This is my first published course. I really found this a challenge but loved doing it and hope to get some of your constructive feedback to take into the next design.
Golden Wattle Lakes is a course laid out within a vast lake complex and hence water is present on every hole, although not always in play.
The basic course details are as follows:
Par: 72
Par 3’s: 4
Par 5’s: 4
Yardage: 7484
The course is designed to be a tough test rather than a birdie feast, with the focus on accuracy from the tee, well thought out approach shots as well as requiring the skill to shape the ball. There are risk / reward holes, such as drivable par 4’s and reachable par 5’s which require the golfer to make the decision to take a risk to be rewarded with potential eagles or to lay up for pars and birdies. There are other decision making holes such as the short par 4 9th hole which requires the golfer to decide whether to leave the driver in the bag and place the tee shot at the top of the hill or to drive to the bottom of the hill and flirt with the bunker at the bottom leaving an awkward pitch across the lake.
The greens are a mix of large and small and many are well contoured. On many greens the contours have been designed so that a perfectly placed approach shot will feed to within close distance for that eagle or birdie putt.
stevehal20: Demonondalinks ..cheers mate.. I have my game swing and setup for Master. so playing a Master tour should not change my swing and Rhythm in my way of thinking? correct me if im thinking wrong
May 16, 2024 20:18:34 GMT -5
Demonondalinks: your tempo window for perfect is smaller each level you go up there for making it harder to obtain a perfect tempo consistently
May 15, 2024 5:38:02 GMT -5
stevehal20: surely for those who play with controllers it doesnt change at all?
May 14, 2024 22:39:40 GMT -5
stevehal20: Can anyone here tell me why my swing dynamics change when i play master or above? I play with a mouse on PC and my swing is perfect tempo. why does it change so badly when i go up a level or two?
May 14, 2024 22:37:25 GMT -5
sandgroper: Real clubs?
May 14, 2024 4:55:39 GMT -5
b101: Is this a riddle?
May 14, 2024 0:31:09 GMT -5
meunier33: Can anyone tell me what people think is used to play this game but actually is not?
May 13, 2024 21:15:34 GMT -5
meunier33: I always find some way to blow promotion points the week after I get them
May 13, 2024 20:32:28 GMT -5
sroel908: Nope, like you said...default is whatever the designer sets the green speeds to. That can be any number from 104 to 186.
May 13, 2024 19:55:52 GMT -5
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meunier33: I thought default meant exactly between moderate and fast
May 13, 2024 19:42:14 GMT -5
sroel908: Exactly, 158 is the designer-set default speed for Pine Lake CC (Michigan).
May 13, 2024 13:54:00 GMT -5
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meunier33: The default for each course is what the designer puts it at
May 13, 2024 13:29:17 GMT -5
meunier33: 158 is not a usual default speed for greens in CC though
May 13, 2024 13:26:45 GMT -5