Coolabah Billabong (Rookie Design Contest)

[damay6977]

Coolabah Billabong is now published.

This is my entry into the Rookie Design Competition.

The course is set in remote bushland of the Australian outback in the Northern Territory. The course works its way around a large billabong which is fed by intermittent creeks. The land in this area is undulating and the vegetation is mainly scrub undergrowth in and around fairly dense bushland trees. The territory is famous for cattle stations and the course is built on an old disused station. There are some remnants of the station remaining including the homestead, muster pens and some derelict structures on a few holes. Due to the remote outback location of the course there is accommodation available onsite in a colonial style clubhouse, and for those who prefer to rough it in true outback style there are camping sites within the plot.

The course details are as follows:

Par: 71

Three Tees: Black: 7247, Blue: 7051, Red: 6573

Greenspeed: default = 173

I had a lot of fun designing this one and I hope you have fun playing it.

A few images below.

[blueblood1995]

Nice Australian theme there! Northern NSW perhaps? Good luck in the comp.

[trailducker]

When I saw this last night I thought to myself "who even is this guy? because this looks good af". Gave it a play this morning and I still have the same question because this is great! This course looks awesome and is a real fun play to boot! I liked the greens having so many startegic helper slopes making the approach shot that much more important. Only thing I will note is this is defintely a second shot course, and a lot of the tee shots aren't as consequential as they could be but that's a minor thing for you to note for the next course. Which after this I will defintely pay attention to. Great job!

[blindwolfgolf]

Awesome course man this was really really well done. Looked great but played even better. Personal highlight was a a lip out for Ace on the 10th and absolutely looooved the leven template great work on that. Good work man good luck in the comp.

[Australian]

Looks a ripper mate. Can't wait to give it a whirl.

[plawlor15]

Just gave it a play. Really well done. The vibe is great. Hard to make rustic and wild look natural, but you did it! Congrats and good luck.

Peter

[irishgolf]

Love the environment and the bunker shaping. Favorite hole on the course was the short par 4 10th. Great risk/reward and the creek in front is planted really well. The only thing I would say is to be careful using standard brush shapes as green sites. It looked like you may have used the same brush for a few different holes. Other than that, great job and good luck in the competition.

[damay6977]

Jan 21, 2022 0:05:15 GMT -5 blueblood1995 said:

Nice Australian theme there! Northern NSW perhaps? Good luck in the comp.

It wouldn't be out of place in northern NSW for sure, but I actually had the NT in mind when I themed it. Crocodile Dundee territory, for those old enough to remember that. Thanks 

[damay6977]

Jan 21, 2022 10:28:15 GMT -5 trailducker said:

When I saw this last night I thought to myself "who even is this guy? because this looks good af". Gave it a play this morning and I still have the same question because this is great! This course looks awesome and is a real fun play to boot! I liked the greens having so many startegic helper slopes making the approach shot that much more important. Only thing I will note is this is defintely a second shot course, and a lot of the tee shots aren't as consequential as they could be but that's a minor thing for you to note for the next course. Which after this I will defintely pay attention to. Great job!

Who is this guy ? An Australian dude working in Dubai, who enjoys messing around with course design. I don't churn out many courses due to time constraints. Agreed about the approach shots, but you still have to put your ball in the preferred part of the fairway to take full advantage of those feeder slopes. Fairways are a bit generous on some holes, but trying to cater for those who still play on master settings as well as those who play pro settings. Thanks for your kind words and glad you enjoyed it.

[damay6977]

Jan 21, 2022 11:53:37 GMT -5 blindwolfgolf said:

Awesome course man this was really really well done. Looked great but played even better. Personal highlight was a a lip out for Ace on the 10th and absolutely looooved the leven template great work on that. Good work man good luck in the comp.

Thanks for the feedback. An ace on the 10th ? For albatross ? some tee shot there man !

[damay6977]

Jan 21, 2022 17:00:00 GMT -5 Australian said:

Looks a ripper mate. Can't wait to give it a whirl.

Thanks dude. I was inspired by Big Muff !

[damay6977]

Jan 21, 2022 17:53:56 GMT -5 plawlor15 said:

Just gave it a play. Really well done. The vibe is great. Hard to make rustic and wild look natural, but you did it! Congrats and good luck.

Peter

Thanks Peter really appreciate that. 

[damay6977]

Jan 21, 2022 21:03:30 GMT -5 irishgolf said:

Love the environment and the bunker shaping. Favorite hole on the course was the short par 4 10th. Great risk/reward and the creek in front is planted really well. The only thing I would say is to be careful using standard brush shapes as green sites. It looked like you may have used the same brush for a few different holes. Other than that, great job and good luck in the competition.

Thanks for the nice comments. Funny how things work out, as I nearly deleted the 10th in the beginning till I found a way to make it work better.
Most of the greens are splined. Actually some of them I put a brush down first then splined around the brush to make small changes in the shape of the green. You are right, there are a couple very similar, but I did want that as it worked well for the strategy of those holes and the green site. 

[jimgem]

Stunning course' probably my favourite so far in the comp' Great job and good luck..

[lostsoulsforeva]

Will play this asp..