Trees suck.
However, they are the best and closest from any theme I had to work with.
Country Theme - Nope (don't like country theme - and wrong trees)
Harvest/Autumn Themes - Nope (look to gaudy for my taste and wrong for this course).
Links theme - the only theme where I could have the OCEAN ... sucks for this Type of course.
Rural/Alpine themes - nope
Desert Theme ... no good (but California is in a 4 year drought - so maybe Desert isn't far off)
Don't have a Tropical theme - frankly I'm not interested from the looks of it ...
What I need is:
A Pacific West Coast theme ... But, I am not privy to having my wish fulfilled ... So ....
Boreal Theme was the only logical choice. It has PINE TREES .... maybe not the ones I want, but they are PINE Trees ... Cedar is a Pine tree ... I just don't have all the Pines I want ... (I actually have the textures for the trees I want ... and used to be able to make and add my own trees for use in a race sim I use to design for)
As for the species of trees at this course ... Extracted history from an article I posted earlier:
The Olympic Club originated in 1860 as an athletic club embracing all sports and that tradition continues strong to this day.
When the Club purchased the failing Lakeside Country Club in 1922 Anyway in 1925, the membership under the direction of Sam Whiting, golf professional and greenkeeper, undertook a
massive tree planting campaign to overhaul the barren treeless hillside between the clubhouse and Lake Merced.
30,000 trees were planted on this portion of the property.
The original plan called for the aromatic
eucalyptus for
fast growth,
pines for
secondary growth, and
cypress for the
permanent fairway trees.
Redwoods and cedars were added for good measure.
I am not finished ... this is only to show what is of things to come ... Laughable to think I would release this course looking anything like it is in its current state ...
This is a "Dawg" Design
.... not some Auto generated plot, just add fairways and bling, and publish course.
While I'm at it, it was mentioned that the Course looks Flat ... the Highest point on the 1st fairway is 235 feet (According to Google earth and other info I found), I have raised the plot up from water level over 70+ meters (70 meters is 229 feet plus change). And reduced the height from there down ... I have no accurate way to measure what height each fairway is .... I only have Guesstimation tools ... so, it is, what it is ... based on the "WAG" principal (Wild Ass Guess) ..
And why this is not the "Olympic Club" and never will be.
It might become .... The Lake "Winged O" Club Course
