Adopt a Golf Course

[TheLidarKing]

I am going through my spreadsheet of courses that have been in beta for a long time. At this point, the course is 80% done. If you know the course and want to adopt it, the cost will be $150 to get it published and ready to play for you and everyone else. We will meet up on zoom to make sure that the edits you want are done correctly the first time.


This list is from 2020 and never heard back from the customers.
You can go here and you can copy the course name in the field to the left and adopt the course.
https://www.thelidarking.com/adopt-a-course


If these courses are owned by someone here, contact me, and let's finalize!


Aldarra Golf Club Washington
Arizona Country Club Arizona
Ballantrae Golf course
Battleground Country Club Manalapan New Jersey
Bedford Hills Golf Club (27Holes) Michigan
Bellingham Golf and Country Club Washington
Blackwood Golf Club Australia
Boringdon Park (Saltram course) UK
Cedar Glen Golf Club
Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards South Carolina
Close house colt course UK
Columbia golf course
Coudersport GC Pennsylvania
Coyote Crossing Golf Club Indiana
De Lage Vuursche Netherlands
Denton Country Club Texas
Dubuque Golf and Country Club
Eldorado Country Club McKinney TX 75070
Green Lakes State Park
Hillcrest country club - Lincoln NE
Honey Bee Golf Course
Hudson National Golf Club
Island View Golf Club - Waconia MN
Laurel Hill Golf Club 8701 Laurel Crest Dr, Lorton, VA 22079
Ludlow Country Club
Mossey Creek
Nantucket Golf Club
Raceway Golf Club Connecticut
Radisson Greens, Baldwinsville NY
Radrick Farms (Ann Arbor, MI)
Sankaty Head Golf Club 100 Sankaty Road Nantucket, MA 02554
Shadow Valley Country Club Arkansas
Shoreland Country Club Minnesota
Slinfold Golf and Country Club,Uk
Spring Brook Golf Course
Sudden Valley Golf and Country Club
Tequesta Country Club
Texarkana Country Club
The Creeks - Cave Springs AR
The Royal Fox Country Club
The Wyndgate
Thendara Golf Course Old Forge NY
Ullesthorpe Court Golf Club, Frolesworth Road, Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, LE17 5BZ
Wakefield Golf Club England
Whitevale Golf Club Canada
Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles
Winchester Country club
Windstone Golf Club Ringgold GA

[nickfisher47]

This is such a great idea - I wish there was a course on there I was familiar with!

[TheLidarKing]

Once I have time, I will be posting more. There is probably 75 courses in the beta stage. Stay tuned. It is a shame to let these courses go by the way side.

[jpotas]

How do you know that Beta's aren't finished and published under another name? Or are these courses that you started so you have the files?

[TheLidarKing]

How do you know that Beta's aren't finished and published under another name? Or are these courses that you started so you have the files?

These are courses that customers ordered back in 2020 that fell off the face of the earth. I have the course files.

[TheLidarKing]

I have to verify, but this list is from 2020, and never heard back from the customers. To speed up the process, just email me kent.shaffer@thelidarking.com and let me know which course you are interested in getting finalized and published.
I will be adding these to my website to "ADOPT" once I pull in the betas for each one. If these courses are owned by someone here, contact me!

Winchester Country club
Hudson National Golf Club
Shoreland Country Club Minnesota
Radisson Greens, Baldwinsville NY
Aldarra Golf Club Washington
Denton Country Club Texas
Whitevale Golf Club Canada
Battleground Country Club Manalapan New Jersey
Shadow Valley Country Club Arkansas
The Creeks - Cave Springs AR
Radrick Farms (Ann Arbor, MI)
Wilshire Country Club in Los Angeles
Slinfold Golf and Country Club,Uk
Ludlow Country Club
Eldorado Country Club McKinney TX 75070
Bellingham Golf and Country Club Washington
Close house colt course UK
Sudden Valley Golf and Country Club
The Wyndgate
Thendara Golf Course Old Forge NY
Mossey Creek
Spring Brook Golf Course
Windstone Golf Club Ringgold GA
Nantucket Golf Club
De Lage Vuursche Netherlands
Coyote Crossing Golf Club Indiana
Laurel Hill Golf Club 8701 Laurel Crest Dr, Lorton, VA 22079
Hillcrest country club - Lincoln NE
Boringdon Park (Saltram course) UK
Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards South Carolina
Blackwood Golf Club Australia
Green Lakes State Park
Arizona Country Club Arizona
The Royal Fox Country Club
Ullesthorpe Court Golf Club, Frolesworth Road, Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, LE17 5BZ
Coudersport GC Pennsylvania
Columbia golf course
Honey Bee Golf Course
Raceway Golf Club Connecticut
Bedford Hills Golf Club (27Holes) Michigan
Sankaty Head Golf Club 100 Sankaty Road Nantucket, MA 02554
Island View Golf Club - Waconia MN
Cedar Glen Golf Club
Tequesta Country Club
Ballantrae Golf course
Dubuque Golf and Country Club
Wakefield Golf Club England
Texarkana Country Club

