TheGolfClub Favorite Courses List and Simulator Friendly Courses List.

[Archv6625]

5 More reasons TGC simulator rules.................CSU golfer, one of the top ten designers in the game, just tossed me 5 of his courses for publishing. All 5 have been shortened to between 6200 and 6600 yards. His courses are pretty tough on console but, based on a few holes I played, these have been softened up a bit for us mortals. Lots of tough landing areas in serpentine fairways with well protected greens. Loa Pali and TGC Shawnee Creek are both top ten all time courses on TGC IMHO. Protee guys, you can fill a lot of tour slots with these courses.
Just published these on protee servers...enjoy:

TGC Logan Farms - Protee by CSU
Loa Pali Golf Resort - Protee by CSU
Challenge Club - Protee by CSU
TGC Stadium - Protee by CSU
TGC Shawnee Creek - Protee by CSU

Craig, is there a way to get the courses at full length too? Hope it wouldn't be too difficult to put them out there. I appreciate the desire for "playable" courses, but I really don't mind playing courses approaching or just over 7000 yards and would love the chance to play the top courses we have from roughly that length.

[Craig118]

Actually....Just published 2 new CSU courses............. Legacy at Cape Point - Protee by CSU.... Awesome looking course , does bring back some nightmares from the bunkering that was needed for Whistling Straits. The second course is Hidden Lakes Golf Club - Protee by CSU. Have not played it but it is also a links theme layout that looks good.

[Craig118]

Craig, is there a way to get the courses at full length too? Hope it wouldn't be too difficult to put them out there. I appreciate the desire for "playable" courses, but I really don't mind playing courses approaching or just over 7000 yards and would love the chance to play the top courses we have from roughly that length.

Just search and play the console versions of all these I published , Protee just sync'ed so all of these should be available at back tee length. Also I believe there are 4 different set ups of Loa Pali available .

[ks-man]

Hey Craig,

I'm not sure if you've seen this thread at HB-Studios I've been running to try and accumulate both the requested real courses and the ones currently in development. I saw in an older post that you were working on a new version of Bethpage Black and Riviera. Just wanted to see if that is correct. Not looking to be annoying or put pressure on getting them done, more so another developer doesn't start working on a course that you are already doing. Thanks.

P.S. Might try a little casual suggestion to also look at Bethpage Red which is so under appreciated due to its big brother. Bethpage Red also would be a fantastic fit for the simulator experience, probably even better than the Black course. Here is a great review of the course and also a blog of somebody playing and taking pictures of it.

[Craig118]

I have the lower elevation holes laid out for BPB. I don't have time to design in the summer. Hope to get back at it soon.

[rbarthle17]

No.courses published with Protee version of design software will not show up on pc version. I publish new courses on Protee version so there is no waiting for Protee to mirror courses.

When Skytrak is available for TGC will we be able to get all courses, protee or not?

[mthunt]

You will get all courses.

[Js1010]

Just Published two files from theclv24 creator of Magnolia National. Per ks-man request, he has created a 2016 Magnolia Back Nine version and also an Amen Corner (3 hole course) which he named appropriately after KS.

Magnolia National 2016 (Protee - Back 9)
Magnolia National 2016 (Protee - ks man Corner)

[ks-man]

Just Published two files from theclv24 creator of Magnolia National. Per ks-man request, he has created a 2016 Magnolia Back Nine version and also an Amen Corner (3 hole course) which he named appropriately after KS.

Magnolia National 2016 (Protee - Back 9)
Magnolia National 2016 (Protee - ks man Corner)

Played "my corner" last night (think I should contact Augusta National and start asking for a share of the revenues or I'll send them a cease and desist letter)? It's incredible. Went bogey, par, birdie as the first round posted on the course. This will be a staple when I have friends over.

If there ever is a Hall of Fame for our simulator contributors I vote theclv24 be immediately inducted.

[fortysixandtwo]

Is there a way to find and add the courses to favorites list without playing through them first?

[ks-man]

Yeah, just click the little Thumbs Up icon.

[trhuke]

I think it would be a very wise move on the part of The Golf Club to include a link to a simulator friendly course list with the software designed for SkyTrak or the other simulators. It would save a ton of confusion and frustration. The mousepad produced 290 yard drive is hard to reproduce swinging a real club in a simulator for 99% of golfers, which makes the non-sim "big stick" versions of a lot of the courses an exercise in futility. A "ProTee" or "Sim" subheading in the search parameters would also be very helpful to the garage golfers.

[caldiver]

Agreed it would be nice if there was a more clear filter, but many of the courses do have protee ("Protee", "(Protee)", etc.) in the titles, so just search for "protee". You have to click into the course anyways in order to favorite it, so as long as it's under 6700-6800 yards I add it to my list. It would be nice to have a filter by total yardage range.

[trhuke]

Agree! Total yardage range would be a very useful addition for me. When I play an actual course I don't play the tips, couldn't even when I was a younger man. And I'm not, ummm, a younger man these days..... So yardage range would save a lot of poking through a bunch of courses looking for ones that won't just beat me to death.

[PKR]

any chance of getting an updated course list for tgc2019 courses that are simulator friendly? these lists were made before tgc2019 came out and most of the courses on these course lists are for players playing on pc or xbox etc.