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Post by guitardude_324 on Sept 4, 2020 11:30:05 GMT -5
I'm curious to see how others start building a hole. I've seen some designers that like to start it from the green and work their way backwards to the tee. But I myself usually start with the tee and work my way to the green. The only exception is 18th and 9th holes.
I'd like to hear from other designers what they prefer and WHY they like that method, what advantages it gives them etc.
-I like to start tee to green because I want to make sure the player tees off close to the previous hole's greens. -After I have the tee, I test play and find out where my landing zones are. -Once I have my landing zones picked out, I'll pick the green site depending on how long I want the approach to be. It's very important that there is variety for the player between holes. I don't want the golfer to have to hit a 5 iron to reach the green on every hole. -Then I build the green to accept a variety of shots from the different landing zones.
I'm afraid that If I built the greens first and worked backwards, I'd stymie myself and realize the hole is too short and I can't move my tees back because the previous hole's green is blocking the way.
How do you get around these issues? What precautions do you take? What do you think the Pros and Cons are of these methods?
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Post by lessthanbread on Sept 4, 2020 11:56:38 GMT -5
Overall I build green to tee when actually building my holes. I usually route the entire course first or part of it so I know where all my tee and green locations are before I start building. When I actually start looking at each hole individually, I don't do any surfacing until I get an idea of overall hole shape and strategy by looking at the lay of the land. Then, based on the idea I get in my head, I draw my green with the measure tool. Then I use the measure tool to get my landing areas. Following that I mark where I'll want bunkers/other hazards with the measure tool.
So after all that I'll have yellow lines and white circles everywhere with no actual surfaces laid yet. I'll look around, tweak things as needed and start sculpting. When I'm totally satisfied with the look, I'll lay all my surfaces green to tee and delete the measure tool stuff. Measure tool is great for drawing out ideas before actually laying down surfaces.
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Post by Violinguy69 on Sept 4, 2020 11:57:24 GMT -5
I start with the tees (adding tees and determining distance). Then I use the measure tool to see where the landing area will be. Based on the approach length, I measure out the green area and draw the green. Then I work backwards from green to tee.
I also create all 18 holes for good routing before I do anything else.
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Post by 15eicheltower9 on Sept 4, 2020 15:46:59 GMT -5
You'd be doing yourself a huge favor if you started at the green and worked your way back to the tee. Hole strategies start at the green, so you should try to start your design there.
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