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Post by linkslover on Sept 5, 2018 7:58:04 GMT -5
Thanks Chris. I design. I get feedback. I design another course. Just slowly as real life often wins.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2018 9:02:41 GMT -5
3rd - Par 3 Inspired by the 3rd at Nefyn & District Golf Club (Old nine) nefyn-golf-club.co.uk/Nefyn & District is by far the most stunning looking course I have ever played. It has 27 holes of beautiful golf with a sea view on every single hole on both the Front and Old nines, while the New nine had immaculate greens, possibly the best I have ever played on. It is a course that has the highest profile of the holes selected and attracts golfers from far and away. The third hole on the Old nine is not a long par 3 but is breathtaking. You tee off from the edge of the cliffs and play over the rocks to a long, narrow green. While it is only a short iron for the longer hitters it looks deceptive and the green seems much further away than the yardage suggests. Northwood's third hole retains many of the features of Nefyn's hole, though not without some minor alterations. I have moved the bunker from the right of the hole to the front and in it's place on the right I have put a large rock, more for aesthetics than to catch people out though it will affect a bad miss hit. Stand on the tee, enjoy the view and aim at the green that like it's real life counterpart slopes from back to front, though not as severely. Simon this looks awesome man! Great job so far. It has been really fun and interesting watching all these rookie contest entries. I don't think I will stack up well though, lol you guys are putting some amazing courses together!
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Post by linkslover on Sept 5, 2018 10:20:18 GMT -5
Very kind of you to say so Taylor, thanks.
Wait until I post the 4th hole... it's another from Nefyn... you can see it in the distance in the screen of the 3rd.
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Post by linkslover on Sept 6, 2018 7:43:17 GMT -5
4th - Par 4 Inspired by the 4th at Nefyn & District Golf Club (Old nine) nefyn-golf-club.co.uk/ We stay at Nefyn where the 4th hole on the Old nine is perched high on the cliff tops, playing over and then along the cliffs to a green under a lighthouse with, you guessed it, cliffs at the back. Another visually stunning hole on a course that has many. I have changed little regards to the actual hole. The tee shot is all about how brave you want to be to make the hole play shorter. Like the real hole there is no trouble over the fairway other than simple rough so going long or right is as safe as houses. It just leaves you a longer shot in. The green complex is largely the same and the lighthouse over looks it. One thing I have done is made the cliffs steeper to increase the dramatic effect even further and I've avoided planting a load of rocks other than behind the green. Planting all the rocks all down the hole would sure have busted my planting meter on only the 4th hole. I'll have to see what I have left to play with when the rest of the course is finished. I have a small swamp to do on the 7th...
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Post by linkslover on Sept 10, 2018 7:14:34 GMT -5
5th - Par 4 Inspired by the 5th at Beau Desert Golf Club www.bdgc.co.ukLocated near Hazelslade, a village in South Staffordshire is Beau Desert, set in Cannock Forest. The course enjoys a strong regional reputation and has hosted Open Championship Regional Qualifying in the past. The heathland course was designed by Herbert Fowler who also designed Saunton, Walton Heath and The Berkshire. The 5th hole sees a tee shot that drops down into a large dip, before rising up again to a unusual green that features a plateau in the middle of it. The version of the hole at Northwood retains many of the features of the real life Beau Desert hole. The tee shot drops down into a dip and features a bunker and trees on the left and the green keeps the plateau in the middle of it and the bunker to the left. I have removed the bunker that is around 40 yards short of the green on the real hole and added one to the right of the green. I have also tightened the fairway at around 300 yards to make the big boys really think about if they want to try and cut the corner or not.
