Post by rjwils30 on Jan 29, 2019 1:45:26 GMT -5
Love tip#1!
There's something wrong with it. It's boring. And that's the worst. My issues are with fairway shape and bunker placement.
I'm constantly thinking "I can't do that, then there will be no landing area, its too tricked up" and then thinking "Well now its just straight, wide and the bunkering isn't in play".
I just watched Canuck's Fabled Haven video and stared at the fairway shapes and bunkers, agog - how? How do I do that instead? How do I make it interesting, challenging and fair?
What's everyone's thought process on making interesting fairways and bunkers? Looking for tips and tricks as I get the bulldozer out to redo my fairways.
Tip #1 - eliminate the word “unfair” from your vocabulary. This is a term people use to describe a challlenge on a hole that frustrates them, but they don’t want to take the time to figure out how to get the ball in the hole in as few shots as possible.
#2 - Not “if”, but instead use “how much”. Using fairways that slant or curve at a landing zone will challenge a player by asking them to take on as much as they can stomach - meaning there is always a choice to be made based on current wind and conditions. Threading the needle between fairways can become repetitive, and generally leads to the type of boring setup you referenced.
#3 - Repeated testing. Hit the shot many times, and if you come to a point where the ball always ends up in the same exact spot, put a bunker there, and if the ball always bounces predictably, give that spot a bit of undulation. The randomness in these two things will instantly make the landing zones more interesting, and as a result will increase the amount of outcomes that can happen.