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  • Torrey Pines South Course & North Course (LiDAR) - Work in Progress

    Hi guys,

    Following the Farmer's tournament last week and the abysmal round I had at the ProTee tournament at Torrey Pines South, I decided to look into creating a LiDAR version of Torrey Pines South and North courses. I was able to get what looks to be fairly decent LiDAR and have started creating the two courses. It is still early stage but I have the foundation of the South Course done with all 5 sets of tees and 4 pins in positions 1, 2, 3, and 4 as per the scorecard. I ran through a playtest on the sim tonight and it was quite enjoyable (especially being able to reach the fairway and not having a 275-yard second shot on a par 4 (haha). Because the course is so visually stunning, I wanted to capture as much of the terrain as possible so used a fairly large LiDAR plot and didn't really mask much of it. That will limit my plant meter but since there aren't many trees on the course anyway and the terrain really is the star of the show, I figured I can probably make it work. I still need to go back through and rewatch the Farmer's tourney again as well as scour YouTube for drone coverage to get all of the nuances right but I think it shows promise.

    Please let me know what you think.

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    Japan
    Tochigigaoka Golf Club
    Konosu Country Club (L)
    Olympic Country Club R&H
    Olympic Country Club F&R
    Olympic Country Club H&F
    Olympic National East (L)
    Taiheiyo GC - Gotemba
    Shonan Seaside CC

    US
    Torrey Pines North Course - L
    Torrey Pines South Course - L
    Scarsdale Golf Club (L) - NY
    Montauk Downs - LiDAR - NY
    Golf Club Fossil Creek L - TX
    The Tribute (LiDAR) - TX
    Boca Raton Resort & C (L) - FL
    RB GC & Resort v2 (L) - TX
    River Creek Park Golf Club (L) - TX

    Others:
    Bali National Golf Club 3

  • #2
    This is awesome. Thank you for taking this journey. For someone who can't carry the ball more than about 230-240 in the sim, there was no way for me to play the 7200+ yard version. So looking forward to when you have these two courses published

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    • #3
      sirish19 Looks great. I have faith that you’ll do both courses justice. The more tour courses we can get out, the better. That was a big driving force for me creating Caves Valley. If friendbomber doesn’t do it, I’m going to take Sawgrass into my own hands.
      My published courses:
      Musket Ridge Golf Club
      TPC Potomac (Avenel Farm)
      Worthington Manor G.C.
      Baltimore CC (East)
      Caves Valley Golf Club
      TPC Sawgrass - Stadium
      Lodestone Golf Club
      Pebble Beach Golf Links
      Myrtle Beach National - King's North

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      • EG$
        EG$ commented
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        Oh trust me I agree. Friendbombers Sawgrass is awesome, I just want a lidar version of it the same way I want a lidar version of pebble. I’d prefer he do it but he might not have time. Overall I agree though, if there are still tour courses missing that should be a priority.

      • Wizard of Coz
        Wizard of Coz commented
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        mthunt are there any courses you are missing for the pga tour?

      • mthunt
        mthunt commented
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        Got all of them.

    • #4
      Great, thanks guys. I have 18 holes of South complete with tee boxes and pins and will give it a playtest on th
      sim tonight.

      Quick poll question, would you rather see this with or without tournament objects (grandstands, etc.)?
      Japan
      Tochigigaoka Golf Club
      Konosu Country Club (L)
      Olympic Country Club R&H
      Olympic Country Club F&R
      Olympic Country Club H&F
      Olympic National East (L)
      Taiheiyo GC - Gotemba
      Shonan Seaside CC

      US
      Torrey Pines North Course - L
      Torrey Pines South Course - L
      Scarsdale Golf Club (L) - NY
      Montauk Downs - LiDAR - NY
      Golf Club Fossil Creek L - TX
      The Tribute (LiDAR) - TX
      Boca Raton Resort & C (L) - FL
      RB GC & Resort v2 (L) - TX
      River Creek Park Golf Club (L) - TX

      Others:
      Bali National Golf Club 3

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      • EG$
        EG$ commented
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        Do it both ways!

    • #5
      This is awesome! Thanks so much for taking this on. I'm really looking forward to playing the North as I've played it IRL and it is a great course. Cheers!

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      • #6
        Originally posted by JayJo13 View Post
        This is awesome! Thanks so much for taking this on. I'm really looking forward to playing the North as I've played it IRL and it is a great course. Cheers!
        I have played it once IRL as well and loved it. Will try to do it justice.
        Japan
        Tochigigaoka Golf Club
        Konosu Country Club (L)
        Olympic Country Club R&H
        Olympic Country Club F&R
        Olympic Country Club H&F
        Olympic National East (L)
        Taiheiyo GC - Gotemba
        Shonan Seaside CC

        US
        Torrey Pines North Course - L
        Torrey Pines South Course - L
        Scarsdale Golf Club (L) - NY
        Montauk Downs - LiDAR - NY
        Golf Club Fossil Creek L - TX
        The Tribute (LiDAR) - TX
        Boca Raton Resort & C (L) - FL
        RB GC & Resort v2 (L) - TX
        River Creek Park Golf Club (L) - TX

        Others:
        Bali National Golf Club 3

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        • #7
          Hi Guys,

          Making progress on this one as I working on it all weekend. I still have a lot of planting to do but it is coming along. I find that the trees that were imported from the LiDAR tend to be smaller than I can see on Google Earth or other YouTube videos so I wonder if it may not be better to just not import trees with the LiDAR and plant everything manually.