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Post by Mart_1980 on Sept 11, 2018 6:12:49 GMT -5
Will have to try this.. Northwood Lane Golf Club... 😜
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Post by linkslover on Sept 11, 2018 7:19:54 GMT -5
Close Martin
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Post by linkslover on Sept 11, 2018 7:28:56 GMT -5
6th - Par 4 Inspired by the 10th at Keele Golf Club (Course no longer exists) Keele is a remarkable village near Newcastle-under-Lyme. It has a university, science and technology park and used to have a municipal golf course. The public course was parkland and where I played my first few rounds of golf before I was 10 years old. It also had a number of really good holes, unfortunately the course was never in the best condition. This was especially the case when Jack Barker Golf Company took over and the course got gradually even worse. It ended up shutting in 2015 after being open for 40 years when JBGC went bankrupt despite late efforts from Ian Woosnam to save the course. The closure left the area with no public golf course and the land still lies derelict today. It is a long time since I played Keele's 10th hole so when designing the 6th at Northwood I have gone completely off memory. It is similar to the 5th in someways where it features a downhill tee shot into a dip before rising up to the green. The 6th though is shorter, the green is easier and bigger hitters could perhaps make it over the trees. This hole will yield birdies.
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Post by Mart_1980 on Sept 11, 2018 8:22:04 GMT -5
6th - Par 4 Inspired by the 10th at Keele Golf Club (Course no longer exists) Keele is a remarkable village near Newcastle-under-Lyme. It has a university, science and technology park and used to have a municipal golf course. The public course was parkland and where I played my first few rounds of golf before I was 10 years old. It also had a number of really good holes, unfortunately the course was never in the best condition. This was especially the case when Jack Barker Golf Company took over and the course got gradually even worse. It ended up shutting in 2015 after being open for 40 years when JBGC went bankrupt despite late efforts from Ian Woosnam to save the course. The closure left the area with no public golf course and the land still lies derelict today. It is a long time since I played Keele's 10th hole so when designing the 6th at Northwood I have gone completely off memory. It is similar to the 5th in someways where it features a downhill tee shot into a dip before rising up to the green. The 6th though is shorter, the green is easier and bigger hitters could perhaps make it over the trees. This hole will yield birdies. A travesty they shut that course. Had so much potential. Now in the ownership of greedy councilors.
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Post by linkslover on Sept 11, 2018 9:43:49 GMT -5
A number of people contributed to the closure of the course. Jack Barker being the biggest one and it wasn't just Keele he ruined. Greenway Hall was on the brink of going thanks to him until the Burton family bought it and now it is much improved. Edwalton, a public course in Nottingham, went the same way as Keele and there will be others too.
The council were almost as bad. They put so many obstacles in front of Ian Woosnam when he was trying to salvage the course and take it on that he ended up withdrawing and invested in Malkins Bank in Sandbach instead.
Now the council are letting it become derelict.
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Post by linkslover on Sept 13, 2018 7:02:58 GMT -5
7th - Par 4 Inspired by the 7th at Barlaston Golf Club www.barlastongolfclub.co.ukMy home course and it is as old as me. Formed as Lakeside Golf Club in 1977, it is a parkland course built on former meadows and originally designed by none other than Peter Alliss, former Ryder Cup player and best golf commentator ever. The course lies just outside the village of Barlaston, a couple of miles South of Stoke-on-Trent and three of the holes border the River Trent, though I'm not using any of these three. There was once a dominant junior section, which at the height of dominance featured two time European Tour winner and 2012 USPGA runner up David Lynn, his brother Simon who is club professional at nearby Greenway Hall, Darren Martin who is Barlaston's current professional. Also featuring were Darren's brother Lee and also Tim Newton were both low single figure players. And me, except I'm not as good as any of them. The 7th at Barlaston is called Old Swampy and is the hardest hole on the course. It is a dogleg left with internal out of bounds all the way up the left and trees high enough to prevent people from cutting the dogleg. It is not possible to hit driver off this tee or you will find trouble... if you find your ball. There is also internal out of bounds to the right of the green (which is to provide a safe walkway from the 15th green to the 16th tee). The second shot travels over Old Swampy to the green. In years gone by it was a genuine swamp, albeit very small. These days a lot of the swampland has been dug out and it is now mostly water, though an island remains in the middle as a habitat for the various wildlife that lived in the swamp. The green complex is the simplest part of the hole. It slopes from back to front though not too significantly, though it does drop off down to the swamp at the front. It is also in a bowl, so anything left, right or long can kick back onto the green. The green is however fairly narrow for a hole over 400 yards. I have retained all features of the hole, though reworked it somewhat. Both out of bounds remain as does the swamp and the trees to the left. Losing any of this will take a lot away from the hole. The contours of the fairway remain also, anything drawn round the corner won't have an even lie just like real life. The green complex remains largely unchanged also, though the area to the left of the swamp has been altered slightly with the birch trees and the out of bounds bought in a little. I have made the island in Old Swampy out of bounds as there is no way to get to the island, never mind actually find your ball to play it while the game will not recognise it as a hazard. Do not take driver off this tee. And your choice with your tee shot is an iron up the fairway to leave a longer shot in with a flatish lie, or a draw round the corner to leave a shorter shot in that will be on a slope and may also be blind.
