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Post by tomatograss on Jan 31, 2019 3:56:34 GMT -5
Hey all. When I play local with my friends, I tend to change my clubset to beginner so we are all on a level playing field (my friends can’t use anything besides beginner, we just like to have fun).
When I went to go start the new TGCTours event for the week, I was still unknowingly on beginner mode, hit the first shot, and saw that I was not in master club mode. If the tours require using master clubs, is this an automatic DQ for the week? I don’t feel like playing the rest of the rounds if it’s for nothing.
What’s more, I’ve already missed a week and have 2 demotion marks, a DQ would give me another 2, and I’m on vacation next week, and that would be a relegation to the next tour. Can’t take a DQ, or that’s the end of my TGC tours career lol. Oh well
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 4:13:28 GMT -5
You won’t get a DQ for missing a week while on vacation but you will get XX for wrong club set.
So based on that you will have XXXX when you return from holidays.
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Post by tomatograss on Jan 31, 2019 4:15:54 GMT -5
Alright. The society ought to be able to restrict entries based on clubsets so that this kind of thing doesn’t happen. Perhaps an update down the road, or not.
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Post by tomatograss on Jan 31, 2019 4:19:16 GMT -5
And I’m guessing the original two demotion marks were because I finished one round and didn’t play any others. I guess that’s a WD, but not playing at all for the week isn’t?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 4:21:45 GMT -5
And I’m guessing the original two demotion marks were because I finished one round and didn’t play any others. I guess that’s a WD, but not playing at all for the week isn’t? you can skip any week you want. Just don’t start and not finish a week.
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Post by ErixonStone on Jan 31, 2019 7:23:19 GMT -5
And I’m guessing the original two demotion marks were because I finished one round and didn’t play any others. I guess that’s a WD, but not playing at all for the week isn’t? Right. It's designed to prevent people from starting an event, playing poorly, and then quitting for the sake of avoiding demotions.
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Post by PMGS247 on Jan 31, 2019 8:56:36 GMT -5
Skip the week = fine.
Start and don't finish = XX.
Play with wrong clubs = XX. (This is unavoidable for you this week, I think)
You will not get an X for skipping next week, you'll still be at 4 when you return.
I definitely support some sort of society restrictions on club sets. Should just be part of the available restriction options along with aids. This would be beneficial in many ways, including the avoidance of what happened to you this week.
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Post by grinder12000 on Jan 31, 2019 12:17:36 GMT -5
I WISH HB would have included a few bags with different clubs. I would love to have 3 bags Master, Pro and another Pro with different clubs.
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Post by linkslover on Feb 1, 2019 2:52:43 GMT -5
I don't know the fine detail of how the TGC Tours system works, but in my opinion for a genuine mistake like Tomato's if he raises the issue and it can be seen he's only played one shot with the wrong clubs then the DQ demotion marks could be cancelled. He won't be able to play the event this week as a result but that's less a punishment than a DQ for a genuine error on his part.
Tour admin have the final say of course.
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Post by XJ_Jagman on Feb 2, 2019 9:44:16 GMT -5
I don't know the fine detail of how the TGC Tours system works, but in my opinion for a genuine mistake like Tomato's if he raises the issue and it can be seen he's only played one shot with the wrong clubs then the DQ demotion marks could be cancelled. He won't be able to play the event this week as a result but that's less a punishment than a DQ for a genuine error on his part. Tour admin have the final say of course. It does sound harsh, but the rules of golf when it comes to tourney play can be harsh, in general. Another problem would be the application of something like that and where to draw the line. What about two shots into the round? What about the 1st hole?
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Post by SmilingGoats on Feb 2, 2019 10:05:19 GMT -5
You don't get two strikes for playing with the wrong clubs...it's just a removal from the event as if you've never played.
Unless you start on the proper clubs then switch to the wrong clubs...then you would get two strikes. That's necessary to prevent it from being exploited.
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Post by Violinguy69 on Feb 2, 2019 17:10:14 GMT -5
I don't know the fine detail of how the TGC Tours system works, but in my opinion for a genuine mistake like Tomato's if he raises the issue and it can be seen he's only played one shot with the wrong clubs then the DQ demotion marks could be cancelled. He won't be able to play the event this week as a result but that's less a punishment than a DQ for a genuine error on his part. Tour admin have the final say of course. I know I'm comparing apples to toasters, but IRL, if you play one hole with 15 clubs but don't realize it 'til later, you're out.
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Post by ErixonStone on Feb 2, 2019 17:50:50 GMT -5
Just a note/reminder about the game's mechanics: once you start a round with any clubset, those are the clubs for the entire round, even if you quit before taking a shot. So there isn't a way to start a round with Pro Clubs, notice it, and switch to Master clubs before the round ends.
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Post by linkslover on Feb 4, 2019 5:20:59 GMT -5
I know what you guys are saying about the rules but common sense needs to apply also. I don't know about all the fine details about what the Tour Admins can and can't see about Tomato's round (or anybody elses) and of course it's their final say anyway.
It's usually clear if somebody has made a genuine mistake rather than deliberately playing the system.
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Post by ErixonStone on Feb 5, 2019 13:01:37 GMT -5
I know what you guys are saying about the rules but common sense needs to apply also. I don't know about all the fine details about what the Tour Admins can and can't see about Tomato's round (or anybody elses) and of course it's their final say anyway. It's usually clear if somebody has made a genuine mistake rather than deliberately playing the system. Jeff already responded that someone using the wrong clubset is not punished with 2 strikes. I agree that this is the best approach. There just isn't anything the admin can do along the lines of, "it was only one shot, so we'll ignore it," because the game doesn't support switching clubs or club sets during a round. The earliest a player could switch is between rounds one and two.
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