Post by paddyjk19 on Aug 30, 2021 16:04:00 GMT
Right! we are back into season with USEF with a major change as we are trialling Pro difficulty for the next 5 events to monitor enjoyment and uptake @sirwade or colly are you able to change difficulty on the PS platform please? I'll also send you conditions in a couple of minutes thank you.
This is the second course of note by one of my favourite designers "scottish67", his first design of note was Ryland Heath which I absolutely adore and this is every bit as good in my opinion.
Here's an excerpt from his TGCT thread to add context to the design;
No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other – Frank Lloyd Wright.
I took this quote to heart when I designed Wingspread Prairie Club and I know of some other designers on this site (@grovey31 (Usonia) and @rjwils30 (Fallingwater, Taliesin) have probably read that same quote and used it for inspiration on their own courses. The quote can easily correlate to golf course design in general if you replace house, with golf hole.
Wingspread Prairie Club is located amongst the other great courses located in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. I drew a lot of inspiration from looking at those courses. As I was looking at the randomness of the plot of land I was given, I wanted not to have to sculpt land to configure a golf hole, but rather just lay down holes in the best configuration I could within the land that was created (Don’t get me wrong here, I used Raise/Lower tool plenty). With the rolling hills, wind-blown sand dunes, and the native prairie grasses, the course started to come together, as I thought FLW would see the holes.
Ive always admired FLW and his philosophy in designing his prairie style homes. The golf course name, Wingspread, is taken from a house he designed and named, that is located in Wind Point, Wisconsin. Look it up sometime, its amazing. With this course I wanted to build two architectural buildings on the property, to pay homage to FLW. The first, is FLW most famous designed house, Fallingwater, located after the 9th hole, which now doubles as a halfway house for food and beverages. The second, is a FLW inspired clubhouse, with its outstanding views over the entire course and a unique real putting green on the roof of the building.
I hope you enjoy the course.
Sidenote: The original course name was going to be Taliesin Prairie Club. Adam and I discussed this months ago, when were in contact about my golf course design. And when we saw the rjwils30 posted Taliesin Golf Club, we were both stunned by the coincidence of that happening. Taliesin is also a name of two FLW houses he designed, one in Wisconsin and the other in Arizona.
This is the second course of note by one of my favourite designers "scottish67", his first design of note was Ryland Heath which I absolutely adore and this is every bit as good in my opinion.
Here's an excerpt from his TGCT thread to add context to the design;
No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other – Frank Lloyd Wright.
I took this quote to heart when I designed Wingspread Prairie Club and I know of some other designers on this site (@grovey31 (Usonia) and @rjwils30 (Fallingwater, Taliesin) have probably read that same quote and used it for inspiration on their own courses. The quote can easily correlate to golf course design in general if you replace house, with golf hole.
Wingspread Prairie Club is located amongst the other great courses located in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. I drew a lot of inspiration from looking at those courses. As I was looking at the randomness of the plot of land I was given, I wanted not to have to sculpt land to configure a golf hole, but rather just lay down holes in the best configuration I could within the land that was created (Don’t get me wrong here, I used Raise/Lower tool plenty). With the rolling hills, wind-blown sand dunes, and the native prairie grasses, the course started to come together, as I thought FLW would see the holes.
Ive always admired FLW and his philosophy in designing his prairie style homes. The golf course name, Wingspread, is taken from a house he designed and named, that is located in Wind Point, Wisconsin. Look it up sometime, its amazing. With this course I wanted to build two architectural buildings on the property, to pay homage to FLW. The first, is FLW most famous designed house, Fallingwater, located after the 9th hole, which now doubles as a halfway house for food and beverages. The second, is a FLW inspired clubhouse, with its outstanding views over the entire course and a unique real putting green on the roof of the building.
I hope you enjoy the course.
Sidenote: The original course name was going to be Taliesin Prairie Club. Adam and I discussed this months ago, when were in contact about my golf course design. And when we saw the rjwils30 posted Taliesin Golf Club, we were both stunned by the coincidence of that happening. Taliesin is also a name of two FLW houses he designed, one in Wisconsin and the other in Arizona.
