Post by tpcsouthnine on Jun 19, 2021 15:33:09 GMT -5
Just finished preliminary sculpting and surfacing for a Texas panhandle plains course, Gray County Golf Club. Based off of the dunes-like, rolling hills east of Amarillo, I expect this to play more like an Irish links than anything else.
Plenty of work left to go, and I’m sure the design will shift with further sculpting and planting (ugh, why is planting a thing?
), but right now the following requirements are still in play for this 6600-yard, par-69 course:
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 two holes with zero bunkers
At least one blind tee shot
At least three par 4s under 400 yards
At least five par 3 holes
Total course yardage no greater than 6900
Entire course to be contained in square/rectangular 1,000,000 yard area (e.g. 1000x1000, 800x1250 etc). Set a perimeter early.
Back to back par 3s or par 5s
At least two holes with a center-line hazard (tree, bunker, etc)
A few pictures of the current state:
Hole 4 tee shot
Hole 9 approach
Gratuitous routing picture
Plenty of work left to go, and I’m sure the design will shift with further sculpting and planting (ugh, why is planting a thing?
), but right now the following requirements are still in play for this 6600-yard, par-69 course: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 two holes with zero bunkers
At least one blind tee shot
At least three par 4s under 400 yards
At least five par 3 holes
Total course yardage no greater than 6900
Entire course to be contained in square/rectangular 1,000,000 yard area (e.g. 1000x1000, 800x1250 etc). Set a perimeter early.
Back to back par 3s or par 5s
At least two holes with a center-line hazard (tree, bunker, etc)
A few pictures of the current state:
Hole 4 tee shot
Hole 9 approach
Gratuitous routing picture
