Course Design 101 (PGA Tour 2K21) Episode 9 - Elevation and Sculpting

In this tutorial, we go over how to create smooth elevation changes and better sightlines!
*sorry about all the clicking in this video. Guess my microphone was a bit close to the controller!
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[@ekwfan6]

The Bob Ross of 2K21 course designer

[@Aged_Rebel]

Why do I feel like Im listening to Bob Ross paint a golf course? lol I love it thanks.

[@supergolfdude]

This really is the hardest part of the designer to master for me. Now that I'm two weeks in to my first course, I'm using the info I gained in this great tutorial to go back and tweak several holes. The key is as you say - very gentle fuzzy brush adjustments, a couple yards at a time. Thanks Crazy, these are really great!

[@RobertJohnson-mn3br]

Great job. I’ll replay this everyday until I finally comprehend it completely

[@PhotonBread]

The episode we’ve all been waiting for!

[@ariengle1086]

Almost there Canuck! 6k! keep the grind coming bud

[@fretboardgymnast]

Definitely an area I need to improve on. I lack the patience to flatten a little portion at a time to get that gradual elevation but seeing the results you get from it has me sold on the technique. You’re fairways terrain has a lot less of those micro bumps than I do.

[@MikeJones-ys5dl]

I like using the sculpt flatten and raise tool before ever starting my routing. I can lay fwy and greens that take on the contours of the existing terrain. It becomes more natural and there’s less landscaping involved

[@leonkotzur761]

Just caught up with all the other episodes just about to start my 1st ever design

[@blankdeck31]

You are the Bob Ross of golf course design

[@trevorkreutzer1627]

BIG BIG BIG BOB ROSS VIBES

[@Wizardstix23]

Appreciate this video. I plan on making a course soon and just love this game! Thanks again @CrazyCanuck

[@TacticalSpray]

These have been helpful. Thanks. Im making courses called 'AmCup'. as in Amateur Cup. They all have some spectators who will watch play on holes near the clubhouse. Many of the holes have no spectators as you move further from the club house etc. Lots of fun, still much to learn.

[@honeybadgerhacker2487]

Thanks for all your tips! I see the difference in the courses I am working on now. Be great if they can move the fuzzy brush to the first page! Haha

[@shaughnrourke3889]

Loving the series. Could you maybe show how to make like an ocean to work around like pebble beach?

[@iBeast2727]

Just finished my first course! “Rolling Hills CC(Indiana)”. Thanks for all the tutorial videos!

[@Wizardstix23]

Year ago you made it. Just bought this game and gonna try it out buddy! Thanks

[@jclay6680]

a par 3 I loved was 120ft High 50ft away .

[@Mr_Krabzs]

Thank you!! These are the best!

[@Colts814Life]

Great video, very helpful. Have you ever done a video on how to add slope to greens? I’m struggling with that but i feel this video could assist greatly in that challenge.

[@fudztown]

Thank you so much for this!

[@coldthekid61]

thank you for these videos

[@BillCarter2k19]

Thank you for this!!!

[@parkersmith5967]

Really appreciate this

[@williamwallis1276]

Great videos and concise explanations. Very helpful and thank you for the time and effort to make our lives easier. Pardon my ignorance but other than playing with the different brushes, is there a guide that gives a better definition of each brush use? For example, first brush tabletops, it seems, and fuzzy brush is not as severe and more related to existing environment. Just curious. Experimenting is fun but as a newbie, a little daunting, trying to decipher all of the brushes.

[@joeyorlando547]

great video

[@kolbybanker2023]

Hey I've watched all on the Course Design 101 videos. They are awesome! I love doing this kind of stuff and have spent HOURS in course design. One thing I can't seem to figure out...... Just like you can create mulch for a tree/plant area, I'm building a Vegas Desert Course and I can't figure out how to add SAND. Do I have to use "Bunkers" for this? I hate how it changes the colors of ALL the bunkers. Help! Please! Thanks again for your stuff its $$$

[@conoros27]

Great video, this is the one I needed because this is the hard part. What I noticed was that you use big, big fuzzy brushes whereas I was trying to do everything with tiny, not fuzzy brushes, piece by piece. Now I should be able to make some progress. Secondly, any tips as to getting the grass to meet the water? Your grass seems closer to the water than mine is whenever I put water down. Is that theme dependent?

