It's been quite a while since I've played a round of cybergolf - must have been 2 years or so. But the other day I loaded up PGA2000 and played a few rounds, and man had I forgotten how awesome this game is.
I guess it's spring comming that made me think about golf. I can certainly feel the urge to get out on the real fairways again (which probably still is a couple of weeks away here i Denmark). Maybe I should have a go at the arcitect again until that.
Anyhow, I just wanted to say hi.
... and bwt: which new courses from the last 2 years should I download
Good to hear from you. Billabong Sanctuary is still a course I frequent a lot! The community here is growing - there have been some excellent designs put out there in the last two years; including a Robert Wagers/Terry Grayson combined effort that is pretty neat, some splendid contest courses and a recent Zager design that rocks. The girls and I love Cougil's Keep by Indy Anna - some say it is her best design to date and that is a reccomendation right there.
Stefan,
I have listed below a group of courses (released in the past 2 years) from what I call my A-List. A complete list of A-List courses is downloadable from the Utilities area (431 courses at this writing).
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Course Name Date
1 Alkimos Golf Links 12/28/10
2 Aveley Island Resort Course 01/30/10
3 Bali Shandra 02/01/11
4 Blake Valley GC 09/17/10
5 Brookgreen 12/23/11
6 Cades Cove 01/24/10
7 Catalina 09/01/11
8 Clarkston CC 06/29/10
9 Cougill's Keep GC 11/12/11
10 Dismal Hollow GC 03/04/11
11 Flinders Range Golf Club 04/04/11
12 Glen Haven 12/04/10
13 Gleneagle 04/23/10
14 Gunpowder Bay 01/12/11
15 Hawthorne GC 07/02/10
16 Jack Springs Golf Club 06/02/10
17 Kapalua Plantation Course_V1 12/20/11
18 Kewadin Prairie Lodge 03/09/12
19 Killarney GC 04/01/10
20 Leverette Mountain Resort GC 08/10/10
21 Links Course at Hatteras Isle 03/14/11
22 Mamacs Retreat Golf Club 01/05/11
23 Medinah C.C. #3.crs 09/15/11
24 Mill Creek GC 08/04/10
25 Mountaineer V2 03/17/12
26 Muirfield Village 2011 05/03/11
27 Parkland Creek Fantasy 09/26/11
28 Point Reyes National 12/19/10
29 Ross Bridge V2 02/03/11
30 Royal Lytham & St Annes 04/26/11
31 Sundance 09/17/10
32 The Cliffs at Stone Forest 07/31/11
33 The Dunes @ Chesapeake Bay 01/05/10
34 The Monument 02/20/10
35 The old Course @ St. Andrews 2010 10/28/10
36 TPC @ Southwind 2010 08/19/10
37 TPC at Sawgrass 2010 05/09/10
38 TPC at Waterloo 12/31/09
39 Turnberry 02/18/10
40 Wabash Valley GC 06/30/10
I would say just about all of the courses released in the past two years are worth a play. There aren't many active designers left, but all but a couple are quite seasoned now and the quality of the work IMO is pretty extraordinary, and even the few newby/freshman designs are pretty good. Somehow the bar keeps getting set higher and higher and we still haven't found the total potential of this old designer/game.
Hey Stefan, nice to see you again. I tried to send you my new course Peninsula State Park to play test back in December but your e-mail bounced back. Hope you'll check it out now. Look forward to seeing you around, I've always enjoyed your designs.
Thanks for all the course suggestions - I'll start out with Peninsula State Park Brian (I changed my email adress about 1 year ago to stefanhojgaard(at)gmail.com btw - that's why it bounced).
God I hate your avatar Links. It just makes me want to... to... be you!
Anyhow, I played a few rounds on my own course Johanne Golf Club, which was the last I released before my temporary retirement, and I actually wasn't very satisfed with it - so I've decided to update it. Also this seems a bit more manageble that starting out on a new course.
I wondered - whould any of you care to play a couple of rounds at Johanne GC (playtest it if you will) and give me your candid opinion on what should be changed?
