hitting a driver and this classic green features a DAF road hole bunker.
The double plateau hole at Southern Straits plays as a short dogleg left hole that requires a precise draw for those who wish to take driver off the tee, to avoid the principals nose bunker. The green is set against the horizon of the water which makes the approach one of the most scenic on the course.
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Post by gamesdecent on Mar 10, 2019 9:57:34 GMT -5
joegolfergAm I an idiot or did you do something tricky to get the fringe runoff on that Alps? I’m not in the designer to poke around right now, but off hand the only way I can think to change the fringe is through the green settings and that changes it evenly around the entire green. Seems like fringe could be useful as the final 10 or so yard short grass strip before the green that I see on a lot of Raynor courses.
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Post by joegolferg on Mar 10, 2019 10:39:42 GMT -5
joegolfergAm I an idiot or did you do something tricky to get the fringe runoff on that Alps? I’m not in the designer to poke around right now, but off hand the only way I can think to change the fringe is through the green settings and that changes it evenly around the entire green. Seems like fringe could be useful as the final 10 or so yard short grass strip before the green that I see on a lot of Raynor courses. It's a trick using max fringe around your greens. Unfortunately it wouldn't be a good fit for Fisher's. If you're interested in trying it set the green fringe to full around your greens, then using the splines select 'green' surface, set it to 1.7 on the width and spline closely to the edges of the green fringe. This creates fringe surface without any green. These work brilliantly for run off area's and give the same effect that you can see on the picture you posted.
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Post by joegolferg on Mar 10, 2019 10:47:56 GMT -5
I also use the fringe on the Punch Bowl, Knoll, Road and Eden. It's a common theme throughout. I know that other designers are aware of this trick but to this day I've never a single course published using fringe for chipping area's.
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Post by joegolferg on Mar 25, 2019 12:57:59 GMT -5
This is a putt from hell...
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Post by joegolferg on Apr 18, 2019 15:18:27 GMT -5
Some vintage pictures from my contest course for the Dream Team design contest...
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