[@erikrasmussen9068]

Just getting into this and loving the series! You mentioned following someone for course designs, I believe it started with an H, who was it again (tried replaying the videos but not exactly sure where it was at)?

[@lesliesangster3841]

Hi Andre I need to do quite high hills in the background to hide the sea which brush would you use

[@craigratio]

The worst bit of sculpting for me was sorting out the land around a retaining wall. Everytime you flatten the land something almost always appears out the other side of the wall.

[@lukebeaty4376]

I see all of these videos of courses where the ball just flies down a big ass mountain? Can you tell me how to do that?

[@bryanhelyer7890]

Is it possible to create/sculpt an archway or tunnel into course design at all? And is there a bug in designer right now not letting us brush fill or place fairway grass in certain places?

[@Daveb1980]

What’s the difference between the landscape and sculpt flatten/raise 🤔

[@henrysamulak1624]

Can you show me how to make out of bounds?

[@jonpink4239]

What elevation do you start your course on? I am finding if it's default I hit water as soon as I start going down?!

[@Crazycanuck1985]

I dont have a set height, I just make sure I don't hit it!

[@liamkirkbride9577]

Hi when I try and create a hill it goes to water why

[@nathancangemi3904]

I am trying to design an X Box. When I make any elevation changes. I can only make them one button push at a time and it doesn’t change the measurement reading. Very slow and inefficient. Any insights?

[@Crazycanuck1985]

Check out my bunker tutorial where I explain this. Designing on console is also much much slower than. PC

[@jamiestephens8738]

You do all of that and then get a blue screen so save save save. Its still happening in developer 2k21..not a good feeling when you do alot of work just to get deleted..

[@Hittin_Bombs]

Tip 1: Fuzzy Brush ... Tip 37: Fuzzy Brush

[@Crazycanuck1985]

Yep!

[@evancalitz4304]

First time designer, how do i delete things I did, but now hate it? Undo only works so much 😊

[@donmcardle4025]

Yep, a problem I've had with no solution in sight! Ended up deleting the entire hole, but still the green, bunkers, and fairway remains from the deleted hole. Created a new hole okay to replace it, but the all the graphics of the deleted hole is still displayed. Hope he gets around to answering your question soon.

[@OTCRock4one]

Odd that you used the Landscape Raise brush to Lower land sometimes? I'm not being sarcastic, I've just never seen that before.

[@Crazycanuck1985]

Why is that odd?

[@OTCRock4one]

@@Crazycanuck1985 Because the name "Lower" vs. "Raise" when you think of lowering something, normally one would use something that has the name "Lower". And as I said in the comment, I've never seen that before.

[@Crazycanuck1985]

@@OTCRock4one well, there is no landscape lower button. I use the raise tool to lower large amounts, then the flatten tool to fine tune.

[@niatgaming7146]

Crazycanuck: "Don't judge my green guys it took my 2 seconds to build for this video" Me: Slowly sinks into depression after spending almost 20 hours on an 18 hole course that has been published and doesn't look as good

[@niatgaming7146]

@@scotttild I made my course with the PS4. Yeah, certain aspects seemed very clunky. My course seems to play ok-ish and aesthetically could look a bit better. First course I have ever made on any of the Golf club games though. Rolling Forest is the course if you wanted to check it out.

[@eich95]

I don’t know if I should design my home course or a fictional PGA course

[@Crazycanuck1985]

DON'T start with your home course. Build something with your imagination first to get good with the tools.

[@eich95]

@@Crazycanuck1985 i think ill make an ficitonal course and then after that ill make my home course. thanks for the tips, they helped me in tgc19 as well