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Post by Giraffe72 on Apr 20, 2018 10:46:34 GMT -5
My first course, still a long way to go on this one, but planning on posting the odd update. Any critique of things obviously wrong will be taken on board and appreciated. I've actually done a bit more to this hole since I took this flyover. Planting is minimal, I'm planning on doing the majority of that at the end.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 14:27:02 GMT -5
Great job Jamie! Very glad to see the designer is pulling in new golfer's to build courses. I'll be following this project along the way!
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Post by Giraffe72 on Apr 20, 2018 21:55:16 GMT -5
Great job Jamie! Very glad to see the designer is pulling in new golfer's to build courses. I'll be following this project along the way! You were the trigger! That does of course mean that if the course is sh%$ it's your fault
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Post by pablo on Apr 21, 2018 4:03:17 GMT -5
Great job Jamie! Very glad to see the designer is pulling in new golfer's to build courses. I'll be following this project along the way! You were the trigger! That does of course mean that if the course is sh%$ it's your fault Not mine?
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Post by Giraffe72 on Apr 21, 2018 7:10:25 GMT -5
VctryLnSprts Eric, when you run your fuzzy brush over the bunkers to lower them, was it the raise tool or the flatten one? I keep confusing myself!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 7:49:45 GMT -5
VctryLnSprts Eric, when you run your fuzzy brush over the bunkers to lower them, was it the raise tool or the flatten one? I keep confusing myself! Flatten. Then you want to raise the brush to about 5” because that will still actually LOWER the said by 8” or so. You need to drag all in one application before letting go or it’ll just get deeper and deeper on you, turning into a bath tub.
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Post by welikeitroughnc on Apr 21, 2018 7:50:50 GMT -5
VctryLnSprts Eric, when you run your fuzzy brush over the bunkers to lower them, was it the raise tool or the flatten one? I keep confusing myself! you can use the flatten tool and go UP about 6 inches and it will flatten your bunker pans and actually lower the bunker 8-10 inches per pass. If you go UP 1 ft 2 in with the flatten tool it will leave elevation exactly the same but it will flatten the sand.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2018 7:51:37 GMT -5
Great minds Mitch!
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Apr 21, 2018 11:18:50 GMT -5
Congrats on taking the plunge into the designer, Jamie. That's a pretty epic-looking golf hole! A couple of suggestions (based on the video alone; most of these are personal design preferences):
-do some minor sculpting around and on the fairway before the waterfall. In the video it looks like it goes from a sheer mountain face on the left to pancake-flat land--make it look a bit more natural.
-raise some of the green edges a tiny bit. I like the fall-aways into the short grass around the green, but I personally (emphasis on personally!) don't like it when there's tons of red feeding the ball off of the green on all sides (though using false fronts on a few holes is fairly commonplace--I do it myself).
-How long is the carry to the second fairway? Are you trying to force a choice between laying up and taking on the carry? It looks like if the hole is into the wind then there's no chance of making that carry and you're forcing the player to have a very long shot into a brutally long par 4 (into the wind). My personal preference is to present a diagonal carry so that every player (regardless of club set and/or wind conditions) is faced with a decision of how much of the hazard to "bite off." A good example is the first hole at Shinnecock Hills and (shameless self-promotion) the 4th hole at Potter Lake.
Just a couple things that caught my eye. It looks and sounds like you've got a good handle on how to use the design tools, and you'll get better as you use them more (the last hole on my first course looked much more polished than the first couple ones!). Thanks for sharing and I look forward to seeing this progress!
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Post by Giraffe72 on Apr 22, 2018 2:28:47 GMT -5
Thanks a lot guys, really appreciated! PithyDoctorG yeah it kind of morphed into this beast, my original plan had no carry at all! It's a 240 carry but plays 20 feet downhill, I think I might move the tees forward a bit. It's only the strongest headwind which might make it unreachable but if you do have to lay up it's impossible to reach the green in 2, and that's no good! Thanks for the other tips, and I'll check Potter Lake out when I play it in the RRCC, it's the only one I haven't played yet.
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Apr 22, 2018 5:49:16 GMT -5
240 downhill isn't so bad. I've just seen lots of holes where the carry is exactly 279, so the only time you're faced with a real decision is if you're playing tour clubs and there's no wind.
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Post by toddfather on Apr 28, 2018 9:58:53 GMT -5
Very cool hole Jaime! Nice job...from a noob to a noob
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Post by Giraffe72 on Apr 28, 2018 10:12:29 GMT -5
Very cool hole Jaime! Nice job...from a noob to a noob I've moved the tees forward since this, it was actually a 250 carry, and raised up the run off area. Plus hole 5 goes from right of the green and hole 6 is coming back the other way. And fencing. Lots of fencing
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Post by toddfather on Jul 1, 2018 8:04:36 GMT -5
How’s it coming along Giraffe72 ? I’m on the planting stage and going through it 1-18. Currently, on Hole 10. Taking me a while as I’m sure you know. Should be fine with the deadline but there are plenty of hours needed yet to get this job completed.
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Post by Giraffe72 on Jul 1, 2018 15:07:50 GMT -5
How’s it coming along Giraffe72 ? I’m on the planting stage and going through it 1-18. Currently, on Hole 10. Taking me a while as I’m sure you know. Should be fine with the deadline but there are plenty of hours needed yet to get this job completed. It's not, I've had to withdraw from the contest. I just haven't had the time I've needed to get everything done, and as you rightly say us newbies need plenty of it! I'm a bit gutted to be honest but there you go.
Marwood will eventually see the light of day but it'll probably be in the next game. I look forward to playing your course though
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