Sam Design: 2007

Tuesday 21 August 2007

Wednesday 15 August 2007

Tuesday 14 August 2007

Monday 13 August 2007

Thursday 9 August 2007

Wednesday 8 August 2007

Tuesday 7 August 2007

Sunday 5 August 2007

Friday 3 August 2007

Wednesday 1 August 2007

SS - Hole 18 : A tough finishing hole, off the tee the player is faced with a series of large cross bunker set a varying lengths off the tee. and a rock face that defends the approach up to the green. The bunkers must be avoided off the tee if the player is to reach the green in two. The bunekrs force the player left off the tee and they are left with a approach of between 140 - 180 yds into an elevated green perched atop a rock face with a ampitheatre style surround to the green. I think very visual hole and green complex will make the finish to the course more memorable.

SS - Hole 17

SS - Hole 17 : This downhill par 3 is set on a perched green that slopes from right to left and then falls away short and left of the green. The front bunkers are angled to create more space short left than there may appear from the tee, Whilst the other bail out is long and right. There alot of undualations around the green although the surface itself remains fairly flat.

SS - Hole 16

SS - Hole 16 : This is another lengthy par 5 playing downwind. The fairway is quite tight and tree lined down the right hand side, and water coming in further up on the left. Accuracy is key off the tee and avoiding the long bunker complex on the left side. The gren is above the players on the approach and the landing area set in three tiers. The player must decide whether to carry the cross bunker at around 230yds carry or lay up short of that and have a full 140yds into this large green surface. The green area is backed bu gorse on the hillside that streches up behind the green and the two bunkers short right of the green will play with the depth perception of the golfer. The green is heavily undulating and falls off to the left and towards water, making the approach shot more demanding.

SS - Hole 15

SS - Hole 15 : This downhill par 3 will often play into a prevailling wind. The green is guarded by a burn short and far right, and by two green side bunkers that frame the green and squeeze the elevated plateau that runs through the centre of the green. With the view of the pentalnd hills in the backround I think this will be one of the more picturesque holes on the back nine.

SS - Hole 14

SS - Hole 14 : This long downhill par 5 has a narrow fairway that slopes from right to left. The LA is guarded by two angled bunkers on the left that need to be carefully negotiated. A long carry over the bunkers will leave around 235yds to the green. playing safe down the right leaves the decision to lay up short of the progressive bunkers on the left at 200yds away or thread your shot between them and the water to leave a short pitch into a three tiered green with water guarding the green left, right and long.

SS - Hole 13

SS - Hole 13 : This uphill par 4 is dominated by the large bunkers right centre of the fairway, the first portion of the fairway is a plateau that falls away before running back up to the elevated green. The player who carries the bunker on the right will kick down into the best position to attack the green. The left hand option leaves the player a tougher approach over the greenside bunker and across the angle of the sloping green. When the wind is blowing it will take alot of shots short and down the slope crossing in front of the green.

SS - Hole 12

SS - Hole 12 : This hole can play par 4 for the top tournaments and par 5 for regular play. The hole is downhill with OB and water down the right. A good drive over the left hand bunkers will kick you into a good spot about 175yds from the green. The safer play down the right may take to green out of reach for most players. The lay up shot must contend with a large bunker 100yds short of the green. The player can decide to go over (and left is a safer side) lay up well back leaving around 120yds to the green. The green is well guarded with a tough pin back right.

SS - Hole 11

SS - Hole 11 : Uphill down wind this hole is about shaping your ball first left to right from the tee then right to left into the green. The right side of the fairway is favourable close to the trees then a well guarded green will play longer then it looks because of the shelf in the fairway.

SS - Hole 10

SS - Hole 10 : A downhill par 3 that falls away steeply on the left hand side. The green has three tiers and when the wind blows right to left many balls will find their way off the left side of this green. With the green set at this angle I think the green will appear shorter than it is when you get down onto the surface.

Tuesday 31 July 2007

SS - Hole 9

SS - Hole 9 : A tough par 4 the runs downhill then uphill to a tight target. Gorse runs down the right hand side and this forces the player left off the tee. A strong fade off the tee finding the right side of the fairway will then give the best angle into the green the will recieve a draw shot well. The bunekr short left of the green is designed to decieve the players and foreshorten the approach.

SS - Hole 8

SS - Hole 8 : Par 5 up the hill has OB running down the right hand side for the big miss right. The large bunker left centre of the fairway is set at an angle to create the strategy for the hole. A big carry left at 280yds will leave 200yds shot with a good angle into this elevated green. The player who goes right side off the tee can decide to take on the short bunker with a 190yds carry or lay up short and leave themselves 110yds into the green which is heavily protected on the right.

SS - Hole 7

SS - Hole 7 : A par 4 with lots of options off the tee. The player can bail out left but avoiding the slope into the burn or the player can take on the gorse on the right hand side of the fairway which leaves the best angle into this elevated green. With the wuind into off the left the gorse will seem a very intimidating hazard. The large waste bunker stop players just bombing it at the green and it makes the strategy for the hole.

SS - Hole 6

SS - Hole 6 : A drivable par 4 with a 289yd carry over the burn to get onto the green. The lay up shot is to a domed fairway surface with two water features adn OB to contend with. Hitting the fairway will require an accurate shot of 235yds leaving a pitch shot over the burn to a two tiered green.

SS - Hole 5

SS - Hole 5 : This hole can play as a par 4 for top tournaments and a par 5 for regular play. The hole is characterised by the range of hazards involved. OB, Water and large bunkering. The central bunker forces a choice from the player. To go over the bunker at 265yd carry giving a chance to go for the green in two or playing short or over the left side of the bunker leaving a tricky lay up shot short of the burn to pitch it onto the green. Into the wind this will play a tough hole.

SS - Hole 4

SS - Hole 4 : This downhill par 3 will have a visually stricking green heavily guarded by bunkers and set some 7 or 8 m below the teeing ground. The green is perched up which will shed off any poorley struck shots.

SS - Hole 3

SS - Hole 3 : The thris hole has a steep shelf running along the left hand side and all the way arounf the back of the green. The LA is pinched at 235yds out making the player decide whether to pull out the driver or lay up short of this area. The large bunker set into the steep face will be very visually intimidating from the tee. Down wind it may be very easy to lose your approach long on this hole.

SS - Hole 2

SS - Hole 2 : The fairway is lined with trees on the left hand side, which can potentially block out players that bail out too far left. The large bunker on the right can be carried at 270yds leaving 120yds into this angled green that falls away steeply on the back and left. There is alot of dead space in front of the green that slows up the run in shot.

SS - Hole 1

SS - Hole 1 : The teeing area moulded with the practice putting green play from a elevated postiton above the fairway. Teeing off over a large rock face into a landing area with two bunkers left that can be carried to get a good bounce into the best angle for the green. The green is angled to recieve shots from the left with a small plateau front right set close aginst the greenside bunker.

Friday 27 July 2007

Masterplan Development

Wednesday 25 July 2007

Landscape Concept

Concept Plan : My landscape concept focuses on Reclamation, Regeneration and Remediation of our site. The concept has three main aims to achieve this, the open drainage system, the protental urban expansion and the disused quarry. I also want to integrate the surrounding glacial ridge that lay to the south of our site, folding the surrounding landform into our site creates a cohesive patchwork and integrates the development with the existing picture.