Les Pins de Verdun (Rookie Design Challenge Entry)
Jan 28, 2022 15:47:45 GMT -5
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Post by InThisStyle on Jan 28, 2022 15:47:45 GMT -5
This is my entry into the Rookie Design Challenge.
I took about a 6-month break in between publishes, spending more time playing, studying golf course architecture/design, and ultimately starting and abandoning a half dozen plots along the way. I felt a little stagnated after all the stops and starts on the aforementioned plots, so when I got into this I decided to start on paper, and see if I could think my way through the course before getting into the actual designer:
The final product *resembles* this layout, but there were definitely some significant changes
You'll find some templates out there, as well as some tight fairways (considering we're playing Pro on tour, and that professional tour fairways average 30-32 yards in width), a drivable 4, a true par 5, and a variety of lengths for the par 3s.
Plays best from the tips (blue). I enjoyed SW and NE winds while I was testing. Greens were published at 177 but play perfectly well at 187. I just destroyed the object meter for this one because of the copious amount of trees, as well as pretty large vineyard adjacent to 18 (see photos below).
I took inspiration from some courses in France, most notably d'Hardelot, and tried to catch this general feel:
I'm glad this got finished and I squeaked it in before the deadline. Cheers, and I hope you enjoy your round! 🍸
Course Description:
Les Pins de Verdun was constructed as a passion project by the same family that owns and operates the Cotes de Verdun vineyard which runs adjacent to the 18th hole. As the name suggests, this tightly routed tree-lined course winds its way through a dense forest of towering pine tree varieties and features several bodies of water throughout. While not the longest course at just over 7,200 yards, Les Pins features tight fairways and undulating green complexes. Questioning driver off the tee, shaping shots to your advantage, and considering the angle of approach to today's pin location, are all essential to going low on this challenging course.
(some of those vines/plants didn't render at this distance).
I took about a 6-month break in between publishes, spending more time playing, studying golf course architecture/design, and ultimately starting and abandoning a half dozen plots along the way. I felt a little stagnated after all the stops and starts on the aforementioned plots, so when I got into this I decided to start on paper, and see if I could think my way through the course before getting into the actual designer:
The final product *resembles* this layout, but there were definitely some significant changes
You'll find some templates out there, as well as some tight fairways (considering we're playing Pro on tour, and that professional tour fairways average 30-32 yards in width), a drivable 4, a true par 5, and a variety of lengths for the par 3s.
Plays best from the tips (blue). I enjoyed SW and NE winds while I was testing. Greens were published at 177 but play perfectly well at 187. I just destroyed the object meter for this one because of the copious amount of trees, as well as pretty large vineyard adjacent to 18 (see photos below).
I took inspiration from some courses in France, most notably d'Hardelot, and tried to catch this general feel:
I'm glad this got finished and I squeaked it in before the deadline. Cheers, and I hope you enjoy your round! 🍸
Course Description:
Les Pins de Verdun was constructed as a passion project by the same family that owns and operates the Cotes de Verdun vineyard which runs adjacent to the 18th hole. As the name suggests, this tightly routed tree-lined course winds its way through a dense forest of towering pine tree varieties and features several bodies of water throughout. While not the longest course at just over 7,200 yards, Les Pins features tight fairways and undulating green complexes. Questioning driver off the tee, shaping shots to your advantage, and considering the angle of approach to today's pin location, are all essential to going low on this challenging course.
(some of those vines/plants didn't render at this distance).
