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Post by iglooman45 on Dec 27, 2018 15:16:02 GMT -5
Hey y'all I just finished up a course that I am pretty proud of called Scorpion Ranch Golf Club. If y'all could give it a play and critique it and give me some advice for my next courses that would be great. Thanks!
Course Name: Scorpion Ranch Golf Club Username: Igl0oman45
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Post by karma4u on Dec 28, 2018 1:14:54 GMT -5
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mayday_golf83
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Dec 28, 2018 8:07:35 GMT -5
Some interesting ideas going on here. I'm going to take a stab, given what I saw out there and the number of posts that you're relatively new to the designer, so welcome aboard!
I found the course to be quite playable, overall. If there were three things I say moving forward you should look at, they would be:
1) Size/undulation of greens -- A few greens I found to be overly large and could have easily gotten the job done in half the size. Also, playing Pin 1 I found a number of pins cut in dead flat spots. Don't have to be massive, but some subtle contours within your tiers and shelves would create more dynamic playing experience.
2) Terrain smoothing - Some tell-tale signs that this was thrown down on an auto-generated plot, like the overall humpiness of the rough/native areas and a couple of spots at the fairway's edge that have massive dips or bulges where they meet with the rough. Look to smooth those spots out. Play around with the blue fuzzy circle brush to tweak the terrain and flatten & raise/lower to your liking.
3) Sightlines - You blocked out some of your work with bunkers and green sites by the way the overall course was sculpted. The tee shot is opportunity to really showcase your hole and decide what the player should and should not see. Don't be afraid to lower some hills, and tweak terrain until you get the look you want.
A lot of this comes with more practice and time in the designer but, like I said at the top, there's some interesting and fun design thoughts going on here. Also the course is very playable, which is more than half the battle.
Thanks for the publish, don't hesitate to check out the tutorials and streams by some of the designers on here and happy designing!
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