Champions Golf Club - Cypress Creek Course (Houston, TX)

[jeremy21]

I'm extremely new to the game & designer but just for something to do i decided to play around with the Lidar tools and OSM on some Houston area courses.

Someone with the username Andrago94 had mapped the holes on OSM well over a year ago for the Cypress Creek course at Champions golf club in Houston Texas.

It's a beautiful & historic Private course opened in 1959 some events it's hosted include: (1967 Ryder Cup) - (1969 U.S. Open) - (1993 U.S. Amateur), & is scheduled to host the 2020 U.S. Women's Open in December.

I searched around & couldn't find an in Progress or completed upload anywhere so i assume it was abandoned.

Anyways i finished some more of the mapping in OSM on the Cypress Creek Course and got it in TGC19 with 2018 Lidar data.

The trees are just untouched imports from OSM to get a better visual of the hole 1 layout.

I'm not skilled enough to likely ever make a finished product but will probably continue to tinker with it.

One challenging thing i noticed will be the Water hazard on the first hole which has a sloping brick/stone lining

the only real idea i had was to line the edges with a stone cartpath texture to get something that looks somewhat similar & can slope but not sure if its even possible to have a path touching the water as it disappears if i try to add water over it. If anyone has any tips/tricks on sculpting & smoothing out lidar ponds or any ideas on the stone/brick lining. I'm curious if it's possible to get something close to real life or if it will just need to be a compromise on that feature.

(not same angle)

I'm more than happy to send all the files over to a more skilled designer & would probably prefer that honestly so this awesome course gets the love it deserves.

If anyone wants the files Just let me know. If not i will just keep playing around with it & probably just end up adding most of the in play trees & roughed water hazards for personal play.

The Lidar data & OSM splines seem to really line up quite well its mostly just the water hazards & some minor things here & there that need to be sculpted more.

There seems to be a decent amount of reference imagery of the course between OSM, Google Earth, & Flyover tours on the Clubs website.

Let me know if i should've posted this in another area sorry I'm new to this community & game as a whole.

[sandsaver01]

Aug 2, 2020 3:44:10 GMT -5 jeremy21 said:

One challenging thing i noticed will be the Water hazard on the first hole which has a sloping brick/stone lining

the only real idea i had was to line the edges with a stone cartpath texture to get something that looks somewhat similar & can slope but not sure if its even possible to have a path touching the water as it disappears if i try to add water over it. If anyone has any tips/tricks on sculpting & smoothing out lidar ponds or any ideas on the stone/brick lining. I'm curious if it's possible to get something close to real life or if it will just need to be a compromise on that feature.

Good to have another potential Lidar designer aboard! The way to get the effect you are trying for on the water is to put another water body just underneath the one you are working with. This is somewhat explained in this post: Water Bodies technique. I recommend playing with the technique on a test plot in the designer to get it right, sometimes it can be tricky.

Good luck!