Post by TannerBronson on Apr 4, 2019 17:52:49 GMT -5
Empire Pines Golf Club
Wedderburn, Oregon
Here, rests a course. A course that was made over millions of years, just to be uncovered in the year 2019. The challenge for a spectacular golfer, and the grandest stage for the grandest tournament has arose. Free falls of cliffs, the deepest woods of the tallest pines in the country will show it’s face and claws to the players of the 2019 U.S. Open. May you find the beauty and the hell of Empire Pines.
Designers Prologue~
The course will live to be a test of golf for the ages, long holes that alone between ravines and bunkers that will swallow your ball whole will look beautiful at the same time. Every tree, every bunker, every precise cut of the fairway is for a purpose and that's what makes Empire Pines elegant and a stern test of the game.
The course in its early stages was to capture a style of a familiar name, Donald Ross. The designer of over 400 golf courses around the nation and many hosting major championships including Oakland Hills, Pinehurst, Scioto, Aronimink, Inverness, and my home course oak Hill Country Club.
When I started designing courses in TGC 2, I never really knew anything about design coming into the creator. I really just layed out some holes and added a few bunkers in front of and behind greens. Planted a couple trees in middles of fairways and making greens look like the himalayas. And I kept doing this for about a month after the games release. During the time TGC 2 was out. I did not publish one course once so ever. I sincerely just placed holes around each other and called them golf holes and never really knew what to do with them.
I've always been interested in golf course design as well. Since I was around six years old, my family would go out to dinner at Oak Hill Country Club of Rochester, New York. Ever since my family has lived here they have been members at the country club. I never really understood the magnitude of how amazing the east and west course was until the 2013 PGA Championship. I would get a signature from Tiger, Phil, and Rory that week at the championship. But for others that have lived in this area for years, this was another walk in the park for them. Due to the fact that Oak Hill has hosted 3 U.S. Opens, 4 PGA Championships, and a Ryder Cup in the last 70 years. It is quite the resume for an upstate New York Country Club.
I would then walk the two legendary courses of Oak Hill each weekend after the PGA. I became so interested in the contours of the green, the way the holes bent, and how the bunkers hugged the edges of the shorter cut grass. The trees itself were so fascinating, especially hole 13's Hill of Fame with plaques of champions of past U.S. Opens and PGA winners nailed onto them.
After studying the course for a couple years. I’ve grown to love Donald Ross as a designer and Pioneer of golf course architecture. His meaning and thought into the slightest contours of each property he works on is now impeccable to me. I want to explain what I have learned and contribute to the community my experiences, looking at blueprints and reading these famous designers notes and books. I also plan to go to college for a major in meteorology and broadcast journalism, and minor in Landscape Architecture.
But now I have presented for you is what I’ve learned from my experiences and readings. This course is definitely my masterpiece so far and I hope to continue to be a better designer in the future. And now I present to you, Empire Pines Golf Club.
History~
In 1895, the Wedderburn Golf club was erected and a five hole course would be a part of the club. The course was a place to get away from the development of California. The original golf club closed in 1930 due to the stock market crash of ‘29 which devastated the economy including Wedderburn’s. For 27 years it was a vacant site on Oregon. But in 1957, Dietrich Hock, a German landscape architect would purchase the property to originally build a park for the town of Wedderburn but instead rebuilt the first original 5 holes and created the last 4 holes of the outward 9. The course became famous for it’s carriage ride back to the clubhouse. The path would run along the coastline and give the golfers a view of a lifetime. The club would then close down once again due to a lack of money in the area. But in 2019, Dylan Bronson would redesign and make the new course. Since properties have been built around the area, Bronson planned the holes around the properties making them premium houses to live in.
Also you may notice when arriving at the property that there is no driving range. Dylan Bronson’s design could not fit the driving range into the original property. And in April of 2019, the club is now what it is today.
