WIP - Countryside Course, No name

[sleeven]

Hey everyone. This is my first course on 2K23. I've been working on it intermittently since release and feel like I've made some good progress to share. I've been designing since TGC2019 but rarely see a project through to completion so I'm still very much learning the trade. I hope you can take a look at what I've got so far and provide some feedback so that I can improve on this design and try to publish a good quality course. Also if looking at this inspires a possible name feel free to let me know. Thanks guys.

About the course: This is a countryside course over some hilly terrain, there are a few dips between tee and fairway as well as split fairways from landing zone to green. I'm worried some features might be a bit extreme (bunkers on hole 2, bunker on 6, runoffs by greens) but I like them so I'm not sure whether to mellow them out or not. For the bunkering, I took one of the brushes and rotated it while holding down the place button to get that shape. I'm wondering how they look, since its a hilly course, I wanted them to look more rugged. Hole 1 is the only one where the planting is done (nearly), the rest of the holes only have trees down. I am not great at planting so please provide some feedback on it and how I might be able to improve.

Layout

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

[mrfatmark]

I think the course looks nice. I am learning myself with planting and such. You have a look in mind, just go for it. Once you get going you will be fine with the planting. Play some other courses for ideas. Be mindful of the bunker sizing especially next to the greens, from your photos they look pretty large (maybe too big).