Latest project, Cougill's Keep

[SteveHorn]

Judy! The main problem as already mentioned is the current choice of the pano. It just doesn't fit for this course. Hope your feeling better

[Indy Anna Jones]

Is this better? I switched to BF pano.

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Hole 3 tee w/ BF pano

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[sandwedge]

I think it looks better - at least at this portion of the pano. It has a kind of exotic wilderness look to it now.

[SteveHorn]

Judy! Much better, I agree with sandwedge about diiferent angles of pano needed to say for sure.

[Indy Anna Jones]

I'm halfway through the fine planting phase, so I thought I'd update y'all. I agree with you about the xanw pano mountains being too blue; besides that the planting pretty much covered up the bottom half of it so the river and trestle, the most interesting parts of the pano, weren't visible. I still wanted to stay with a castle ("keep") so I switched to BF, which IIRC was first used on Bohemian Lakes. I've lost the Irish look I was searching for, but... you can't always get what you want, right?

As I said in my first post, this course is a bit into the fantasy realm. I like to think that most of my (our) earlier designs could be built somewhere, but this one... I doubt it very much! This is the starting tee, which right off the bat drops 150 feet. The approach is then ~30 feet uphill.

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CK 1st tee

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Second tee. You can compare the finished hole with the unplanted one in the first post if you wish.

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CK 2cd tee

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Ninth tee. The final hole on the f9 climbs 36 feet from tee to green.

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CK 9th tee

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I should be finished before Thanksgiving, but I'm in no hurry to finish.

[tincup]

I like it... I like it

[Stan Nehilla]

Lookin' GOOD, Judy

[SteveHorn]

Judy! Looks good to me. I wouldn't say its pure fantasy by any means. I've seen alot of holes with elevations that may suprise some people. If you want to add some realism make sure there is a pathway of some sort that isn't to steep. I tried like heck to make Point Reyes believeable with pathways from green to next tee Then tee to flat area.

[Indy Anna Jones]

Steve, good advice. I've pretty much mastered cartpaths that look realistic and avoid steep up/downhill or sidehill looks. I hope I have anyway!!

Here's a look at a few of the back 9 holes I've finished. I've been trying to do some variations of thick and thin planting with strategically placed trees alongside the fairways. Generally, the outter side of the course has the thicker planting.

EDIT: Error! Error Will Robinson!
This is actually the teeshot on #10.

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CK hole 11 tee

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The approach shot on #11.

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This is a shot from the #12 green, a par 5, looking back toward the tee and approach shot.

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[SteveHorn]

Eagerly waiting for release