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Post by Riotous on Sept 1, 2019 1:26:52 GMT -5
Nicely sculpted bunkering , they look like tough holes, keep away from the bunkers on 7 and a very small landing zone on the other Par 4
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Post by cplampman on Sept 2, 2019 1:10:59 GMT -5
Nicely sculpted bunkering , they look like tough holes, keep away from the bunkers on 7 and a very small landing zone on the other Par 4 Thank you. It seems like I design backwards/differently. I typically just route and design the 18 holes. Then go on and fine tune the sculpting after multiple tests. Then it’s planting time. So those holes DEF are not done. Are blind shots just completely frowned upon? And if so, why? For example that second picture is pretty uphill. The landing is to the left of second bunker. Then you can’t see the green from the second. I’ve seen people speak negatively about them, but they do exist in real golf. I understand gimmicky ones and TOO many, but are on an occasional few “ok”? |
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Post by b101 on Sept 2, 2019 1:28:45 GMT -5
Nicely sculpted bunkering , they look like tough holes, keep away from the bunkers on 7 and a very small landing zone on the other Par 4 Thank you. It seems like I design backwards/differently. I typically just route and design the 18 holes. Then go on and fine tune the sculpting after multiple tests. Then it’s planting time. So those holes DEF are not done. Are blind shots just completely frowned upon? And if so, why? For example that second picture is pretty uphill. The landing is to the left of second bunker. Then you can’t see the green from the second. I’ve seen people speak negatively about them, but they do exist in real golf. I understand gimmicky ones and TOO many, but are on an occasional few “ok”? Nope, totally fine when done intentionally and well. It’s the unintentionally blind ones that are frowned upon (I.e. where you can’t see anything when addressing the ball but only through scout cam). |
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Post by Riotous on Sept 2, 2019 1:57:52 GMT -5
Nicely sculpted bunkering , they look like tough holes, keep away from the bunkers on 7 and a very small landing zone on the other Par 4 Thank you. It seems like I design backwards/differently. I typically just route and design the 18 holes. Then go on and fine tune the sculpting after multiple tests. Then it’s planting time. So those holes DEF are not done. Are blind shots just completely frowned upon? And if so, why? For example that second picture is pretty uphill. The landing is to the left of second bunker. Then you can’t see the green from the second. I’ve seen people speak negatively about them, but they do exist in real golf. I understand gimmicky ones and TOO many, but are on an occasional few “ok”? I design the same way as you, because the planting is the bit I enjoy least and find the hardest, a bit like the kids leaving vegetables till last at dinner! Blind shots (and this is just my opinion) ought to be avoided if possible |
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Post by Riotous on Sept 2, 2019 2:19:56 GMT -5
Thank you. It seems like I design backwards/differently. I typically just route and design the 18 holes. Then go on and fine tune the sculpting after multiple tests. Then it’s planting time. So those holes DEF are not done. Are blind shots just completely frowned upon? And if so, why? For example that second picture is pretty uphill. The landing is to the left of second bunker. Then you can’t see the green from the second. I’ve seen people speak negatively about them, but they do exist in real golf. I understand gimmicky ones and TOO many, but are on an occasional few “ok”? I design the same way as you, because the planting is the bit I enjoy least and find the hardest, a bit like the kids leaving vegetables till last at dinner! Blind shots (and this is just my opinion) ought to be avoided if possible Sorry, that was sent in a bit of a rush...... If blind shots can be avoided then in my opinion they should be, often they can’t, but for example if you have an expected landing area then can you lower the area between this point and the green? The one that bugs me is a downhill hole where the front of the tee or a lump in the ground obstructs the view, all the work you’ve done can’t be seen!! |
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Post by cplampman on Sept 11, 2019 15:26:07 GMT -5
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Post by Davidius74 on Sept 15, 2019 6:21:00 GMT -5
Looks good. Certainly needs a bit of smoothing out for the "rough cart path" because I know I would hate walking on that with my push buggy LOL
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Post by cplampman on Sept 15, 2019 15:19:30 GMT -5
Man, I could see how designing courses could drive some people absolutely insane haha. I could imagine the designers of the best courses out there could still find stuff to fix after publishing.
If one did want to submit a course, how do we go about doing that?
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Post by b101 on Sept 15, 2019 16:55:53 GMT -5
Publish and create a thread in Completed Courses, with Rookie Contest in the title. I'd tag ErixonStone as well. Simple as that  |
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Post by Oscar C on Sept 15, 2019 17:08:30 GMT -5
Publish and create a thread in Completed Courses, with Rookie Contest in the title. I'd tag ErixonStone as well. Simple as that or does he mean submit for Tour consideration? Or that’s how I read it. |
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Post by b101 on Sept 15, 2019 17:10:46 GMT -5
Oh, I see. If that's the case, go to www.tgctours.com, 'Courses' at the top, then 'Submit a Course'. |
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Post by cplampman on Sept 15, 2019 17:25:35 GMT -5
Publish and create a thread in Completed Courses, with Rookie Contest in the title. I'd tag ErixonStone as well. Simple as that or does he mean submit for Tour consideration? Or that’s how I read it. Yeah kinda mistyped there. I did mean what b101 said but also was curious on this so it worked! Thank you both. |
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Post by cplampman on Sept 15, 2019 17:52:40 GMT -5
Well submitted my course, Arbor Pines. Had a lot of fun with this and learned a ton. I wish I could have done a little more but with some life things, I just wouldn’t be able to. Give it a go, let me know your thoughts, and I look forward to playing everyone else’s!
Thanks again for everyone’s help!
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Post by b101 on Sept 15, 2019 17:57:51 GMT -5
Congrats! Look forward to giving it a play - make sure to pop a post in shoutbox as well. Great to see the contest up and running!
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Post by Riotous on Sept 16, 2019 7:49:39 GMT -5
Well done! Will give it a play soon, Karma has done you proud with those photos, looks great
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