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Post by Demonondalinks on Feb 12, 2020 16:00:01 GMT -5
I just noticed this thread. A few months back I submitted Martinsville Golf Village. It was not approved by TGC Tours. Just wondering what it was. I have a few Ideas what it may have been. You did take Photo's of it and when I look at my approved courses I can view the course which I appreciate. Thanks for your time.
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Post by lessthanbread on Feb 12, 2020 16:37:27 GMT -5
I just noticed this thread. A few months back I submitted Martinsville Golf Village. It was not approved by TGC Tours. Just wondering what it was. I have a few Ideas what it may have been. You did take Photo's of it and when I look at my approved courses I can view the course which I appreciate. Thanks for your time. Here are the notes from the reviewer. Looks like it was close just a little too rough around the edges. Martinsville Golf Village - Not Approved Just needs some fairway scultping smoothing and some bunker sculpting and it should be ok.. also could use with some transition work.
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Post by Demonondalinks on Feb 12, 2020 16:42:00 GMT -5
I just noticed this thread. A few months back I submitted Martinsville Golf Village. It was not approved by TGC Tours. Just wondering what it was. I have a few Ideas what it may have been. You did take Photo's of it and when I look at my approved courses I can view the course which I appreciate. Thanks for your time. Here are the notes from the reviewer. Looks like it was close just a little too rough around the edges. Martinsville Golf Village - Not Approved Just needs some fairway scultping smoothing and some bunker sculpting and it should be ok.. also could use with some transition work. Thanks, no worries. Good to know. It has over 700 plays so I'll leave it be. Appreciate the time.
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Post by lessthanbread on Feb 12, 2020 17:02:40 GMT -5
Here are the notes from the reviewer. Looks like it was close just a little too rough around the edges. Martinsville Golf Village - Not Approved Just needs some fairway scultping smoothing and some bunker sculpting and it should be ok.. also could use with some transition work. Thanks, no worries. Good to know. It has over 700 plays so I'll leave it be. Appreciate the time. Create a course thread for your future publishes in the completed courses forum for some upfront feedback from multiple sources. The reviewers have guide lines to look for when reviewing courses but you'll only get one person's opinion (although it will be a knowledgeable and honest opinion)
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Post by micebackland on Feb 17, 2020 6:45:46 GMT -5
Hi, I actually tried to post this last week, but I guess I used the Quick reply, and I lost it somewhere....
Anyway, I created my first course Pickala Golf - Forest a couple of weeks ago and I have to admit that it was pretty bad,
My second course Pickala - Seaside though, can I get some feedback on what things to improve? I never thought it would pass either, but it would be nice to know the main points. Thanks in advance!
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Post by mattf27 on Feb 17, 2020 9:19:16 GMT -5
Hi, I actually tried to post this last week, but I guess I used the Quick reply, and I lost it somewhere.... Anyway, I created my first course Pickala Golf - Forest a couple of weeks ago and I have to admit that it was pretty bad, My second course Pickala - Seaside though, can I get some feedback on what things to improve? I never thought it would pass either, but it would be nice to know the main points. Thanks in advance! Here's the reviewer notes for your two courses: Pickala Golf - Forest Major surfacing issues Multi-plant objects in light rough and fairway Burnt edges Wonky hole design: 90 degree doglegs, some approaches blocked out by trees Pickala Golf Seaside- Not Approved There are blending issues here, some poor sculpting, poorly designed tee boxes...BUT, this course wasn't bad. With so many quality designers and courses I think this just falls short. A very slight improvement on blending textures and sculpting and this designer has got the skills to make some nice courses. My advice is to stay away from forcing the planting and adding too many animals and things like that. Focus on course design and keep it simple.
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Post by hiiamted on Feb 17, 2020 15:04:42 GMT -5
Okay guys, can you please let me know what was wrong with Greylock Glen G C, please give me all the information you can so I can use it in my next designs. Thank you.
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Post by techmobo on Feb 17, 2020 17:34:24 GMT -5
Can you please let me know the reviewer notes for the course I submitted, which was Somerset Hills (tour)? This would be helpful to creating another course in the future. Thanks.
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Post by mattf27 on Feb 18, 2020 11:30:19 GMT -5
Can you please let me know the reviewer notes for the course I submitted, which was Somerset Hills (tour)? This would be helpful to creating another course in the future. Thanks. I haven't looked at the course itself, but just looking at the pictures from the database, there appears to me a lot of surfacing issues, as well as some sculpting stuff. Can't tell you anything about the quality of the course ideas, but there's some solid tutorials around that should help smooth out some of the technical stuff. Now, notes from the reviewer: Somerset Hills (tour) - not approved Has a lot of scultping issues... 10th fairway drops a good 60 feet and then back to the landing area with a bunker set in the hill about halfway up... also needs work on bunkers and refining the green slopes.
