Winged Foot West - US Open 2020

[braden1308]

Those are pictures of the real course

[AJ Allen]

Those are pictures of the real course

I thought they were as I could see things like the tyre tracks in the grass, which I doubt could be replicated like that in APCD. But still think the course looks amazing, I have never seen it before or played a round on it in Links. So yeah, pics look amazing (to me) and looking forward to a round when it's completed.

Cheers, AJ

[dorse72]

#9, Meadow, par 5, 565yds, this is a birdie chance, one of the few on the course realistically, another crazy green though, HEY, Tillinghast did it, not me! Be very cool to putt these exact breaks and swales - everyone better be setting the settings to fastest ;)
beautiful clubhouse in the background. mine won't be that beautiful however, just a quick version up, will have to finish it off later - takes way too much time - maybe ask help on that from Pete I think it is.

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[dorse72]

On to the back 9...

#10, Pulpit, par 3, 214 yds, famous par 3, downhill to a perched up green with no where to miss, very sloping green. interesting new feature is the club built a tee box for this hole just 3' next to the clubhouse.

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#11, Billows, par 4, 384yds, beautiful par 4, lots of fairway movement

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[dlynch67]

Will this course be available as a download before the start of the US Open, Sept. 17 I believe? Hope so, looks like a beautiful course.

Thanks,

[dorse72]

thats the plan, working late into the night every night till Thursday. Prob won't be 100%, I'm just too much of a perfectionist, but hopefully close. Clubhouse will be rough, hate doing that stuff. Trying to give you guys some of the most amazing bunkers and greens, you can't believe the greens at Winged Foot - I just practiced a few holes for the first time in Links and the greens are incredible.

Should I use the special properties in 1.07? or does that cause problems, never used that before. Would like to get super fast greens and heavy rough per US Open specs.

I've created my own textures for the course too, so hopefully they will show well and give everyone some new looks. Planting will be very quick and no time to nail houses next to course sorry, not even sure about a pano yet.

[dlynch67]

Thanks for your reply. The course looks fantastic thus far. Looking forward to playing it when it's completed! Appreciate your work on this and attention to detail. I'll be looking out for it's completion -

[dorse72]

these have all been real photos and videos, just giving everyone a good IRL walk-through

[Adelade]

Should I use the special properties in 1.07? or does that cause problems, never used that before. Would like to get super fast greens and heavy rough per US Open specs.

You can, but it might not be worth the trouble since custom texture properties for greens specifically only work if the player selects to play with course conditions, and Im pretty sure most people never do that. Even if you recommend to people to try it, I think they'd be more inclined to try out one of the faster existing green settings instead.

[pmgolf]

thats the plan, working late into the night every night till Thursday. Prob won't be 100%, I'm just too much of a perfectionist, but hopefully close. Clubhouse will be rough, hate doing that stuff. Trying to give you guys some of the most amazing bunkers and greens, you can't believe the greens at Winged Foot - I just practiced a few holes for the first time in Links and the greens are incredible.

Should I use the special properties in 1.07? or does that cause problems, never used that before. Would like to get super fast greens and heavy rough per US Open specs.

I've created my own textures for the course too, so hopefully they will show well and give everyone some new looks. Planting will be very quick and no time to nail houses next to course sorry, not even sure about a pano yet.

I agree with you focusing your attention on the bunkers and greens - the clubhouse can easily be finished after the (US) Open.

Special properties - super fast greens:
Without using special properties, the player is free to set conditions to the max that they can handle - (I prefer Fc Fc, even at Augusta National) - but with special properties used I'm concerned that it might make the course too difficult for some players to play. Would those properties only be enabled when "Course Speed" and "Course Hardness" is chosen, or would they always be enabled? If "always", I would vote "no".

Special properties - super heavy rough:
I'm thinking of Liberty National here, where ball can only be advanced a few yards (10 to 20). Too frustrating for most players. If you're thinking about the average player, heavy rough ought to be enough of a penalty. There will always be players who will choose shorter tees, easy conditions and amateur mode in order to shoot those video-game-like low scores. No matter what you do, you're not going to reach them.

You do great work - I'm really looking forward to playing this!

PEte