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Post by shotstone on Jun 3, 2021 19:09:25 GMT -5
Welcome to my WIP thread... Here's what I have lined up for this kick off post:
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Yup... A whole lotta not much... I suppose that isn't fair... I have a few thing...
1. I am using the delta theme and doing a coastal lowlands dune kinda thing (I know, its cliché, but f**k it)
2. Two nine hole loops playing out to the coast and back
3. What elements...? I dunno maybe these, maybe others...
At least one driveable par 4
At least one par 3 greater than 230 yards
At least one par 3 shorter than 125 yards
At least one template hole of your choice
At least one blind tee shot
At least five par 5 holes (*NOTE* - currently routed for 4 par 5s, but lots of room to monkey with stuff still)
At least two holes with a center-line hazard (tree, bunker, etc)
"Do I have pics", I can hear you griping already. I could, but I don't. I'm going to surface the 18 holes, get the more major land movements where I want them... Then I'll look at putting up a few pics.
"Well then what is your inspiration?!" - ugh good question... So... Dunes lowland
Sand Valley
Tara Iti
SandHills
Ballyneal
Streamsong
Many others... (nothing huge to live up to in this list is there?!)
Shoot I'm in a stacked group... might as well swing for the fences no?
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Post by shotstone on Jun 5, 2021 15:30:06 GMT -5
*DISCLAIMER* All holes subject to change (as if it actually has to be said!  ) I've decided to lay down the tentative surfaces for all the holes before I get too deeply into each specific hole. Everything I have laid down I've tentatively sculpted and tried to get *close* to what I think I want it to be. So far that is 4 holes laid down (1, 2, 3, and 8). I've done a little bit of test planting. None of it will stay, but it at least gives me a sense of what I might actually do... I hate posting WIP pics but here goes nothing... Hole 1 - Pretty easy opener, wide landing area, w/ a wedge in. Miss the green and you'll find one of the collection area short :   Hole 2 - Middling Par 3 (165ish currently). The downhill tee shot adds a bit of guessing to the club selection. Once again, a miss will find a collection area below the surface leading to some interesting pitches back up.   (Looking back at the first green)  3rd Hole - By no means a long hole, w/ driver expect now more than 9i in, a lay-up might leave a 7i to a large forgiving green. An aggressive tee shot directly at the bunker left will yield a view of the green. A safe lay-up or bail out to the right will leave a blind approach into this naturally punchbowled green.   Hole 8 - A vast stretch of fairway connects the 1st, 9th, and 8th holes leaving a large wide open tee shot to the right. While safe your second will be over a greenside bunker to a narrower green sloping slightly away from you. Challenge the left half of the fairway for a long, deep green w/ no hazard to carry on your second. This push-up style green will fall off to collection areas on all sides.  That's all I have so far. I think planting will really make this course pop.... So far I'm not hating what I have.... So... Far... |
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Post by hallzballz6908 on Jun 5, 2021 22:52:58 GMT -5
Loving the look so far 👍🏻!
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Post by shotstone on Jun 6, 2021 22:11:46 GMT -5
Rebuilt Hole 8, narrowing the preferred landing area significantly. Surfaced Hole 4. Played with a lot of planting. Hated all of it. Used a new approach on the waste bunkers. I like this look better I think....  Ignore the goofy fairway ending at the far right. That will be surfaced when I get to hole 9.... |
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Post by shotstone on Jun 16, 2021 14:55:32 GMT -5
Might work on this today... Might not... Most my time has been testing and ripping up planting... We'll see if I can be bothered to post anything pics related 🤣
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Post by shotstone on Jun 17, 2021 0:10:25 GMT -5
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Post by shotstone on Jun 17, 2021 20:16:24 GMT -5
I'm so manic on this... On the absolute edge of trashing this. Go from loving to hating and back every time I look at it...
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Post by blueblood1995 on Jun 18, 2021 0:17:57 GMT -5
Don't be so hard on yourself. I think it looks fantastic!
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Post by shotstone on Jun 18, 2021 19:08:05 GMT -5
Basically full rebuild begins....   |
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Post by sebk on Jun 18, 2021 21:51:29 GMT -5
Basically full rebuild begins.... Damnit shotstone! I was looking forward to your WIPs. Onward and upward. Get some whiskey going and you’ll start flying! Leettts go! |
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Post by shotstone on Jun 20, 2021 22:07:39 GMT -5
Working hard on figuring out what the resurface of each hole should look like...  Here's a hole 2 Before and After... (NOTE:: The after is very much playing around with some looks... Not really a huge fan of the repeated shapes left, but need to see what things look like....) Before:  After:  |
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Post by coruler2 on Jun 21, 2021 14:44:14 GMT -5
I wish I had the ability to erase and start over my work. I’ve only blown a hole up a few times in my design career. Usually I tweak and tweak until I don’t hate my hole anymore
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Post by shotstone on Jun 21, 2021 16:07:13 GMT -5
I wish I had the ability to erase and start over my work. I’ve only blown a hole up a few times in my design career. Usually I tweak and tweak until I don’t hate my hole anymore I had a lot of things nagging at me around the original surfacing... The waste areas, the bunker edges, where tee boxes needed to be, general macro-sculpting, etc... I thought on it for several days and it just seemed easier to keep what I really liked (generally the routing and green complexes) and throw all the rest away.... It seemed like I was constantly fighting a lot of little things (in reality I think all those little things were the symptoms of larger issues). Once I decided to throw most of the work away, I actually felt a lot more liberated to go back and make much more significant changes rather than "is this good enough?" sort of a treat the cause not the symptom scenario... While the resurfacing effort is going quickly, I know I've bitten a lot off with bunkering style... So... We'll see... Time is ticking away! |
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Post by shotstone on Jun 21, 2021 23:49:18 GMT -5
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Post by shotstone on Jun 28, 2021 20:04:23 GMT -5
@cd06 how do you know if you've gone full Carne?
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