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Post by rob4590 on Apr 17, 2018 2:15:07 GMT -5
A first look at my current (3rd) course. No proper name yet - hence in my designer its just called 'Semi Rough' - due to the fact that there is no heavy rough in play (except on banks down into water) Highlands theme - a hilly front nine, with the back nine winding between a huge lake. Screenshot below is the opening par 4 uphill on the right, and the long downhill par 5 9th on the left.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 18:02:17 GMT -5
This has a great look to it, I'll be following along.
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Post by rob4590 on Apr 29, 2018 2:29:23 GMT -5
Jumping now to the start of the risk/reward back nine - featuring 2 par 3's (11th and 15th) where 2 or 7 are possibly just as likely, 2 par 5's (13th and 18th) where birdie should be almost a given, and eagle is a realistic chance. Two dog leg par 4's (12th and 17th) that can be shortened by nearly 100 yards with a risky tee shot, but first of all, the driveable 10th hole: The view from the tee, with the green top left (back tee is just under 280 carry over the water on a direct route) And a closer-up view of the tricky three sectioned green: 11th tee (back centre - playing to the right) and 12th tee (right side, playing to the left) are visible in the background.
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Post by rob4590 on May 5, 2018 14:31:33 GMT -5
5th hole - steeply uphill, driveable par 4, with an option to ignore the sloping, main (left) fairway, and play to the flat, lower right fairway: But when you see the green, it might not be the best option to hit the wrong section of it: (2 pins are in the centre tier, one is front left, the other is back right)
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Post by rob4590 on May 9, 2018 15:08:16 GMT -5
Next up is the 16th - close to 500 yards of par 4: No real trouble near the raised up green - apart from the little lake to the left which a pull will roll down into....
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2018 16:41:14 GMT -5
Hey rob that’s looking nice and clean.
Question for you - when you are laying your fairways in such hilly terrain do you have to go along the edge and do a lot of small brush flattening?
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Post by rob4590 on May 10, 2018 2:19:39 GMT -5
Hey rob that’s looking nice and clean. Question for you - when you are laying your fairways in such hilly terrain do you have to go along the edge and do a lot of small brush flattening? Cheers Roy - glad it looks decent. Yeah I have done a lot of (as Eric would call it) micro-sculpting, in order to not have too many lumps (both on the edge of fairways and elsewhere on them). My two previous courses I tried to use the landscape flatten brushes to do that, but this time I have used the raise brushes more (1st one on page 4) which seems to work a lot better for fairways/rough in the hilly areas. Greens are still mostly the flatten ones. You still won't get too many flat lies on the front nine though..... Will hopefully have a beta of this out in the next few days - it's probably 90% complete currently. Need to tweak which pin positions play on each pin set to make them a bit more balanced as well - I subscribe to the real world way of setting them where possible (6 front, 6 middle, 6 back, 6 right, 6 left, 6 centre and a mixture of hard and easy of each set) - currently R3/4 are too tough overall, so need to move a couple of difficult ones to the earlier rounds.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 3:15:22 GMT -5
So raise on 0’0?
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Post by rob4590 on May 10, 2018 4:00:54 GMT -5
Raise on 0'0 doesn't actually do anything as far as I can see? (Obviously flatten at 0 does though) The height I use depends on how big I make the brush - raising it more as the brush size increases seems to work well. It's really just trial and error though - and the undo button is your (my!) friend if a bit of sculpting doesn't work as you want. I'd guess I use maybe 6 inches to 2ft 6inches most of the time, with the brush being maybe 5-10 yards in diameter? But I'm by no means an expert remember...
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 6:15:37 GMT -5
I obviously won’t be using a flat plot this time for the course (maybe some surrounding areas but I will keep that quiet) so I will definitely have to experiment.
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Post by rob4590 on May 12, 2018 9:03:03 GMT -5
11th hole - based on the Biarritz design. Water front, water left, 2 bunkers right - and 3 tiers in the green, with the middle one of those being the 'valley' Tees range from 190-215 yds. Hit the green - or you could run up some big numbers.... View from right of the green: And from the left:
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Post by rob4590 on May 12, 2018 14:04:31 GMT -5
If anyone is bored, waiting for the next TGCT events to start, I've just published a beta called SR_beta. Feel free to give all feedback.
Would suggest the white tees for an easy fun round (where all the shortcuts are in play). The black tees aren't quite as fun (but obviously harder, being longer!)
PS: Don't play the blue tees (2nd from back) - they are recently added and not checked.
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Post by rob4590 on May 21, 2018 14:11:24 GMT -5
Thanks to Eric for playing, Justin, Rob and others for comments on the beta - there have been a few tweaks (including removal of the not-needed back tees) The question of where the course was sited came up - and it eventually clicked where a lot of the inspiration came from this one - and that is a course in Devon called Teign Valley (pronounced Teen for those who are concerned at such trifles ) None of the holes are like this course, but the scenery is close - one hilly nine with gorse etc, one flat(ter) and with some water. The real course is also (for trivia buffs) the site of the world's longest hole in one in the late 1990's - on a 500yd par 5 (491 I think is the official yardage). We used to play a pro am there, and we had nearest the pin (in 1) on that hole.......it's always fun to 2-putt for eagle, even for a short hitter like me!!! Work progresses.....slowly.....
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