Owner:
Wayne Hewitt
Age: 34
Current Handicap:
7
Home Course: Wagga Wagga Country Club
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Hewis Golf Design was born in 2004.
What started out as a hobby has developed into something a lot
bigger than I ever expected. I, like all visitors to this site,
have been interested in Golf Course Architecture for a very long
time - as long as I can remember actually. I still remember
sitting in school drawing plans of holes in my text books, when
I should have been listening to what I was there for.
As the years went on I became interested in PC's and what they
had to offer to satisfy my addiction to course design. In the
early years there was the Jack Nicklaus series of computer golf
games that came with a designer, initially I thought it couldn't
get any better, being able to put my hand drawn designs into
almost a 3D environment and able to walk around and play my
designs. Then a few years later, along came the Links series of
golf games and in 2001 came Microsoft's Links 2001. This
software came with the Arnold Palmer Course Designer (APCD). All
my prayers were answered. Here was a program that could
replicate anything (well almost) you could think of and make
it look almost real.
The next version of the game, Links 2003, came with an updated
version of the APCD giving us a few more goodies to play with.
There was no support or instructions on how to use it, it just
came as a free add on with the game, if you wanted to use it,
"learn it yourself" we were told. Well after using it for around
6 years, I think I have pretty much learnt all I can and am now
very satisfied with the results. Myself, along with numerous
others around the globe are now reaching levels of realism that
Microsoft never dreamt of.
I am now doing some work with real design firms in the
visualisation field, allowing Architects and Developers to see
and play their designs before a single shovel of soil is moved.
I have been fortunate enough to even have some input in the
redesign of a couple of holes at my home course, the Wagga Wagga
Country Club. The WWCC is available for the game as well, there
are now thousands of people that have never set foot in
Australia that have 'played' the WWCC.
I invite you to have a good look around
this site. I am sure you will find something of interest. If you
wish to utilise my services, please contact me through my
contact page.
Thanks
Wayne Hewitt |
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