acesgalore
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 294
TGCT Name: Chris Hall - Gamer Tag: H4LLY9
Tour: CC-Pro
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Post by acesgalore on Mar 7, 2019 6:26:20 GMT -5
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to The Old Man of Hoy. One of the original definitions of Links land was 'The land found between the sea and the arable land'. I have used this definition as inspiration as this golf course winds its way through both the coastal links land and the inland meadows. Dramatic cliffs and rolling fields await during your round at The Old Man of Hoy. Gorgeous views, tricky approach shots and undulating greens make this an enjoyable experience for all. A massive thank you to Eric for his play testing and support during this project.
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Post by linkslover on Mar 7, 2019 8:25:06 GMT -5
Here we go, the old man of Hoy, aka Chris Hoy's dad. In case you don't know who Chris Hoy is, he's won six Olympic gold medals in track cycling and after he retired he finished 17th in Le Mans 24 Hours.
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acesgalore
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TGCT Name: Chris Hall - Gamer Tag: H4LLY9
Tour: CC-Pro
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Post by acesgalore on Mar 7, 2019 8:28:18 GMT -5
And what a fine figure of a man at that. That's the dream right there.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 9:09:16 GMT -5
Very enjoyable course which I will play again and again as soon as possible.. well done Chris.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 9:14:06 GMT -5
I've played this course several times now in beta form, and each time I did it got better and better. I'll definitely be teeing it up here soon now that the final version is published (hopefully today with my man gdog for a sneak peak at a shiny gemstone?). Great pictures above Chris, now let's see what the photographer magician can do with this one! karma4u , might I recommend the tee shots off of 4, 7, and 16 as candidates? Of course, you seem to capture angles that nobody ever dreamed of to make a course look amazing. I hope everybody checks this one out, it's not your typical highlands themed course. I found the routing to be interesting and keep my interest for all 18 holes due to the experience you get between the cliffside holes and the 'arable land' holes, which Chris has woven together beautifully with the planting concept. hmammoth , this is the course I was mentioning to you last night in beta form, but now it's completed. If it doesn't fit the event schedule, hopefully catcherman22 and ErixonStone will take a look. Enjoy!
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Post by theclv24 on Mar 7, 2019 10:15:04 GMT -5
Looks good, adding it to the list.
You can't make me and my Duolingo Spanish app not read this as The Old Man of Today, though.
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acesgalore
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 294
TGCT Name: Chris Hall - Gamer Tag: H4LLY9
Tour: CC-Pro
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Post by acesgalore on Mar 7, 2019 10:17:54 GMT -5
Perhaps that should be a new daily badge.
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Post by hmammoth on Mar 7, 2019 11:39:26 GMT -5
I've played this course several times now in beta form, and each time I did it got better and better. I'll definitely be teeing it up here soon now that the final version is published (hopefully today with my man gdog for a sneak peak at a shiny gemstone?). Great pictures above Chris, now let's see what the photographer magician can do with this one! karma4u , might I recommend the tee shots off of 4, 7, and 16 as candidates? Of course, you seem to capture angles that nobody ever dreamed of to make a course look amazing. I hope everybody checks this one out, it's not your typical highlands themed course. I found the routing to be interesting and keep my interest for all 18 holes due to the experience you get between the cliffside holes and the 'arable land' holes, which Chris has woven together beautifully with the planting concept. hmammoth , this is the course I was mentioning to you last night in beta form, but now it's completed. If it doesn't fit the event schedule, hopefully catcherman22 and ErixonStone will take a look. Enjoy! I think this would make a fine course for the web, providing of course all scheduler fees are paid in full and all course secrets and shortcuts are sent to me two weeks before the event. Tell you what I will do, I will send to the rangers and you can explain to Chris the costs of having a course played on the web.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 11:44:43 GMT -5
hmammoth - does he get the friends and family discount? LOL
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Post by hmammoth on Mar 7, 2019 11:52:52 GMT -5
A quick update, I just shot my very first bogey free round on pc here, all fees have been waived.
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Post by pablo on Mar 7, 2019 13:48:43 GMT -5
hmammoth - does he get the friends and family discount? LOL He never applied that discount to me, but you never know when talking about an Irish
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Post by karma4u on Mar 7, 2019 13:49:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2019 13:52:30 GMT -5
^^ Wowsers! Thank you Vic!
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acesgalore
Amateur Golfer
Posts: 294
TGCT Name: Chris Hall - Gamer Tag: H4LLY9
Tour: CC-Pro
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Post by acesgalore on Mar 7, 2019 15:19:14 GMT -5
Wonderful job Vic. Thanks for making it shine
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Post by linkslover on Mar 8, 2019 2:47:59 GMT -5
The course does look much better than Chris Hoy's dad.
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