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Post by mattf27 on Feb 18, 2020 11:33:07 GMT -5
Okay guys, can you please let me know what was wrong with Greylock Glen G C, please give me all the information you can so I can use it in my next designs. Thank you. It seems there isn't any notes on this one in the reviewer thread. I'll ping the reviewer and pass along the notes when I receive them. Thanks for your patience.
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Post by hiiamted on Feb 18, 2020 12:11:51 GMT -5
just curios reviewers, I see you guys saying that a lot of submissions have sculpting issues, but that seems kind of broad, is it to flat, to hilly, not smooth enough ? Just really curios as to what you consider sculpting issues, it would be much easier for us if we knew the exact issues. Thanks
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Post by mattf27 on Feb 18, 2020 12:26:41 GMT -5
just curios reviewers, I see you guys saying that a lot of submissions have sculpting issues, but that seems kind of broad, is it to flat, to hilly, not smooth enough ? Just really curios as to what you consider sculpting issues, it would be much easier for us if we knew the exact issues. Thanks It can (and generally does) refer to a lot of different things, which is why that term is broad. Usually I'll indicate that it's an issue when it seems apparent playing through a course that the designer hasn't quite gotten the feel of the tools enough to execute their vision. Things like harsh transitions on the edges of playing surfaces, sculpting on a course that doesn't quite make sense, overly severe elevation changes, tee boxes that aren't really flat, etc. would fall under that category, and if there's repeated instances of lots of these, it's just easier to refer to it as "sculpting issues." If it's just one specific thing, I'll be specific, but we get a lot of newer designers as well, and they tend to have some misses in all of these things at once, suggesting general inexperience with the tools. Hopefully this makes sense, if you have any other questions, I'd be happy to try and explain.
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hiiamted
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Post by hiiamted on Feb 18, 2020 13:31:51 GMT -5
just curios reviewers, I see you guys saying that a lot of submissions have sculpting issues, but that seems kind of broad, is it to flat, to hilly, not smooth enough ? Just really curios as to what you consider sculpting issues, it would be much easier for us if we knew the exact issues. Thanks It can (and generally does) refer to a lot of different things, which is why that term is broad. Usually I'll indicate that it's an issue when it seems apparent playing through a course that the designer hasn't quite gotten the feel of the tools enough to execute their vision. Things like harsh transitions on the edges of playing surfaces, sculpting on a course that doesn't quite make sense, overly severe elevation changes, tee boxes that aren't really flat, etc. would fall under that category, and if there's repeated instances of lots of these, it's just easier to refer to it as "sculpting issues." If it's just one specific thing, I'll be specific, but we get a lot of newer designers as well, and they tend to have some misses in all of these things at once, suggesting general inexperience with the tools. Hopefully this makes sense, if you have any other questions, I'd be happy to try and explain. very well explained, I thank you for the info
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Post by techmobo on Feb 18, 2020 22:25:10 GMT -5
Can you please let me know the reviewer notes for the course I submitted, which was Somerset Hills (tour)? This would be helpful to creating another course in the future. Thanks. I haven't looked at the course itself, but just looking at the pictures from the database, there appears to me a lot of surfacing issues, as well as some sculpting stuff. Can't tell you anything about the quality of the course ideas, but there's some solid tutorials around that should help smooth out some of the technical stuff. Now, notes from the reviewer: Somerset Hills (tour) - not approved Has a lot of scultping issues... 10th fairway drops a good 60 feet and then back to the landing area with a bunker set in the hill about halfway up... also needs work on bunkers and refining the green slopes. That's fair, thanks for the input. Just curious, though - if a course is modeled after a real course, do you look at pictures of the real course to see how close the course in the game is to the real thing? The real course I based mine on is very hilly - in fact I probably flattened it out too much. If you look at the last picture on their site, of the real 17th hole, it drops a lot, probably more than 60 feet. www.golfdigest.com/story/somerset-hills-country-clubwww.golfdigest.com/story/somerset-hills-country-club
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Post by mattf27 on Feb 19, 2020 8:46:00 GMT -5
Okay guys, can you please let me know what was wrong with Greylock Glen G C, please give me all the information you can so I can use it in my next designs. Thank you. Got the notes from the reviewer: Define signs of autogen Lots of straight back and forth par 4s Sculpting needs work
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