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Post by Energ1ser on Jun 22, 2018 6:03:55 GMT -5
Looking at the first post it shows the courses picked so far with a deadline of tgc2019. I have been holding off on committing to this due to the 8 week design window still putting release in tgc2. If the deadline is tgc2019 then I'd be inclined to start work on a course.
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Post by joegolferg on Jun 22, 2018 6:43:34 GMT -5
Looking at the first post it shows the courses picked so far with a deadline of tgc2019. I have been holding off on committing to this due to the 8 week design window still putting release in tgc2. If the deadline is tgc2019 then I'd be inclined to start work on a course. Yeah, I've been working on mine for the past month, but I'm only releasing the course when the new game is out. The format has changed to a sort of 'King of the hill' competition now. No more match ups. |
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Post by theclv24 on Jun 22, 2018 8:48:22 GMT -5
Looking at the first post it shows the courses picked so far with a deadline of tgc2019. I have been holding off on committing to this due to the 8 week design window still putting release in tgc2. If the deadline is tgc2019 then I'd be inclined to start work on a course. Sent you a PM. Let me know if you have any questions. Also I don't have a WIP thread yet, but on a whim I started putting together a version of Gil Hanse's Boston Golf Club. I will not be entering it into the design series, but I am eliminating that one from use in the series if anyone had thoughts about doing that course. Carry on. |
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Jun 23, 2018 7:07:09 GMT -5
Already PM'ed theclv24 on this, but I'll be taking on a MacRaynor track myself for this contest: Saint Louis C.C.The club has hosted of five USGA championships (including the 1947 U.S. Open) along with the 2014 Curtis Cup and features many of the MacRaynor classic templates. Most interesting, is that after a modest par 4 to start, the course confronts you with back-to-back one-shotters that play longer than 200 yards with a Biarritz and Eden on 2 and 3. Won't be a full-on RCR, but the plan is to follow the layout closely while adding some yardage to the 6,530-yard layout to keep the shot values in place for the player and tour clubsets (or whatever they're going to be called in TGC2019). Want to thank Craig for putting this on, and must confess that the picture of one course in particular that he posted in the infancy of this contest, sparked the inspiration for the course I'm doing in the Survivor contest. So it only seemed fair to contribute to this contest as well and the old, parkland-style charm of Saint Louis has been calling to me as I finish up my Survivor course. Excited to give this a go!   |
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Post by joegolferg on Jun 23, 2018 7:12:02 GMT -5
Already PM'ed theclv24 on this, but I'll be taking on a MacRaynor track myself for this contest: Saint Louis C.C.The club has hosted of five USGA championships (including the 1947 U.S. Open) along with the 2014 Curtis Cup and features many of the MacRaynor classic templates. Most interesting, is that after a modest par 4 to start, the course confronts you with back-to-back one-shotters that play longer than 200 yards with a Biarritz and Eden on 2 and 3. Won't be a full-on RCR, but the plan is to follow the layout closely while adding some yardage to the 6,530-yard layout to keep the shot values in place for the player and tour clubsets (or whatever they're going to be called in TGC2019). Want to thank Craig for putting this on, and must confess that the picture of one course in particular that he posted in the infancy of this contest, sparked the inspiration for the course I'm doing in the Survivor contest. So it only seemed fair to contribute to this contest as well and the old, parkland-style charm of Saint Louis has been calling to me as I finish up my Survivor course. Excited to give this a go! Good choice of course! Keep us posted. |
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Jun 23, 2018 20:21:03 GMT -5
Much like mayday_golf83, I'm done with my Survivor course and am now looking to contribute a course to this series. My course will be inspired by Garden City Golf Club, located on Long Island. Currently ranked 46th on Golf Digest's top 100 courses in America, GCGC hosted the 1902 U.S. Open and has hosted the U.S. Amateur four times. The course was first laid out by Devereux Emmett in 1899. Emmett is a figure less celebrated than his contemporary, C.B. MacDonald, but the two ran in the same elite New York social circle and Emmett accompanied MacDonald on a number of his trips to Europe where the latter developed many of his ideas for the National Golf Links. Three-time U.S. Amateur champion Walter Travis made modifications to the course in advance of the 1908 U.S. Amateur, notably adding some very deep bunkers. I think the following comments from two of Golf Digest's Top 100 panelists sum up the course well: “Old-school and throwback in every way. Short walks from greens to tee boxes. The ground game can be an effective strategy at Garden City. The key is holding these smallish greens, and not leaving yourself with a tough up-and-down coming back.” “I don't think you can classify Garden City as a particular style of course, which speaks to its uniqueness. It's built on that sandy loam soil, but it's not by the water, so it isn't really a links. It looks kind of like a heathland course but it isn't, and I wouldn't call it a parkland course either. I can almost compare this course to Kingston Heath down in Australia in that the land acreage is tight but there is a fair amount of small ground movement that keeps the entire course interesting for everyday play.” A few pictures, captured by Jon Cavalier (@linksgems on Twitter and Instagram):     The real course plays to a par of 73 and about 6900 yards from the tips. Just in the planning stages, but I'm thinking of a par of around 70 to make it a tougher test. I also don't plan on using the real hole layouts per se, but will rather be trying to capture the look of the rough areas, bunkers and greens with mostly original hole designs. (I'm also thinking this course could look quite beautiful in autumn!) |
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Post by Energ1ser on Jun 23, 2018 23:02:40 GMT -5
I've started planning my build of Kingston Heath, looking at overall length and the current routing and I've just realized I'll be making 19 holes as they swap out a par 3 from time to time (often the 10th). This is mostly a positive as I might be able to keep the routing and add a little length to some holes depending on if I decide to include the 19th hole in the playing 18. On the downside it means creating one more hole with about 8 complicated as f**k bunkers. I'm going to try my best to capture the look of the bunkers but with the limitations of this game it's not going to be easy.  |
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Post by jacobkessler on Jun 24, 2018 17:12:07 GMT -5
Been away from the game for the last week and won’t play it again until I return from Hawaii next Sunday. But I was thinking, and rather than doing that Arthur Hills design I was contemplating, I think I’d like to take on Streamsong from the potential courses thread. I don’t see any way I can replicate the uniquely colored grasses on a phosphorus mine, but other than that, the style of courses they have there are really cool. So, unless someone has claimed it already, pencil me in for Streamsong Gold, which will take elements from the Black, Blue, and Red courses. Thanks again, theclv24! |
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Post by joegolferg on Jun 25, 2018 3:46:14 GMT -5
Good to see this design competition taking off. Even better to see more MacRaynor courses under construction.
