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Post by theclv24 on Apr 10, 2016 9:50:55 GMT -5
Where to start with this 9th hole? Everything was pretty easy and straightforward until getting to the green. Two challenges here: 1) Tying the clubhouse area into the 9th green area while keeping everything smooth and realistic, and 2) the green itself. I feel like the clubhouse went pretty well. I obviously couldn't capture everything, but I was able to use steps and cart path to kind of create the front porch/patio area. I would have loved to use some gazebos to create a canopy along the front, but it was causing picnic tables to be sticking out of the building, so I had to abandon the canopy. Otherwise I like where the clubhouse is at. The 9th green is going to need a lot of playtesting and tweaking with the Rory pin sets. I knew this green was crazy, but trying to replicate it is quite a challenge. First of all, I can only get a grid covering about 10% of the green at a time, so working on the entire thing requires constant moving of the pin. Also, there is 5-6 feet of elevation change from back to front on this green, so it has as much yellow and red as an Iowa State football game. Combining the length of the hole plus how uphill it is, it's going to be tough already before even getting to the green, so making this green playable is going to be probably one of the top challenges of all the greens on the course.     |
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Post by bigned56 on Apr 10, 2016 9:59:39 GMT -5
seems to be taking shape
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Post by bogeyman on Apr 10, 2016 18:55:42 GMT -5
Looking sensational!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2016 19:12:30 GMT -5
Coming along superbly. Also, to ask a question similarly to Griffin's question about #8... will the par 5 12th hole play around the 667 in at least one or two setups as the 2007 the scorecard shows?
I remember seeing them hit irons into the green for their 3rd shot when they didn't miss any fairway.
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Post by DoubtfulObelisk on Apr 11, 2016 0:55:45 GMT -5
Coming along superbly. Also, to ask a question similarly to Griffin's question about #8... will the par 5 12th hole play around the 667 in at least one or two setups as the 2007 the scorecard shows? I remember seeing them hit irons into the green for their 3rd shot when they didn't miss any fairway. Good question, Bob. I'd be interested to know as well. If I recall correctly, that 667 tee on 12 was actually the back tee on 10, so 10 and 12 alternated using that teeing ground during the tourney. I wonder if they'll do the same sort of thing this year. |
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Post by theclv24 on Apr 11, 2016 13:25:12 GMT -5
Coming along superbly. Also, to ask a question similarly to Griffin's question about #8... will the par 5 12th hole play around the 667 in at least one or two setups as the 2007 the scorecard shows? I remember seeing them hit irons into the green for their 3rd shot when they didn't miss any fairway. Good question, Bob. I'd be interested to know as well. If I recall correctly, that 667 tee on 12 was actually the back tee on 10, so 10 and 12 alternated using that teeing ground during the tourney. I wonder if they'll do the same sort of thing this year. Thanks for pointing that out. Both 10 and 12 do in fact share a back tee box. It's a small tee box, too, so both holes cannot share the back tee on the same day. How this will play out in my versions will depend on playtesting for both holes. The 10th hole already plays over 65 feet downhill from tee to green, and has just one other tee box available. I don't think it can be made a drivable par 4, but I do wonder if and how the hazards come into play off of the tee when it's forward. The 12th hole, on the other hand, is going to be long no matter what, even if not using the back tee. They also added a new cross bunker that should affect most 2nd shots, so some people might have to lay up even further for their approach shot. Once I've played both completed holes, I'll come up with a good gameplan so they play as close as possible to the real thing, with adjustments made for TGC distances. |
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Post by theclv24 on Apr 17, 2016 20:00:55 GMT -5
Rather than posting pics of holes 10 and 11, I decided to upload a playthrough of holes 1-11 in wind (+2) for the round. Keep in mind that no hole is 100% complete yet, but 1-11 are decent representations of the eventual final product.
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Post by theclv24 on Apr 23, 2016 10:17:39 GMT -5
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Post by theclv24 on Apr 27, 2016 10:53:05 GMT -5
Course preview and hole flyovers are finally available at the USGA site: www.usopen.com/en_US/course/index.htmlAlso a good page to book mark during the open. They do a good job with the hole stats, if it's anything like last year. |
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Post by theclv24 on Apr 30, 2016 11:03:18 GMT -5
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Post by welikeitroughnc on Apr 30, 2016 11:10:56 GMT -5
I'd love to have a beta of this course hint hint  ? |
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Post by theclv24 on May 3, 2016 11:29:46 GMT -5
Re-posting this one from the HB forums. Hoping someone has some recollection of the 07 Open. Here's another photo that I tried to re-create, this time the 9th hole:   Looking at them side by side now, totally didn't get the zoom right. Oh well. Speaking of the 9th, I could use some local knowledge here. I know that during regular play, the back half of the 9th green serves as a putting green. I also saw this on the 9th hole flyover by the USGA:  Yet, first of all, it's hard to imagine the back half would be used as a putting green during actual tournament play. Second, when playing all 4 pin locations in Rory, they use back left and back right pins. So, does anyone remember the 2007 open? Was the back half used as a putting green, or did it hold actual pin locations? If I don't use the back half, then I will need to make up two additional pins on my own. |
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Post by DoubtfulObelisk on May 3, 2016 12:12:13 GMT -5
So, does anyone remember the 2007 open? Was the back half used as a putting green, or did it hold actual pin locations? If I don't use the back half, then I will need to make up two additional pins on my own. I pretty distinctly remember seeing someone hit a shot that went into one of the holes on the putting green, so I guess I'm reasonably confident that they didn't use the back half for tournament hole locations. |
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Post by theclv24 on May 3, 2016 12:53:26 GMT -5
So, does anyone remember the 2007 open? Was the back half used as a putting green, or did it hold actual pin locations? If I don't use the back half, then I will need to make up two additional pins on my own. I pretty distinctly remember seeing someone hit a shot that went into one of the holes on the putting green, so I guess I'm reasonably confident that they didn't use the back half for tournament hole locations. Thanks! Royce found a pin sheet for the 9th hole from 2007, and confirmed that no back pins were used. Now if only we could plant some people like on Links 2003, I'd add a few golfers back there warming up.  |
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Post by welikeitroughnc on May 3, 2016 16:57:31 GMT -5
It looks tantalizingly close
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