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Post by gregfordyce on Jan 25, 2019 20:03:33 GMT -5
We will be featuring The Par 3 at Calico by Daryl_71 (Daryl Thomas) and Black Sparrow by grovey31 Adam on tomorrow's show, Saturday 1/26/19, at 4:00 p.m. EST on TGCT Course ReviewOur guest Expert Designer will be Dan Griffith! Very much looking forward to having him on the show and presenting his views and critiques of the courses! Please come and join us, look forward to seeing you! |
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Post by NobleMan on Jan 25, 2019 20:44:00 GMT -5
We will be hosting two courses today on Saturday 1/19/2019 4PM EST. We will have Michael Flood as our Expert Guest Designer It is up to the course designers but they are more than welcome to play with us during the review, if they have Steam accounts.
The courses we will play are: Pilgrim's Oak Golf Club Angus Bay International The designer of Pilgrim's Oak Golf Club is Jeff FrazierThe designer of Angus Bay International is Simon BaileyWe have shows every Thursday night at 7PM EST and Saturday at 4PM EST. You can also check out all the archived shows on the site as well. Enjoy! If you want your course reviewed, just post in our forum section. I want to thank Michael for being on the show!
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Post by NobleMan on Jan 26, 2019 18:33:13 GMT -5
We will be featuring The Par 3 at Calico by Daryl_71 (Daryl Thomas) and Black Sparrow by grovey31 Adam on tomorrow's show, Saturday 1/26/19, at 4:00 p.m. EST on TGCT Course ReviewOur guest Expert Designer will be Dan Griffith! Very much looking forward to having him on the show and presenting his views and critiques of the courses! Please come and join us, look forward to seeing you! I want to thank Dan Griffith as the expert designer, for joining us on the show. I also want to thank Adam and Daryl for being on Discord to walk us through the courses! |
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Post by Daryl_71 on Jan 28, 2019 6:40:44 GMT -5
Thanks again for being such gracious hosts. I appreciate the honest feedback. I didn't realize just how much of a delay my slow internet had. lol. I was almost a full hole behind there at one point! Also, I misspoke. I realize I said I have been using the designer for like 5 months. It's more like 6 or 7. lol. I totally enjoy it and am thrilled that designers I respect were able to view my course and play it.
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Post by gregfordyce on Jan 29, 2019 7:14:54 GMT -5
We will be featuring The Clementine Club by TannerBronson (Dylan Bronson) on Thursday's show, 1/31/19, at 7:00 p.m. EST on TGC Course ReviewOur guest Expert Designer will be Michael Flood ( ACES-R-WILD)! Very much looking forward to having him on the show once more, and presenting his views and critiques of the course! Please come and join us, look forward to seeing everyone! |
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Post by linkslover on Jan 29, 2019 7:39:15 GMT -5
Thank you for reviewing Angus Bay International. I watched the full review last night and thank you for your honest opinions. Watching it, I really wanted to have been there live so I could add my thoughts and reasons behind some of the designing. Constructive feedback is always good and I can certainly see the points you made regarding sculpting has to stand out on a links course and that the greens, fairways and rough were all similar colours. I had a wry smile on my face when you remarked about a few holes not being realistic, especially as the four holes that you were referring to were inspired by real life holes that I have played. So I will go through the holes as I couldn't then...   4th Angus Bay 2nd Hesketh The 4th at Angus Bay is inspired by the 2nd at Hesketh, a course in Southport that has hosted Open Championship qualifying and The Amateur Championship. It's a par 3 played from one dune to another, though I did raise the dunes a lot more for Angus Bay.   5th Angus Bay 18th Hesketh Both are par 5s though I have reworked the design somehow. Hesketh's hole is quite short for a par 5 at just over 500 yards, though plays slightly uphill to the narrow green entrance between two dunes. Angus Bay's hole is about 100 yards longer but plays downhill to a small green with a narrow entrance. Again I made the dunes much bigger.   9th Angus Bay 17th Hillside Hillside is a stunning links in Southport, and host to this years British Masters in May. Greg Norman once said it has the best back 9 in England. Their 17th is a par 5, played between what resembles a tunnel of dunes. I made Angus' 9th in a similar vein, but bigger dunes again and as I already has 5 par 5s on the course/lined up, made it a par 3 otherwise it would have been a par 75 course.   16th Angus Bay 15th Royal St Davids Royal St Davids is one of Wales' top links courses. Their 15th is frankly a bastard. You can barely see the angled fairway from the tee and you can't see the green from the fairway until you pass the two dunes that pinch the fairway about 100 yards out. I actually made Angus' hole easier by making it more visible on the approach to the green and taking out a lot of the humps in the fairway. I also angled the fairway left instead of right. They weren't the only holes inspired by real holes I have played. The 2nd was inspired by the 14th at Royal St Davids, the 6th was inspired by the 1st at Nefyn & District (Old nine), the 14th was inspired by the 7th at Prestatyn and features a fairway splitting into two different greens that none of you guys noticed  and finally the 17th was inspired by the 16th and 17th at Conwy, though Conwy's holes are having a lot of the gorse taken out to accommodate spectators for next year's Curtis Cup. Finally, a couple of other things... the tees are designed with the clubs in mind so the front tees are for standard clubs, the blues are for pro clubs and blacks for master. That's why Kent was bombing past the bunkers with his master clubs. And the gorse on 17 is not the only gorse on the course, they are lots of other gorse. The 17th does stand out as there is so much of it clustered together. Also I noticed (Michael I think?) hit in the gorse and he noticed the water underneath. I put the water there to force players to take a penalty drop. There is no way a golfer would play out of gorse that thick and my decision stems from a video I saw of somebody playing out of the middle of the gorse on 17 on TGC2, putting it on the green and sinking the putt for birdie. Phew, long post! At least I've now been able to put my main thoughts across. Just wished I could have done it live! |
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Post by TannerBronson on Jan 29, 2019 8:49:22 GMT -5
I want to thank both Greg and Kent for showcasing my course. Really means a lot to a small creator like me. I can't wait to get some feed back from you guys and especially Michael. Cheers!