          Also, one other interesting thing that I noticed and wanted to share. I used the Highlands theme and (perhaps by default) it put the ocean on the East side of the course. Of course, with CA, the ocean is on the west, so I had to rotate the course 180 degrees (or thereabouts) to get the ocean on the correct side. That was all fine, however, I also noticed that I now had the sun setting on the wrong side. So, I had to change the orientation of the sun to get it to show up correctly. Just FYI.

          I posted my playtest of the course so far on Youtube. Check it out here if you have a chance.



          Please forgive my poor round, especially the back 9, as I had a strong wind blowing through and I was a little nervous that my net and computer might blow over (my setup is on a rooftop balcony so I am a little susceptible to the elements). Haha.

          Cheers,

          Stephen
          Japan
          Tochigigaoka Golf Club
          Konosu Country Club (L)
          Olympic Country Club R&H
          Olympic Country Club F&R
          Olympic Country Club H&F
          Olympic National East (L)
          Taiheiyo GC - Gotemba
          Shonan Seaside CC

          US
          Torrey Pines North Course - L
          Torrey Pines South Course - L
          Scarsdale Golf Club (L) - NY
          Montauk Downs - LiDAR - NY
          Golf Club Fossil Creek L - TX
          The Tribute (LiDAR) - TX
          Boca Raton Resort & C (L) - FL
          RB GC & Resort v2 (L) - TX
          River Creek Park Golf Club (L) - TX

          Others:
          Bali National Golf Club 3

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          • 3on3putt
            3on3putt commented
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            That's looking really good!

        • #8
          Hi Guys,

          Quick question for anyone who knows Torrey Pines North course well. The LiDAR that I pulled for South course seems fairly accurate but I am seeing some things that look a little strange for North Course and I want to make sure I don't have any screwy LiDAR data before doing too much on this course.

          The green on #16 of the North Course looks a little off. As you can see below, there is a little swell that encroaches onto the front left of the green. I think that should be a grass bunker just off of the green and not going onto the green but I want to be sure before I start shifting the course. Does anyone here know? Anyone have a green book or coursebook?

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          Japan
          Tochigigaoka Golf Club
          Konosu Country Club (L)
          Olympic Country Club R&H
          Olympic Country Club F&R
          Olympic Country Club H&F
          Olympic National East (L)
          Taiheiyo GC - Gotemba
          Shonan Seaside CC

          US
          Torrey Pines North Course - L
          Torrey Pines South Course - L
          Scarsdale Golf Club (L) - NY
          Montauk Downs - LiDAR - NY
          Golf Club Fossil Creek L - TX
          The Tribute (LiDAR) - TX
          Boca Raton Resort & C (L) - FL
          RB GC & Resort v2 (L) - TX
          River Creek Park Golf Club (L) - TX

          Others:
          Bali National Golf Club 3

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          • #9
            sirish19 I think I found your problem. Look at this screen capture of 16 from Google Earth. It looks like the North Course was redesigned in 2016. I'm thinking the lidar (pre-2016?) still has the 2 extra greenside bunkers. The green shape is also completely different. You're probably going to have to do some manual landscaping on this one.

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            My published courses:
            Musket Ridge Golf Club
            TPC Potomac (Avenel Farm)
            Worthington Manor G.C.
            Baltimore CC (East)
            Caves Valley Golf Club
            TPC Sawgrass - Stadium
            Lodestone Golf Club
            Pebble Beach Golf Links
            Myrtle Beach National - King's North

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          • #10
            Thanks, EG$ and 3on3putt for checking this out. Yeah, you are right, looks like there were bunkers there so the LiDAR is a bit old and pre-renovation. I have started sculpting the land out a bit by hand to make it more playable, especially on the greens. I have ordered the yardage/green books from Torrey Pines (both courses for $12, not too bad, but it will cost a lot more than that to ship them to me here in Japan, haha). I figure those along with all of the videos on YouTube I should be able to have a decent approximation.

            Will see how it goes along and will keep you all posted.
            Japan
            Tochigigaoka Golf Club
            Konosu Country Club (L)
            Olympic Country Club R&H
            Olympic Country Club F&R
            Olympic Country Club H&F
            Olympic National East (L)
            Taiheiyo GC - Gotemba
            Shonan Seaside CC

            US
            Torrey Pines North Course - L
            Torrey Pines South Course - L
            Scarsdale Golf Club (L) - NY
            Montauk Downs - LiDAR - NY
            Golf Club Fossil Creek L - TX
            The Tribute (LiDAR) - TX
            Boca Raton Resort & C (L) - FL
            RB GC & Resort v2 (L) - TX
            River Creek Park Golf Club (L) - TX

            Others:
            Bali National Golf Club 3

            Comment

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