[Shipwreck34]

I see two on this list that I'd be willing to "adopt", but adopt as in I'll finish them for everyone, no charge. I realize that cuts your business model, and I'm not trying to be a jerk to you. Perhaps you'd be willing to let them go? I can also understand being sore at someone doing them from zero on their own, but that is the risk taken by listing these.

I'd just rather spend the time, than the money. It's like crafting anything for fun, and not profit; The work is the reward.

[Kbrucato]

Hey Kent, I see Spring Brook is on the list. You haven’t sent me the beta link so I’m assuming it’s from another customer?

[davepacifico]

oooh I am extremely tempted to adopt Laurel Hill. I live in Northern Virginia and it's my favorite course in the area.

[davepacifico]

I went ahead and adopted Laurel Hill. Excited to have it out for everyone soon. I looked through the beta and it's fantastic.

[GarageDasein]

I went ahead and adopted Laurel Hill. Excited to have it out for everyone soon. I looked through the beta and it's fantastic.

I'm very happy with the course the King made for me, I expect you will be as well.

[GarageDasein]

I can't wrap my head around why someone would pay for a course and the abandon it. People are weird.

[TheLidarKing]

Hey Kent, I see Spring Brook is on the list. You haven’t sent me the beta link so I’m assuming it’s from another customer?

Kbrucato Send me an email and I will see what I can find. kent.shaffer@thelidarking.com

The one that is stale is
Spring Brook Golf Course
2276 200th Ave
Mora, MN 55051

[Kbrucato]

Different course, mine is in NJ. Thx!

[TheLidarKing]

I went ahead and adopted Laurel Hill. Excited to have it out for everyone soon. I looked through the beta and it's fantastic.

Looking forward to getting Laurel Hill finally published! Thanks for Adopting it davepacifico

[TheLidarKing]

I see two on this list that I'd be willing to "adopt", but adopt as in I'll finish them for everyone, no charge. I realize that cuts your business model, and I'm not trying to be a jerk to you. Perhaps you'd be willing to let them go? I can also understand being sore at someone doing them from zero on their own, but that is the risk taken by listing these.

I'd just rather spend the time, than the money. It's like crafting anything for fun, and not profit; The work is the reward.

I am a perfectionist and so are my customers. Although most "beta" courses in the list could be published as is, I refuse to, and here is why.

People pay me for the interaction within zoom to edit the courses live together. This allows the client to see exactly what we can do and once agreed upon, we make those changes.
People pay me to totally redo courses that are already "published". These are pathetic creations that put a black eye in the course creation community.
There are times that looking at google earth and flyovers doesn't cut it. There may be stuff around tee boxes (flowers and steps) that they just recently put into the course. I put these types of things into the final product. Sometimes after 4 or 5 betas and the customer is ecstatic about the course, we finally publish the "FINAL" version.

I want the course to be a piece of art. These courses need to have the attention of someone that actually plays them and can provide feedback so the final product is over the top.

Your "business" model? It would be like Rembrandt doing an entire painting and then him saying.. Hey Shipwreck34 , please sign this painting and take full credit for it.

Enough said

[Shipwreck34]

Well, I'd hoped for a more amicable answer, which is why I was trying to be nice about it. I understand you put a lot of effort into these courses. I know I do, too. Instead you chose to be insulting, and take a stab at plugging your "superior product and methods". Once again, I understand, and I'm sadly not surprised.

Long story short then is... I hope you get someone to pay for the courses I'm going to do before I finish them for you. Chance you took by listing them, and bear you poked by responding in this manner. A DM with a lighter tone would have probably yielded better results. Just saying.

Good news for you is I'm already working a project, and I typically don't spend much time on this during the summer months. So there's plenty of time for you to try and sell these abandoned projects.

Care to take a different tact, or want to keep poking? Your call.