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Post by TheDominator273 on May 26, 2019 5:04:21 GMT -5
Got things going in the last 3 rounds shooting -8, -11, and -8 to finish at -32 which is probably outside promotion marks for the week I'd have to assume.
My last round was disappointing as I started with 5 straight birdies. However I was very surprised at how good tempo was for me on Xbox, possibly due to less players playing at the time? But I would only have expected about 4-5 shots better across all 4 rounds had I used Pro clubs this week so I'm pretty content with how I shot overall.
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Post by ezzinomilonga on May 26, 2019 6:29:20 GMT -5
What a difference a round makes, practice round using the round 1 conditions I shot -14 with Masters clubs on Xbox, the real round only -5. Practice round the wind held steady between 5-9 mph all round, in my actual round it was anywhere from 2-21 mph. Great course, but I'm really not a fan of the default wind speed and direction settings as they are so random I have a hard time believing it's consistent from player to player let alone across platforms. Yeah..i have the same feeling whit the default wind. I don't like it. And yes,the conditions between the practice round and the tournament round are always soooo different. And yes,the practice round scores are ALWAYS better than the tournament round. It's the law. But the only important thing is that we are playing in the same conditions (this was my curiosity last week..everyone tells me that yes,they are all the same for all of us and knowing this,it's fine for me).
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Post by grinder12000 on May 26, 2019 9:07:37 GMT -5
Sadly i never played real golf. Is something i will probably dream about forever. Here in sicily the few courses (someone is beautiful,really) are too much expensive for me..and in any case i would need months and months of practice, before can play a real hole,i suppose.. It should be beautiful to found out that your ball is in the cup from the tee.. Uh!! I have a probably silly question, it's at least by some week that i'm curious about this,but i always forget to ask. When it happens that sometimes you are in fairway but the game tells that you can hit your ball just at 94/97% (for example),do it happens cause the game simulate some divot, or maybe cause it depends by the kind of the fairway's surface, or for some other reason? Depends on the club. If on the fairway check out what the driver does to the percentage.
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Post by lessangster on May 26, 2019 10:24:36 GMT -5
If I have a 100% lie with the three wood I switch to the driver and it gives me anything up to 90% and I use that on long par 5s rather than carry a two wood like some do.
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Post by ezzinomilonga on May 26, 2019 16:15:48 GMT -5
If I have a 100% lie with the three wood I switch to the driver and it gives me anything up to 90% and I use that on long par 5s rather than carry a two wood like some do. I try it too sometimes,but usually only if the landing area for the first rebound is not too sloped,cause the first rebound it coukd be a bit too unpredictable with driver. Reality is that in this game i'm (slowly 👀) changing my mind about the hero playing. Probably cause i was absolutely sure to can scramle everything,at worst,in tw2014, even playing with no aids but just the grid on greens,i started here witg the same mind, but reality is that it works maybe 3 times on 10. The other 7..well. They're hard times.
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Post by midway07 on May 26, 2019 16:40:43 GMT -5
Spoilers...
1st round is pretty tough with the wind, played solid to be -10.
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Post by ezzinomilonga on May 26, 2019 17:46:24 GMT -5
Spoilers... 1st round is pretty tough with the wind, played solid to be -10. I imagined this thing about the strong wind. Even in my pracrice round the default wind was pretty though. I scored -9 and is no good cause,as above said, the rule is that the score of the tournament round is always worse that on practice round But before to think about this,i have still to realize how it can be possible that i won my promo mark this week. I stealed it. For sure.
