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Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 10th, 2020, 11:37 pm
by pmgolf
I didn't realize that was a NZ course. I thought it was from that area of the world, but not NZ. I do like it!
Pete
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 11th, 2020, 12:11 am
by Blade
AJ Allen wrote: ↑June 10th, 2020, 4:00 am
I was reading that Mackenzie got paid 250 pounds for his few hrs consulting, while the course designer got paid 25 for 10x the amount of work. Think I might have to set up a test plot in APCD and see how my bunkering technique holds up with the ones on the course. It would be a fun one to do, especially if I could find what tee distances were used when Tiger won his tournament there.
I can't find too many pics of the course on the internet, well, not ones with the views that I want. And unfortunately it's a 7hr drive from here, so taking some myself will have to wait a while.
Cheers, AJ
AJ. About 20 years ago Eric Dorsey ( dorse72 ) asked me to obtain a Commemorative Book / Yardage Book and many actual photo's of Kingston Heath, he was very keen to create the course for Links - sadly nothing came of it. I'm very fortunate that I have friends who are Members of KH and as a result I have been able to play the course many times. It's a tough mother in real life and wouldn't be easy in Links.
Many in Australia rate it as a better course than Royal Melbourne.
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 11th, 2020, 7:08 am
by Adelade
AJ Allen wrote: ↑June 10th, 2020, 5:20 pm
Adelade,it's probably because (I'm guessing) most of the people designing for links come from those areas. Also, those are the courses that are on the PGA and European tours, so people likely want to play courses that they know. I quite understand that.
Yea its understandable, although only a small minority of the European tour venues are in those countries, and even US courses that dont feature on the PGA tour have a much higher chance of being made.
Te Ihi O Te Rangi was made by Kristoffer Selberg, but its not based on a real life course (Im not saying that to dismiss the course or anything, just to inform)
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 11th, 2020, 11:20 pm
by AJ Allen
Gowoods wrote: ↑June 11th, 2020, 12:11 am
AJ Allen wrote: ↑June 10th, 2020, 4:00 am
I was reading that Mackenzie got paid 250 pounds for his few hrs consulting, while the course designer got paid 25 for 10x the amount of work. Think I might have to set up a test plot in APCD and see how my bunkering technique holds up with the ones on the course. It would be a fun one to do, especially if I could find what tee distances were used when Tiger won his tournament there.
I can't find too many pics of the course on the internet, well, not ones with the views that I want. And unfortunately it's a 7hr drive from here, so taking some myself will have to wait a while.
Cheers, AJ
AJ. About 20 years ago Eric Dorsey ( dorse72 ) asked me to obtain a Commemorative Book / Yardage Book and many actual photo's of Kingston Heath, he was very keen to create the course for Links - sadly nothing came of it. I'm very fortunate that I have friends who are Members of KH and as a result I have been able to play the course many times. It's a tough mother in real life and wouldn't be easy in Links.
Many in Australia rate it as a better course than Royal Melbourne.
Doing some research on the course, it's hard to find any accurate information as to things such as yardage. Even the hole numbers are different on different websites.
For example, the PGA website gives the length at over 7000 yards, and the 2nd hole as a par3.
https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wor ... -hole.html
But look on other sites, the yeardage is totally different, and the 2nd is a par4. So this was making things difficult to figure out. However, I found a flyover hole by hole which I think is the best way to get a decent look at everything and also know which holes are which, and how long.
https://www.provisualizer.com/courses/kingstonheath.php
Cheers, AJ
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 17th, 2020, 5:23 am
by woody4077
ok here is my REVISED list:
(yes i am aware that some of these course(s) are in the "alpha" stage)
1 atlanta athletic club - highlands course
2 couer d'alene
3 fancourt (its located in south africa)
4 muirfield
5 pasatiempo
6 troon north pinnacle course
7 tpc southwind
8 tpc summerlin
9 witch hollow at pumpkin ridge
i have revised my original list due the fact that in one case sherwood a "reverse" layout exists on course download page
and that course like bull run and many of the mike jones courses are perfect subsitutes for most of course(s) that have been omitted
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 17th, 2020, 7:27 am
by Duglis
woody4077 wrote: ↑June 17th, 2020, 5:23 am
ok here is my REVISED list:
(yes i am aware that some of these course(s) are in the "alpha" stage)
1 atlanta athletic club - highlands course
2 couer d'alene (someone doing this one?)
3 fancourt (its located in south africa)
4 muirfield (someone doing this one?)
5 pasatiempo
6 troon north pinnacle course
7 tpc southwind
8 tpc summerlin
9 witch hollow at pumpkin ridge
i have revised my original list due the fact that in one case sherwood a "reverse" layout exists on course download page
and that course like bull run and many of the mike jones courses are perfect subsitutes for most of course(s) that have been omitted
10 National golf links of america (southampton, new york). Layed out by the architect who did chicago gc. similar and also very cool and famous!
11 Sunningdale
12 Teeth of the Dog (dominican republic)
13. Ballybunion
14. Seminole (I believe someone is doing this one?)
15. Karen CC (Kenya)
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 18th, 2020, 9:27 am
by woody4077
seminole is being done by dorse72 but since dorse has a MILLION :P other projects going seminole is TBD
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 18th, 2020, 1:50 pm
by Danny D
woody4077 wrote: ↑June 17th, 2020, 5:23 am
2 couer d'alene (someone doing this one?)
Yes...
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 22nd, 2020, 3:04 pm
by sagevanni
I'm looking at "Mississippi Dunes".......is anyone else....????
Sage....
Re: COURSES i WOULD LIKE TO SEE
Posted: June 22nd, 2020, 3:28 pm
by Stephen Sullivan
sagevanni wrote: ↑June 22nd, 2020, 3:04 pm
I'm looking at "Mississippi Dunes".......is anyone else....????
Sage....
Got all on doing Close House. Don't know how you manage to produce so many courses so quickly
