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Post by PithyDoctorG on Feb 24, 2020 8:32:05 GMT -5
Decided to start a new solo project that I'm tentatively calling Vernon Hills. Harvest theme, hilly property, small-ish undulating greens chock full of Golden Age goodness. I'm going to try and stream as much of the process as I can and plan on uploading each roughly hour-long episode to YouTube. The first episode--getting started--is below. I used mayday_golf83 's plot generation technique and then proceeded to pan around for about a half an hour looking for golf holes . At the end of the day, we have a tentative routing for the back nine.
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TCRBrad
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Post by TCRBrad on Feb 25, 2020 11:39:44 GMT -5
Decided to start a new solo project that I'm tentatively calling Vernon Hills. Harvest theme, hilly property, small-ish undulating greens chock full of Golden Age goodness. I'm going to try and stream as much of the process as I can and plan on uploading each roughly hour-long episode to YouTube. The first episode--getting started--is below. I used mayday_golf83 's plot generation technique and then proceeded to pan around for about a half an hour looking for golf holes . At the end of the day, we have a tentative routing for the back nine. Any relation to the town in the Chicagoland area?
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Feb 25, 2020 12:25:58 GMT -5
Decided to start a new solo project that I'm tentatively calling Vernon Hills. Harvest theme, hilly property, small-ish undulating greens chock full of Golden Age goodness. I'm going to try and stream as much of the process as I can and plan on uploading each roughly hour-long episode to YouTube. The first episode--getting started--is below. I used mayday_golf83 's plot generation technique and then proceeded to pan around for about a half an hour looking for golf holes . At the end of the day, we have a tentative routing for the back nine. Any relation to the town in the Chicagoland area? No. Got the name from Vernon Downs, which was a horse racing venue near where I grew up.
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TCRBrad
Amateur Golfer
Midwest Ope-n Champion
Posts: 180
TGCT Name: TCRBrad
Tour: Challenge Circuit
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Post by TCRBrad on Feb 25, 2020 13:14:13 GMT -5
PithyDoctorG Nice! There is a Vernon Hills Golf Course (9 holes) near my hometown that has a really nice variety of golf holes. Believe this was one of Dick Nugent's earliest designs, which is a name synonymous with Chicagoland golf (and a really good architect if you're looking for course inspiration) Not an overly intimidating track based on yardage or hazards, but the mature trees and sloped greens make it a stern test of golf. 3-7 is an awesome stretch of holes that play up, down, across, and around the valley of the drainage from Little Bear Lake to Indian Creek.
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Post by staypuft39 on Feb 25, 2020 13:54:48 GMT -5
I took a drink every time Dan said "golf hole" and now I'm legally dead.
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Feb 25, 2020 20:52:16 GMT -5
I took a drink every time Dan said "golf hole" and now I'm legally dead. I guess I subconsciously stopped just saying "hole" after so many TWWS and TWSS-adjacent jokes.
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Feb 28, 2020 8:11:25 GMT -5
Episode Two--Started building a hole...excuse me, a golf hole.
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Feb 29, 2020 8:23:11 GMT -5
Episode 3 is up. Did some more struggling with these flat-bottomed bunkers; hopefully I'm starting to get the hang of it. We actually have a hole now with all the bunkers sculpted, a green, and a fairway!
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Mar 7, 2020 21:57:58 GMT -5
Here is episode 4. Hole 9 is fully roughed in and we got to work on the opening hole.
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Mar 9, 2020 14:26:43 GMT -5
Episode 5 is in the can. Fair amount of green sculpting in this one. Thanks to b101 for chiming in with some helpful suggestions on this one.
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Post by b101 on Mar 9, 2020 16:39:11 GMT -5
Not sure how much I helped but I’ll happily take the credit! This series is coming along very nicely, Dan 🙂
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Mar 17, 2020 10:14:52 GMT -5
Been a while since I updated this, but episode 6 is complete. I'll be honest, this one involves lots of playtesting and me making bad swings, so I won't be offended if you skip this one
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Mar 29, 2020 19:58:15 GMT -5
Episode 7 is now up! I designed hole 3 and most of 4 offline, but I hope to be recording construction of all of the other holes. Episode 8 is also in the can and I'll post it once it's uploaded.
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Post by joegolferg on Mar 30, 2020 11:17:39 GMT -5
Still catching up on the series but it's looking superb so far. It'll be an ideal course for matchplay.
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Post by PithyDoctorG on Mar 30, 2020 11:37:50 GMT -5
Here's Episode 8. Built the 5th green site. One more bunker to build and then we're on to #6.
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