Bonner Point Golf Resort

[Sassy Lady]

I am constructing a course I'm calling Bonner Point Golf Resort. It's meant to be a tournament course and plays like one. But I intend to release a public tees edition that will be somewhat easier and have some easier pin positionings. It can be a grip it and rip it from the tee. If you're brave enough, but tournament tee landing areas are rather tight. Approach shots usually, but not always require a long iron.

Below are some screenshots.

Hole 1


Hole 2
A beastly par 4 from the tournament tees but less so from the public tees as the pin position from those tees will be more favorable. From the tournament tees, the pin is hidden behind the right side of the tree requiring a shaped shot right to left for the 2nd shot to set you up for a 2 putt. Attacking the flag is not advisable. Par is a good score.


Hole 3
The green is drivable with strong tailwinds. In other conditions, you can still get fairly close to the green. There is a tall pine tree right behind the green and this is a good aiming point. Absent strong tailwinds, take driver in hand and aim just right of the tall pine tree, adjusting for wind. Aiming at the pine tree will likely land the ball in the long bunker situated in the fairway.

Hole 4


Hole 5 is a par 5 with bunkers bracketing the tournament tee landing area. It is reachable in 2 with a strong right to left crosswind on the tee which translates to a strong tailwind for the 2nd shot. Be wary of the bunker between the end of the fairway and the green.


Hole 6


Hole 7 is a long par 5 that plays longer than its actual distance. From the tournament tees take a 3 iron through the trees or a risk a maximum fade or draw (depending on your handedness) with the driver to get around the trees. This is not recommended. It is unlikely the green will be reachable in 2 even with strong winds. Birdie is an excellent score here, but par isn't bad. From the public tees a driver with possibly a slight to moderate left to right shot should set up for a green in 2 under the right conditions.


8th hole. A fairly medium short par 3 with an island green.


Hole 9 is a dogleg right par 4 that plays the tee shot over a waste area. Be careful of the bunkers that protrude into the fairway at the tournament tees landing area.

I have published a playable beta test. It is published under the name SL002 Beta if you'd like to give it a try. Still need to work on the bells and whistles (mostly on the tees) and on some of the landing area bunkers. The area around them needs to be flattened somewhat so a ball that comes within a foot or 3 of them doesn't get sucked into the bunker.

[Sassy Lady]

Here's the rest of the screenshots.


Hole 10
This is a tough hole from the tournament tees but less so from further forward. The tournamet tees landing area is very narrow with a bunker surrounding a wetland on the left and a regular bunker on the right. To make matters worse, there is a tree in front of the green that needs to be navigated around. Par is a good score from the tournament tees. The public tees will have the pin positioned in such a way that the tree rarely will come into play. (Don't know how that bunker on the left side of the fairway way out in the boonies got there. Probably a remnant from when I changed the hole. It's on the list of things to fix.)


Hole 11


Hole 12


Hole 13


Hole 14
This hole is an oddity as there are no greenside bunkers at the landing area, or anywhere else for that matter. But it's still far from an easy hole. A long drive is needed to clear the trees for an open look at the flag for the approach shot. In high headwinds, a shaped shot will probably be required to avoid the trees at the dogleg.


Hole 15
This is a par 3 played over natural terrain. The pear shaped green is surrounded by bunkers increasing the need for accuracy.


Hole 16
Greenside bunkers come back into play on the 16th hole making for a very tight landing area. The green is protected by sand in the front and left, water to the back and trees on the right.


Hole 17 Not quite finished yet. There will be some kind of fairway hazard at the landing area. Not sure yet what it will be.


Hole 18

[friendBOMBER]

Looks Good!

[coruler2]

I'm not a big fan of the random 'puddles' of water lying around. I would recommend to raise the land and flatten those out. Also, you may want to move the bunkers off the greens and fairways just a little to match most real-life courses. Looks like a challenging course! Will try to play some point here

[Sassy Lady]

Thanks for the feedback. Concerning the random puddles of water, I do agree in principle, but these were intentionally left without raising the land to encourage accuracy and penalize shanks. As for the greenside bunkers, I use these to help shape the green and increase difficulty. As for the fairway bunkers, this course is meant, from the black tees to be a tournament course. Something you would see at a major or a Q-school. Tournament tee landing areas are meant to be tight. They won't be near as tight from the public (blue tees) nor will pin positions be as difficult.

[skrec]

Nov 21, 2014 10:30:47 GMT -5 Sassy Lady said:

Thanks for the feedback. Concerning the random puddles of water, I do agree in principle, but these were intentionally left without raising the land to encourage accuracy and penalize shanks. As for the greenside bunkers, I use these to help shape the green and increase difficulty. As for the fairway bunkers, this course is meant, from the black tees to be a tournament course. Something you would see at a major or a Q-school. Tournament tee landing areas are meant to be tight. They won't be near as tight from the public (blue tees) nor will pin positions be as difficult.

I don't think he was saying it was too tight he was just saying the way u went about making it tight looks weird, not very often is a bunker surrounded by fairway they are usually off to the side, easy solution would just be to "pinch" the whole fairway in at the points you want to make tight and have the bunkers sitting just off to the side of the now thinner fairway would give it a more realistic look while preserving your difficulty. Like 16 for example if the fairway stays in between those two fairway bunkers and doesn't surround them it will be just as difficult but have a more realistic look..

[coruler2]

Yes skrec- thanks for better describing my comment.

Sassy- No problem making it tight and difficult, and I'm good with your design philosophy. I was not trying to be critical, but just a few things which may help it look a tad more realistic without sacrificing the difficulty you are imposing.