The Links~
Hole No. 1
Par 4
Yards
Meters
“Monarch”
Hole No. 2
Par 3
239 547 Yards
“Catskills”
Hole No. 3
Par 4
452 Yards
“Cathedrals”
Hole No. 4
Par 4
496 Yards
“Pinpoint”
Hole No. 5
Par 4
428 Yards
“Early”
Hole No. 6
Par 4
489 Yards
“Roadside”
Hole No. 7
Par 5
590 Yards
“Angel’s Descent”
Hole No. 8
Par 3
236 Yards
“Spider”
Hole No. 9
Par 4
522 Yards
“Entropy”
Hole No. 10
Par 4
401 Yards
“Lookout”
Hole No. 11
Par 4
264 Yards
“Demon Corner”
Hole No. 12
Par 3
188 Yards
“The Bellows”
Hole No. 13
Par 4
436 Yards
“God’s hands”
Hole No. 14
Par 4
351 Yards
“Fearstruck”
Hole No. 15
Par 3
163 Yards
“Heaven’s Landing”
Holes No. 16
Par 4
408 Yards
“Tightrope”
Hole No. 17
Par 5
607 Yards
“Trinity”
Hole No. 18
Par 4
493 Yards
“Empire”
Conditions for tournament play~
Round 1: Pin 1
Wind speed: Medium
Wind Direction: North
Time of Day: Default
Weather: Clear
Green Speed: Default
Green Firmness: Default
Terrain Firmness: Default
Round 2: Pin 2
Wind speed: Low
Wind Direction: Northwest
Time of Day: Noon
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Green Speed: Default
Green Firmness:Default
Terrain Firmness: Firm
Round 3: Pin 3
Wind speed: Very High
Wind Direction: North
Time of Day: Default
Weather: Overcast
Green Speed: Moderate
Green Firmness: Soft
Terrain Firmness: Soft
Round 4: Pin 4
Wind speed: Medium
Wind Direction: South
Time of Day: Default
Weather: Clear
Green Speed: Default
Green Firmness: Default
Terrain Firmness: Firm
Playthroughs of Empire Pines G.C.~
Jeremy Mayo:
Andre Quenneville:
Thomas Hudson:
Geoff Browne: (Starts at 3:23:43)
Photos~
Acknowledgements~
I want to thank Matt Frich, Kent Schaffer and Greg Fordyce for encouraging me throughout the building process and I would not be here in the contest if it weren’t for them. I can’t thank you lads enough and I wish Matt and everyone else luck in the contest. I want to thank the community as well for being so inviting to the Youngest TGC tours member. Cheers!
Wedderburn, Oregon
Here, rests a course. A course that was made over millions of years, just to be uncovered in the year 2019. The challenge for a spectacular golfer, and the grandest stage for the grandest tournament has arose. Free falls of cliffs, the deepest woods of the tallest pines in the country will show it’s face and claws to the players of the 2019 U.S. Open. May you find the beauty and the hell of Empire Pines.
Designers Prologue~
The course will live to be a test of golf for the ages, long holes that alone between ravines and bunkers that will swallow your ball whole will look beautiful at the same time. Every tree, every bunker, every precise cut of the fairway is for a purpose and that's what makes Empire Pines elegant and a stern test of the game.
The course in its early stages was to capture a style of a familiar name, Donald Ross. The designer of over 400 golf courses around the nation and many hosting major championships including Oakland Hills, Pinehurst, Scioto, Aronimink, Inverness, and my home course oak Hill Country Club.
When I started designing courses in TGC 2, I never really knew anything about design coming into the creator. I really just layed out some holes and added a few bunkers in front of and behind greens. Planted a couple trees in middles of fairways and making greens look like the himalayas. And I kept doing this for about a month after the games release. During the time TGC 2 was out. I did not publish one course once so ever. I sincerely just placed holes around each other and called them golf holes and never really knew what to do with them.
I've always been interested in golf course design as well. Since I was around six years old, my family would go out to dinner at Oak Hill Country Club of Rochester, New York. Ever since my family has lived here they have been members at the country club. I never really understood the magnitude of how amazing the east and west course was until the 2013 PGA Championship. I would get a signature from Tiger, Phil, and Rory that week at the championship. But for others that have lived in this area for years, this was another walk in the park for them. Due to the fact that Oak Hill has hosted 3 U.S. Opens, 4 PGA Championships, and a Ryder Cup in the last 70 years. It is quite the resume for an upstate New York Country Club.
I would then walk the two legendary courses of Oak Hill each weekend after the PGA. I became so interested in the contours of the green, the way the holes bent, and how the bunkers hugged the edges of the shorter cut grass. The trees itself were so fascinating, especially hole 13's Hill of Fame with plaques of champions of past U.S. Opens and PGA winners nailed onto them.