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Post by joegolferg on Jun 27, 2018 9:19:56 GMT -5
Another iconic par 3 added to Briarcliff Hollow CC...
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Post by cathalos1991 on Jul 1, 2018 2:12:47 GMT -5
Is it too late to enter?? Ive literally just started working on a project where im creating my own course inspired by my favourite holes in Irish Golf Courses that ive played. So it'd be a mix of The K Club, Druids Glen, Lahinch, Mount Juliet, Fota Island etc. Im not using any type of measurements to justify it being along the lines of an accurate RCR, just going purely off memory and adding my own spin on it. So it'll end up being a big mix of links, countryside, parkland course which will be quite interesting once completed  |
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Post by joegolferg on Jul 1, 2018 7:32:43 GMT -5
Is it too late to enter?? Ive literally just started working on a project where im creating my own course inspired by my favourite holes in Irish Golf Courses that ive played. So it'd be a mix of The K Club, Druids Glen, Lahinch, Mount Juliet, Fota Island etc. Im not using any type of measurements to justify it being along the lines of an accurate RCR, just going purely off memory and adding my own spin on it. So it'll end up being a big mix of links, countryside, parkland course which will be quite interesting once completed I think you have to choose a course from CLV's list in the original thread and build a fictional based on that. The scoring for the courses are mostly based on how you capture the look and feel of a single real life course. |
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Post by theclv24 on Jul 1, 2018 13:09:09 GMT -5
Been away from the game for the last week and won’t play it again until I return from Hawaii next Sunday. But I was thinking, and rather than doing that Arthur Hills design I was contemplating, I think I’d like to take on Streamsong from the potential courses thread. I don’t see any way I can replicate the uniquely colored grasses on a phosphorus mine, but other than that, the style of courses they have there are really cool. So, unless someone has claimed it already, pencil me in for Streamsong Gold, which will take elements from the Black, Blue, and Red courses. Thanks again, theclv24! I think this one slipped by me when I was on my golf trip. I've been through course tours of all 3 Streamsong courses and was hoping someone would take it on. I will get the original post updated with entries soon. |
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Post by theclv24 on Jul 1, 2018 13:14:54 GMT -5
Is it too late to enter?? Ive literally just started working on a project where im creating my own course inspired by my favourite holes in Irish Golf Courses that ive played. So it'd be a mix of The K Club, Druids Glen, Lahinch, Mount Juliet, Fota Island etc. Im not using any type of measurements to justify it being along the lines of an accurate RCR, just going purely off memory and adding my own spin on it. So it'll end up being a big mix of links, countryside, parkland course which will be quite interesting once completed Much like the quasi-RCR, I'm a huge proponent of this kind of compilation course, as evidenced by my Doak Island Resort. For the purposes of this series, though, I would like to restrict it to taking inspiration from one specific course, with flexibility to add elements of a second course, such as a bunker style or green style, or mixing design concepts from two courses by the same architect. Anything compiled from more than that kind of loses the essence of the quasi-RCR concept. With that said, just as I will do for all entries to this series, I will be happy to promote the crap out of your course when it is finished. |
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Post by cathalos1991 on Jul 1, 2018 13:22:42 GMT -5
Is it too late to enter?? Ive literally just started working on a project where im creating my own course inspired by my favourite holes in Irish Golf Courses that ive played. So it'd be a mix of The K Club, Druids Glen, Lahinch, Mount Juliet, Fota Island etc. Im not using any type of measurements to justify it being along the lines of an accurate RCR, just going purely off memory and adding my own spin on it. So it'll end up being a big mix of links, countryside, parkland course which will be quite interesting once completed Much like the quasi-RCR, I'm a huge proponent of this kind of compilation course, as evidenced by my Doak Island Resort. For the purposes of this series, though, I would like to restrict it to taking inspiration from one specific course, with flexibility to add elements of a second course, such as a bunker style or green style, or mixing design concepts from two courses by the same architect. Anything compiled from more than that kind of loses the essence of the quasi-RCR concept. With that said, just as I will do for all entries to this series, I will be happy to promote the crap out of your course when it is finished. Ok perfect, Ive the perfect course for this so. Its Royal County Down, I dont have the information to accurately create the course after getting a few holes in and would definitely look to finish it as an RCD inspired course. Its a very very old iconic links course based in Northern Ireland, rated as the number 1 course in GB & Ire. |
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