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Post by cephyn on Dec 8, 2018 13:29:02 GMT -5
At the beginning of Autumn, I drove through the hilly "Driftless" region of Wisconsin and thought, this would make a good course locale. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driftless_Area And now this course is done, and published under the name "Driftless Hills" - please give it a playthrough! An album of preview pictures: imgur.com/a/BVwAzAGAnd here is my course tour reveal playthrough. Thank you to everyone who plays and reviews! I worked hard on this course and I hope it provides a fun and challenging golfing experience.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2018 14:43:39 GMT -5
Cephyn- I had a blast on your course. You had a few unorthodox holes in there, and for me that's a big plus. Challenging preconceived notions about what a golf hole should be leads to a very interesting result. I am uploading a video with this you might enjoy. It took me over a minute to hit the first shot! Also some defining moments in the road to -18 at driftless hills!
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Post by cephyn on Dec 8, 2018 15:47:39 GMT -5
Incredible score, well done! Thank for for the kind words as well! I have strong respect for the RCR folks and the "realistic" mindset folks, but personally, I feel like we have this video game that can create amazing courses that would never exist in real life - so we should explore where than can go. I love a 'fantasy' course that skirts the line between possible and impossible, while still feeling like a 'real' hole. That's just my personal guiding design philosophy - alongside the recreations of Augusta and St Andrews, where every blade of grass is in the right spot, I also want to play amazing, incredible, out-of-the box courses that give me a truly unique golfing experience.
I hope, in some small way, my courses give people that feeling - the sort of "I know this isn't real...but what if?"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2018 15:52:20 GMT -5
Incredible score, well done! Thank for for the kind words as well! I have strong respect for the RCR folks and the "realistic" mindset folks, but personally, I feel like we have this video game that can create amazing courses that would never exist in real life - so we should explore where than can go. I love a 'fantasy' course that skirts the line between possible and impossible, while still feeling like a 'real' hole. That's just my personal guiding design philosophy - alongside the recreations of Augusta and St Andrews, where every blade of grass is in the right spot, I also want to play amazing, incredible, out-of-the box courses that give me a truly unique golfing experience. I hope, in some small way, my courses give people that feeling - the sort of "I know this isn't real...but what if?" Sounds like you might enjoy my yavapai point!
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Post by cephyn on Dec 9, 2018 17:19:15 GMT -5
I'm thrilled to mention that Driftless Hills has been accepted into the TGCTours course database!
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Post by crunchshark on Dec 9, 2018 18:21:27 GMT -5
Went round in -5. Great imagination and my kind of course.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2018 20:26:53 GMT -5
Cool to see this published Kevin, we'll have to have you back on The Goat Ranch soon to highlight this for you. Keep designing brother!
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Post by gregfordyce on Dec 10, 2018 11:13:30 GMT -5
A really excellent design, thoroughly enjoyed my round on Driftless Hills. Keep up the great work!
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Post by matchless1 on Dec 18, 2018 0:43:16 GMT -5
Just ended my round at driftless hills. Wow, what a mind warp. I had a really hard time scoring but it's one of those courses you get to know then take your buddies for a friendly high stakes skins game. Hole 10 stood out for me. Huge par 5, but with a fortunate wind I was able to hit a 3 wood off the tee for a 325 yard rip, then hit a driver of the deck to about 10 feet. Cool hole. Fun hard course. Well done!
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Post by cephyn on Dec 18, 2018 9:10:58 GMT -5
Thank you matchless1 for the kind words - I'm thrilled you had an enjoyable round!
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Post by cephyn on Dec 19, 2018 10:25:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the mini-shoutout on "What's Going On!?" last night gdog !! The positive feedback I've gotten on this course has blown me away - thanks to everyone who played it!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 11:45:55 GMT -5
I am formally requesting a tourney edition! I think there's some room to make this just a bit tougher. Make my day!
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Post by cephyn on Oct 22, 2019 9:59:42 GMT -5
Just digging this one back out since I released it too late last year given the theme - fire up a round on Driftless Hills for that #FallGolf vibe!
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