Asylum (Updated for 2k23)

[Q]

Welcome to Asylum

Thanks to jayraygun for the excellent logo!

Asylum is my Second Course and is a formation of a thought experiment of "What if Sheep Ranch and Pacific Grove's Back 9 had a mountainous baby?"

6 holes of this course (7,13,15-18) won Design League Contest #4 which you can blame for me snagging a spot in WCOD.

This course has wide fairways but do not be fooled, it is a hard test that punishes errant shots harshly while still remaining scoreable and rewarding for hitting good ones.



For the Platinum experience and more realistic weather conditions try Red Tees on Pin 2 with 187(Very Fast) greens with very firm conditions and harsh winds, as any wind greatly increases this course's difficulty.



For an Easier experience Try Green Tees Default Pin 3.



Similar to Pacific Grove, this course uses partial blindness to hide optimal shots and to punish bad ones. You will always see the fairway and a safe landing zone, but throughout the round you can take more, blind and aggressive lines which will put you into a much better position on the approach shot while punishing you with blindness for a miss. This course uses subtle (and some obvious) nods towards template hole design and is extremely tightly routed. 

This extensively uses Hyper-planting and very minimally uses tee manipulation (saving some new secret tech for my WCOD course!)
Thanks to Crazycanuck1985  b101 and mattf27 for you techniques, strategy ideas and videos which helped me improve from The Bohemian Club and make a big leap towards hopefully being competitive against all of you for WCOD. There is no way my 2nd course would look this good without those streams and videos.
Thanks to tpetro and TannerBronson for hosting the Design League, it definitely pushed me to improve and hopefully the full 18 version of the course wont disappoint!
This whole community has been very helpful and welcoming to me who's only been around here for 5 months, without you guys giving feedback and motivation I don't think I would enjoy this as much as I currently do. Now to try to make you guys proud in WCOD (and kick your butts)

Hole 12

Just south of the Monterey Peninsula in Big Sur lies a strange place with a stranger history. Started by a group known simply as the A.R.E (Association for Research and Enlightenment), a private camp was made as an escape from the rest of the world, an "Asylum" . Attempt, if you dare, to make the hermitage out here to play one of the world's most private clubs on a course difficult enough to drive you insane. The old compounds and the defunct lighthouse are visible from almost every green. Something more sinister seems to be afoot

...The Devil is in the Details...


Hole 13/16 Double Green


Hole 5 Tee Shot overlooking Hole 4 Green


Hole 9 Green

[aeastwood54]

Looks fantastic. Hopefully there aren't any inmates roaming the grounds or that frustrated golfers dont end up being committed after their rounds 😉

[ChrizZcE]

Looks great. Will check it out.

[Deleted]

This will be on my “play right away in 2021” list! Pictures look awesome!

[cd06]

I've gotta play this bad boy... looks cool! Saw your YT vid yesterday.

[b101]

Cracking course, Q - great to see the cool courses coming out of the design league and look forward to seeing what you bring for the World Cup!

[rob4590]

Wow. Nuff said.

One question - what is the 'boardwalk' between the 1st and 6th(?) greens for?

And just so you don't get a big head....the tiniest nitpicky criticism ever - you missed one plant which is in the semi-rough just short of 18

[cd06]

I was greatly impressed... the bunkerless concept is great and the setting was unbelievable. Great job and an instant favourite!

[SteelVike]

Great course my friend! I played red tees pin 3 with everything else default and shot -5 with an eagle on 18. I'm still trying to figure out if there is some sort of code with all of the numbers placed on the doors and around the course.  Cool little easter eggs

[adx321]

This is really well done. Plays tough and has incredible natural-looking sculpting.

Great course!

[Andy Meade]

Pictures look great! I have this at the top of my “to play” list.

[rayzor]

Looks great Q! Loving the feel you've went with. The unkempt and bunkerless style is really well done.

[LucasEatWorld]

Glad I wasn't the only one to notice those easter eggs SteelVike




I had a very fun round, as expected after trying out the beta. Shot a -4 (67) on pin 1 from the red tees with all default everything. Next round I'll definitely be going for the harder experience on pin 2 with high winds. Love this course. Great job. Can't wait to see what you come up with for the WCOD. 

[Q]

The devil is in the details heh

[LucasEatWorld]

So I started another round on your recommended platinum experience (red tees, pin 2) with very high winds and 187's on the greens. I was -4 after 8 holes, thinking "this is easier than I figured it'd be." Welp, that didn't last long. Double bogey on 9 and no birdies on the back left me with a +1.

Also, I haven't hit the fairway on 17 yet. Been down on the beach all three rounds I've played, so thanks for not making that OB. 😂