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Post by Mart_1980 on Sept 13, 2018 7:06:13 GMT -5
7th - Par 4 Inspired by the 7th at Barlaston Golf Club www.barlastongolfclub.co.ukMy home course and it is as old as me. Formed as Lakeside Golf Club in 1977, it is a parkland course built on former meadows and originally designed by none other than Peter Alliss, former Ryder Cup player and best golf commentator ever. The course lies just outside the village of Barlaston, a couple of miles South of Stoke-on-Trent and three of the holes border the River Trent, though I'm not using any of these three. There was once a dominant junior section, which at the height of dominance featured two time European Tour winner and 2012 USPGA runner up David Lynn, his brother Simon who is club professional at nearby Greenway Hall, Darren Martin who is Barlaston's current professional. Also featuring were Darren's brother Lee and also Tim Newton were both low single figure players. And me, except I'm not as good as any of them. The 7th at Barlaston is called Old Swampy and is the hardest hole on the course. It is a dogleg left with internal out of bounds all the way up the left and trees high enough to prevent people from cutting the dogleg. It is not possible to hit driver off this tee or you will find trouble... if you find your ball. There is also internal out of bounds to the right of the green (which is to provide a safe walkway from the 15th green to the 16th tee). The second shot travels over Old Swampy to the green. In years gone by it was a genuine swamp, albeit very small. These days a lot of the swampland has been dug out and it is now mostly water, though an island remains in the middle as a habitat for the various wildlife that lived in the swamp. The green complex is the simplest part of the hole. It slopes from front to back though not too significantly, though it does drop off down to the swamp at the front. It is also in a bowl, so anything left, right or long can kick back onto the green. The green is however fairly narrow for a hole over 400 yards. I have retained all features of the hole, though reworked it somewhat. Both out of bounds remain as does the swamp and the trees to the left. Losing any of this will take a lot away from the hole. The contours of the fairway remain also, anything drawn round the corner won't have an even lie just like real life. The green complex remains largely unchanged also, though the area to the left of the swamp has been altered slightly with the birch trees and the out of bounds bought in a little. Do not take driver off this tee. And your choice with your tee shot is an iron up the fairway to leave a longer shot in with a flatish lie, or a draw round the corner to leave a shorter shot in that will be on a slope and may also be blind. Love that hole.
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Post by linkslover on Sept 13, 2018 7:13:00 GMT -5
It has ruined many a round. Including mine sometimes. Despite drawing the ball, I most often find the out of bounds to the right of the green to wreck my hole.
Have a guess which other Barlaston hole I will be featuring later on...
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Post by Tenahka on Sept 13, 2018 7:48:12 GMT -5
I am sooooo looking forward to playing this, hurry up and finish! Well don't hurry, make it perfect quickly! lol
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Post by linkslover on Sept 13, 2018 11:23:50 GMT -5
If I had the time I'd finish it next week. However with a full time job and a three year old daughter it simply isn't possible.
When I've designed my course, I'm going to play every one of the other entries. Everybody is putting in a lot of effort and the courses look great.
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