Grass, grass and more grass!

I've  been planted grasses most of the day with many holes on the front nine starting to really take shape. The first isn’t quite completely planted yet but 2 and 3 are very advanced with the 3rd now almost at beta standard. the large area between holes 2-5 is now completely planted.

The 8th, 9th, 16th,17th, and 18th are all partially planted with grasses

now,

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How to get access to the course file early

A quick reminder to anyone who wants access the beta version of the course when it is released. If you become a friend of this blog (see the bottom of the home page to join) you will be given automatic access to an advanced pre-release version of the course.

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Tinkering and testing

At the moment Pat has the master file while he does some mesh maintenance to the clubhouse. Just some adjustments to enhance the visual appeal of the building and some fix and fit stuff..

In the meantime I’m doing some testing and modifying of plants and trees so I’m ready to continue planting when I get the master file back. I’ve also been doing some play testing to weed out any playability issues the course may have, this include things like incorrectly assigned properties to textures etc on areas that are or can be in play.

 

The wind settings have already been set. The wind will be the prevailing wind will be from the north-east and will be gusty when used in tournament play which means it’s going to be important to shape your shots!

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Going underground!

I won’t be posting any new pics in the meantime while the course is entering a critical stage of it’s development.

I will try to update progress though on a regular basis.

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Another new image

Here’s another image from inside Links of the course as it currently looks

, the 8th green is just out of picture on the right.

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A more refined look

Here is the result of the latest testing and experimenting for the course. The base texture has been carefully tweaked to blend in with the now much more refined planting.

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A panoramic view of the course

The image below is that from the hills near the 9th tee boxes that can be seen in the foreground and the Pacific Ocean in the distance. The holes from left to right are the 7th, 6th (flagstick only showing), 5th, 4th, 8th, and the 2nd (with the 3rd hole tee boxes near the 2nd green.

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