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Post by grinder12000 on May 26, 2019 20:08:30 GMT -5
If I have a 100% lie with the three wood I switch to the driver and it gives me anything up to 90% and I use that on long par 5s rather than carry a two wood like some do. I try it too sometimes,but usually only if the landing area for the first rebound is not too sloped,cause the first rebound it coukd be a bit too unpredictable with driver. Reality is that in this game i'm (slowly 👀) changing my mind about the hero playing. Probably cause i was absolutely sure to can scramle everything,at worst,in tw2014, even playing with no aids but just the grid on greens,i started here witg the same mind, but reality is that it works maybe 3 times on 10. The other 7..well. They're hard times. Like poker. You win by not losing
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Post by ezzinomilonga on May 27, 2019 0:09:50 GMT -5
I try it too sometimes,but usually only if the landing area for the first rebound is not too sloped,cause the first rebound it coukd be a bit too unpredictable with driver. Reality is that in this game i'm (slowly 👀) changing my mind about the hero playing. Probably cause i was absolutely sure to can scramle everything,at worst,in tw2014, even playing with no aids but just the grid on greens,i started here witg the same mind, but reality is that it works maybe 3 times on 10. The other 7..well. They're hard times. Like poker. You win by not losing well..i don't know. In texas hold'em maybe yes,even cause you can wait the good hand paying just the big blind when is it yours. But in this tournaments this state of mind don't pays so much. You have to score. A lot. So to play for a par don't pays. And then yes, maybe is true that i'm trying to reduce my hero plays..but still i can avoid to try shooting at EVERY pin. Even when i perfectly see that to reach the green in that way is needed a lot of luck. Maybe a miracle. I still never tried to hit just the center of the green to play for a par. My only real change in my play in the end is that before to play this game i would never folded (to stay with poker's example ) a chance to hit a green in two shots on par 5s...never. Now often it happens. Last torunament there was the third par 5 where i refuse every time this chance,just cause that green scared me But i finish every round hating myself at least 2-3 times cause i KNOW that some shot i try is impossible to result how i imagine,cause is needed a very perfect straight swing,but i try it anyway (with more or less hilarious endings,depending on how much i miss that stupid needed straight line on my swing)...but how do i could to play more safely if i know that in this way it would be a sure two putts hole? I just can't. So i try. Always.
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Post by grinder12000 on May 27, 2019 7:41:38 GMT -5
I rarely shoot for the pin. I shoot for where I want my birdie attempt to come from. Probably when I’m always in the middle of the pack LOL
And yea. I guess this sounds like tournament poker. I never liked tournaments. Too much luck. I use to write a monthly article for FullTilt magazine about online poker.
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Post by ezzinomilonga on May 27, 2019 8:47:58 GMT -5
I rarely shoot for the pin. I shoot for where I want my birdie attempt to come from. Probably when I’m always in the middle of the pack LOL And yea. I guess this sounds like tournament poker. I never liked tournaments. Too much luck. I use to write a monthly article for FullTilt magazine about online poker. Uh..sounds interesting. To tell you the truth i was against the classic poker. I used to play it a lot when i was a kid,i liked it. But i saw friendship ruined by the money involved..so i decided to never play again with friends. Only with people that for me are not important at all. Then some year ago i discovered the texas hold'em,cause it was a tv channel interely dedicated on it,so i falled in love with this game. Is beautiful. For a pair of years i watched every tournament i could. I made a culture on it I also start to know the big names of this discipline. Probably my preferred player is Negreanu. And Dolly,obviously. (i hope is still alive) But is also true that are at least 5-6 years that i can't follow the tournaments and the new great names. Sometime i project to start to play in some on line site,but i have not the time,sadly. But soon or later i'll start. I really like it. Is not about playing cards. Is just about to play with the minds of other people (and this is also the thing that i dislike a bit about the online tournaments. Played live it seems to me just another game) (at least at my bottom level,is clear). (and yes,me too shoot first of all on the side of the green better for a putt,but considering that i'm still a not consistent putter (euphemism),i also tried to stay the more near i can to the pin..and this sometime needs a shot very very misured in everything..and i still have not this control on my swing. Is rare that i put the ball really where i want..but i csn do it just roughly,almost always)
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Post by grinder12000 on May 27, 2019 9:23:54 GMT -5