After studying the course for a couple years. I’ve grown to love Donald Ross as a designer and Pioneer of golf course architecture. His meaning and thought into the slightest contours of each property he works on is now impeccable to me. I want to explain what I have learned and contribute to the community my experiences, looking at blueprints and reading these famous designers notes and books. I also plan to go to college for a major in meteorology and broadcast journalism, and minor in Landscape Architecture.
But now I have presented for you is what I’ve learned from my experiences and readings. This course is definitely my masterpiece so far and I hope to continue to be a better designer in the future. And now I present to you, Empire Pines Golf Club.
History~
In 1895, the Wedderburn Golf club was erected and a five hole course would be a part of the club. The course was a place to get away from the development of California. The original golf club closed in 1930 due to the stock market crash of ‘29 which devastated the economy including Wedderburn’s. For 27 years it was a vacant site on Oregon. But in 1957, Dietrich Hock, a German landscape architect would purchase the property to originally build a park for the town of Wedderburn but instead rebuilt the first original 5 holes and created the last 4 holes of the outward 9. The course became famous for it’s carriage ride back to the clubhouse. The path would run along the coastline and give the golfers a view of a lifetime. The club would then close down once again due to a lack of money in the area. But in 2019, Dylan Bronson would redesign and make the new course. Since properties have been built around the area, Bronson planned the holes around the properties making them premium houses to live in.
Also you may notice when arriving at the property that there is no driving range. Dylan Bronson’s design could not fit the driving range into the original property. And in April of 2019, the club is now what it is today.
The Links~
Hole No. 1
Par 4
Yards
Meters
“Monarch”
Hole No. 2
Par 3
239 547 Yards
“Catskills”
Hole No. 3
Par 4
452 Yards
“Cathedrals”
Hole No. 4
Par 4
496 Yards
“Pinpoint”
Hole No. 5
Par 4
428 Yards
“Early”
Hole No. 6
Par 4
489 Yards
“Roadside”
Hole No. 7
Par 5
590 Yards
“Angel’s Descent”
Hole No. 8
Par 3
236 Yards
“Spider”
Hole No. 9
Par 4
522 Yards
“Entropy”
Hole No. 10
Par 4
401 Yards
“Lookout”
Hole No. 11
Par 4
264 Yards
“Demon Corner”
Hole No. 12
Par 3
188 Yards
“The Bellows”
Hole No. 13
Par 4
436 Yards
“God’s hands”
Hole No. 14
Par 4
351 Yards
“Fearstruck”
Hole No. 15
Par 3
163 Yards
“Heaven’s Landing”
Holes No. 16
Par 4
408 Yards
“Tightrope”
Hole No. 17
Par 5
607 Yards
“Trinity”
Hole No. 18
Par 4
493 Yards
“Empire”
Conditions for tournament play~
Round 1: Pin 1
Wind speed: Medium
Wind Direction: North
Time of Day: Default
Weather: Clear
Green Speed: Default
Green Firmness: Default
Terrain Firmness: Default
Round 2: Pin 2
Wind speed: Low
Wind Direction: Northwest
Time of Day: Noon
Weather: Partly Cloudy
Green Speed: Default
Green Firmness:Default
Terrain Firmness: Firm
Round 3: Pin 3
Wind speed: Very High
Wind Direction: North
Time of Day: Default
Weather: Overcast
Green Speed: Moderate
Green Firmness: Soft
Terrain Firmness: Soft
Round 4: Pin 4
Wind speed: Medium
Wind Direction: South
Time of Day: Default
Weather: Clear
Green Speed: Default
Green Firmness: Default
Terrain Firmness: Firm
Playthroughs of Empire Pines G.C.~
Jeremy Mayo:
Andre Quenneville:
Thomas Hudson:
Geoff Browne: (Starts at 3:23:43)
Photos~
Acknowledgements~
I want to thank Matt Frich, Kent Schaffer and Greg Fordyce for encouraging me throughout the building process and I would not be here in the contest if it weren’t for them. I can’t thank you lads enough and I wish Matt and everyone else luck in the contest. I want to thank the community as well for being so inviting to the Youngest TGC tours member. Cheers!
