Tobacco Road Golf Course
The Most Unique and Incredible Masterpiece in America
When I was hired as the GSPro official designer, it was just minutes later they told me that Tobacco Road would be my first design for them. It was hard for me to believe. Tobacco Road has been at the top of my personal lists of dream courses for as long as it has existed. I was a college kid when I discovered it, although I've never played it. I have the original scorecard from the course which I received after MAILING a litter to them requesting it just for my own keepsake. Designing this course was a monumental effort. It is hard to imagine anything more challenging to digitally re-create. I'm incredibly proud of the effort, but it deserved the biggest effort I have ever given.
Bootlegger's Lair
A Short Course built on History
Bootleggers Lair brings something to GSPro that goes beyond the standard 18 hole Championship Course. As short courses and practice facilities gain prominence and popularity to the real golfing world, one property looked to GSPro to model their dream before ground is broken for real. Currently in construction on a historic farm in New York, Bootleggers Lair was first designed in game as a proof of concept. Not just a short course, but a property overflowing with creativity and shot making. A full 18 hole wedge and short game course is available, but the real treat is in practice mode, dropping balls anywhere you want to challenge yourself. There is also a "stumps course" cut through the woods and gardens and a "driving range" with unique targets of stone, earth and metal.
Conway Farms
PGA Tour Championship Course
Conway Farms has a long history of play on the PGA Tour and in other Amateur and Collegiate Championships. As host to the BMW Championship and FedEx Cup playoffs, it's been well established as a tour test and pure golf challenge. It is now fresh of a stunning re-imagining by the renowned Jackson Kahn Architects team. It is a long, demanding, gorgeous course that requires literally every shot in the bag. This course is a precise blend of immaculate and rugged, and it asks a great deal from golfers of all levels. Truly one of my favorite course builds, but also a course I will play over and over again.