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Post by gregfordyce on Jan 30, 2019 6:40:36 GMT -5
Thanks Simon linkslover for the feedback, especially in such detail! Shows how valuable the designer's insight is on the show, really wish you could have been there too. Appreciate taking the time to show the real life inspirations for those holes! |
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Post by gregfordyce on Feb 2, 2019 15:39:06 GMT -5
We will be featuring Payton's Run Golf Club by Joe Gates and Royal Burberry Black II by Jordan Springer on today's show at 4:00 p.m. EST Join us! TGC Course ReviewOur guest Expert Designer had to cancel at the last minute, so you will be stuck with Kent and I  |
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Post by NobleMan on Feb 3, 2019 8:37:30 GMT -5
We will be reviewing Kent Shaffer's first course on Thursday February 7th at 7PM EST. Hope to see everyone there! Our expert designer will be Dale BurgerThe course we will play is: Jamison Country ClubThe designer is Kent ShafferWe have shows every Thursday night at 7PM EST and Saturday at 4PM EST. You can also check out all the archived shows on the site as well. Enjoy! If you want your course reviewed, just post in our forum section. |
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Post by hoosierjoe on Feb 3, 2019 8:57:41 GMT -5
Hey Gents, just wanted to say thanks for giving a play through to Payton's Run and for all the nice comments you made. I apologize I wasn't able to be there for the stream, Saturday afternoon's are almost always booked up with 2 kids. I was able to catch the archived stream late last night. A few things I thought I'd add/respond to:
1. Probably a beginner's error, but I actually never play tested the course on very firm/very fast so I was a little nervous to see how it would play. Definitely made those greens more slippery than intended.. and I knew that pin on the Par 3 #6 was gonna be rough.
2. The name of the course is inspired by Walter Payton, my favorite athlete of all time. In fact, hole #6 is lightly influenced by his infamous hill that he used to run for conditioning. I know one of you confessed to being an Eagles fan (Kent, I think?)... so due to recent history I would normally ban Eagles fans from the premises (and also all kickers). I'll make an exception for you.
Again, thanks for giving my course a spotlight. I've already broke ground on my second course so the feedback is very much appreciated.
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Post by gforce41 on Feb 3, 2019 11:18:10 GMT -5
We will be reviewing Kent Shaffer's first course on Thursday February 7th at 7PM EST. Hope to see everyone there! Our expert designer will be Dale BurgerThe course we will play is: Jamison Country ClubThe designer is Kent ShafferWe have shows every Thursday night at 7PM EST and Saturday at 4PM EST. You can also check out all the archived shows on the site as well. Enjoy! If you want your course reviewed, just post in our forum section. I will be there for this one, should be a blast! Will try to give it a play this afternoon.... I can't emphasize how helpful these shows have been with the guest designers, the bits and pieces I have been picking up have done wonders... I really encourage any new designer or experienced designer looking to really improve and fine tune their skills and courses to tune in. |
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Post by gregfordyce on Feb 4, 2019 16:30:59 GMT -5
Hey Gents, just wanted to say thanks for giving a play through to Payton's Run and for all the nice comments you made. I apologize I wasn't able to be there for the stream, Saturday afternoon's are almost always booked up with 2 kids. I was able to catch the archived stream late last night. A few things I thought I'd add/respond to: 1. Probably a beginner's error, but I actually never play tested the course on very firm/very fast so I was a little nervous to see how it would play. Definitely made those greens more slippery than intended.. and I knew that pin on the Par 3 #6 was gonna be rough. 2. The name of the course is inspired by Walter Payton, my favorite athlete of all time. In fact, hole #6 is lightly influenced by his infamous hill that he used to run for conditioning. I know one of you confessed to being an Eagles fan (Kent, I think?)... so due to recent history I would normally ban Eagles fans from the premises (and also all kickers). I'll make an exception for you. Again, thanks for giving my course a spotlight. I've already broke ground on my second course so the feedback is very much appreciated. Awesome, so glad you got to catch the recorded show, and thank you for the information on your course! It's a real beauty. Looking forward to your next design! |
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Post by gregfordyce on Feb 7, 2019 18:46:38 GMT -5
We will be teeing off at 7:15 p.m. tonight, EST, instead of 7:00! In order to make sure our guest designer, Dale Burger, can start with us!
Hope to see everyone then!
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Post by NobleMan on Feb 7, 2019 21:03:46 GMT -5
Wanted to thank Dale Burger for stopping in and playing my course. Enjoy watching the show!
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and finally the 17th was inspired by the 16th and 17th at Conwy, though Conwy's holes are having a lot of the gorse taken out to accommodate spectators for next year's Curtis Cup.
