Heath 9 - work in progress

[tarheel]

This looks superb!

[BradTheDad]

Looking good Goran.

Just a thought; if you aren't up to doing 18 holes, is there any chance of you using the same nine twice, but building a second set of tees for the back nine? 18 hole course, but a lot less work!

Chers

Brad

[Goran]

Your idea got me thinking Brad, and it all cleared to me during a long walk in the mountains

Except for the first hole, which was almost finished, I am using two hole layouts from Turnberry in each randomised window. I laid them all out myself for a planned co-design with Jay, but I burned out and he did the course himself. So it is not stealing lol.

But to save workload, I might as well import the hole layouts into one readymade design window with no fairways and stuff in it, only the surrounding planting and hills. Then I just randomise the playing ground in the middle.
The planting and hiding the greenline takes days for each hole window for me, the bunkers and greens maybe just an hour.

[Goran]

And here is the view from the tee on the adjacent par 4 to the one on the earlier screenshot. I think you can powerdrive over the bunkers on the right-hand side but have not playtested yet. But I suppose that is the strategy meant for this hole.

[BradTheDad]

Loving the expansiveness of this course and so glad we might end up seeing a full 18 holes.

Cheers

Brad

[Goran]

If you remember the first hole I posted, I used the same designing window for two new holes. But before that I had the playing area bulldozed randomly and ruthless. I only kept the tee area, and routed one hole over the gorse area to the left, as you can see here it has a blind drive but guided by the new trees and the distant turret. There is also an unfinished hole to the right running the opposite direction.



Here is the approach after a successful landing. I am not sure I will keep the linksy bunker as it is, or smooth the wall. It looks acceptable here, but seeing it from a slightly different angle, it can look quite awful.

[Goran]

While I am at it, I will post a greensite which I had no idea what to make of because I thought it was just a boring hole. I suddenly got the idea if it had a ridge running all the way from the fairway and up to the green the approach shots would get more interesting.
There is a high part in the middle of the green, and both sides of the ridge are much lower. Landing on the corrrect side means a possible birdie. Landing on the wrong side means a fun rollercoaster.

[BradTheDad]

Really looking forward to this course Goran. Looks a beauty!

Cheers

Brad

[Goran]

Final screenshot here (if I dont decide to carry on with 9 more holes). Yes my goal was to make one 9-holer, but the idea that came from Brad to use existing hole windows speeded up the process. I had such fun with this that maybe I can not resist making a back nine, especially as I hate winter when I cant go out and golf for real.

EDIT: I would like to make the back nine near the ocean but as heathland is played inland on former links land before the ocean withdraw, that would not be real. But a big lake on one side with bays would play the same but not look as dramatic. Going to experiment with that and see how it works with the background I have. My new plan is to make two 9 hole courses, Heath 9 Inland Course and Heath 9 Lake Course and a full Heath 18 Combined.

The concept here is simple, the closer to danger (trees to the left in this case) the closer to green for your approach shot. But to reach the left part of the fairway requires a 240 y drive as well.



The approach after a successfull drive will be with a short iron to the only green guarded by water.

[tarheel]

This really looks awesome! I wish I had this creative skill…