I rarely shoot for the pin. I shoot for where I want my birdie attempt to come from. Probably when I’m always in the middle of the pack LOL And yea. I guess this sounds like tournament poker. I never liked tournaments. Too much luck. I use to write a monthly article for FullTilt magazine about online poker. Uh..sounds interesting. To tell you the truth i was against the classic poker. I used to play it a lot when i was a kid,i liked it. But i saw friendship ruined by the money involved..so i decided to never play again with friends. Only with people that for me are not important at all. Then some year ago i discovered the texas hold'em,cause it was a tv channel interely dedicated on it,so i falled in love with this game. Is beautiful. For a pair of years i watched every tournament i could. I made a culture on it I also start to know the big names of this discipline. Probably my preferred player is Negreanu. And Dolly,obviously. (i hope is still alive) But is also true that are at least 5-6 years that i can't follow the tournaments and the new great names. Sometime i project to start to play in some on line site,but i have not the time,sadly. But soon or later i'll start. I really like it. Is not about playing cards. Is just about to play with the minds of other people (and this is also the thing that i dislike a bit about the online tournaments. Played live it seems to me just another game) (at least at my bottom level,is clear). (and yes,me too shoot first of all on the side of the green better for a putt,but considering that i'm still a not consistent putter (euphemism),i also tried to stay the more near i can to the pin..and this sometime needs a shot very very misured in everything..and i still have not this control on my swing. Is rare that i put the ball really where i want..but i csn do it just roughly,almost always) I was making $500 a month playing online Blackjack in the late 90s with bonuses. Then a friend said there is a new game called Texas Holdm. I said "I'm not really a gambler" Then read literally 40 books. At one point I was playing 4 tables at once 20 hours a week making $7 per table. Add $1000 a month in bonus money . . . . Island vacations, road trips around America and then the US government decided they needed to save me and froze $15,000 overseas the MONTH I was putting a down payment on a house. Then more people started to learn. :-( The difference between how Europeans play Hold'm and Americans was a BIG BIG difference.
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Post by ezzinomilonga on May 27, 2019 10:39:17 GMT -5
I was not awared that they are two SO different schools. Interesting to know. The only thing i can say is that i don't know how it works in the rest of the Europe,but here in Italy (especially who live in south Italy,of course) if you ask,you'll never find someone who is not sure to be an ace in every game with cards,or just every thing where gambling is involved..we are a country full of the greatest poker players in the world!! A bit more seriously,what i really REALLY like about texas hold'em, is that in my eyes is not really about gambling. Or,to better say,the hands where is really needed to gamble they are very fews. Also the luck don't matters so much,compared with other games. Is about reading situations and the people's mind. I mean...i never saw a stupid guy make money with this game. Speaking again about golf, about the course of this week,i tried an experiment,just to clear a curiosity i had. I play a practice round with high wind and default direction (mostly NE),then a practice round with high wind but blowing from the opposite direction (mostly S,actually) (Pro clubs,as usual). In the first i scored a -11, in the second a -7. Generally speaking,the N strong wind seems to allows you to play for eagle in 2/3 holes,the S just 1/2..and also the par 3s seems to be a bit more easy with the N wind. It will be interesting to see what wind it will be in the first round. Coffe&cigarette,a bit of play with the ball with my two dogs and then i start my tourney (if here at my home nobody finds some way to occupy my time in some different way ). Good golf and good luck to everybody, fellows!!
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Post by grinder12000 on May 28, 2019 7:54:38 GMT -5
The difference a decade ago was Americans play by the numbers and are conservative while Europeans were bully’s that try to intimidate you. More bluffing. So if you knew who you were playing against you knew what the big bet meant.
Looking forward to the wind this week in golf.
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Post by ezzinomilonga on May 28, 2019 9:13:07 GMT -5
Interesting to know all this stuff. About the course,the more i play it and much more i like it. I play an average first round (for pro clubs standard,at least. With master my average still may vary, a lot ) in -8. Some swing not so straight,some stupid decision,a proximity to the hole far to be a good one and then the usual 26 putts. The usual feeling of wasting chances,in the end. But well..for sure i can't complain about this first weeks results. My only complain (but just about myself) is that although the two practice rounds with different winds,i actually choose the wrong clubs to use. I miss the green in one of the two long par 3s cause the mix of wind's direction and strenght required a club that i miss in my bag. But generally speaking i like the selection i have made. It usually works quite good,but i'll check the 2nd pin and i'll decide if to change something (if someone is curious,i play generally with D,2W,2H,5H and from I5 to I9 and all the wedges). It leaves some great "holes" of almost 20 meters between the 223 mt,the 205 mt, the 185 mt and the 167 mt (if i remember well) but if there are not too much long par 3s,usually it works good. And it allows me to keep in my bag all those mid-range clubs that are normally the most needed to approach from the fairway. Today second round. Will see what i can do
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