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Post by edi_vedder on Aug 14, 2015 22:48:55 GMT -5
Okay, that sounds about the same as what my experience was. I scored 6 under in 8-13mph. So now I'm praying for (a lot of) headwind to get those balls to somehow stop on the greens.
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Post by captainsane on Aug 15, 2015 10:47:44 GMT -5
I haven't read the entire topic so maybe this has been brought up, but one suggestion I have is maybe spread out the courses that are on the DLC themes, especially on the CC tours. I recently joined the CC-D tour, and I couldn't play last week because the course was a tropical theme and I don't have the DLC, and after the next two tournaments it goes to Highlands/Tropical/Highlands. People without the DLC only get to play 2 out of 6 tournaments in that period, and are off three weeks in a row.
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Post by edi_vedder on Aug 15, 2015 20:19:19 GMT -5
They've said it several times already that those not wanting to get the DLC will be out of luck.
So this won't change! Bad news for you unfortunately, but completely understandable (in my opinion).
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Post by AFCTUJacko on Aug 15, 2015 20:27:09 GMT -5
ATTENTION - THIS IS NO COMPLAINIG/WHINING/MOANING!Played my first practice round yesterday for the EUR-event next week at Spartina G.C.
Was it just me or are those greens extremly firm on the approach shot(s)? I was already starting to (highly) loft my clubs after realizing it on the first few holes, but I still had a couple of balls rolling out on the green over-average. I'm just curious what experiences have been for other guys practicing for that tournament. I actually think this is exactly how firm and fast should be done. It's firm, but there's no crazy tucked pin positions or stupid slopes. If you know how to use loft effectively you can leave yourself a makeable putt on pretty much every hole but it's very difficult to hit shots to "gimme" range and it requires focus to get up and down if out of position. You have to take advantage of the Par 5's and Shorter Par 4's and accept par on some of the longer holes. I really enjoyed it.
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Post by NCFCRulz on Aug 15, 2015 20:29:03 GMT -5
I haven't read the entire topic so maybe this has been brought up, but one suggestion I have is maybe spread out the courses that are on the DLC themes, especially on the CC tours. I recently joined the CC-D tour, and I couldn't play last week because the course was a tropical theme and I don't have the DLC, and after the next two tournaments it goes to Highlands/Tropical/Highlands. People without the DLC only get to play 2 out of 6 tournaments in that period, and are off three weeks in a row. Small price to pay for such a great tour. Just think of it as a £4.99 fee to sign up to tgctours.com The vast majority have purchased it and would be unfair on the community to not utilise it because of a small minority that dont purchase it.
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Post by edi_vedder on Aug 15, 2015 20:38:13 GMT -5
ATTENTION - THIS IS NO COMPLAINIG/WHINING/MOANING!Played my first practice round yesterday for the EUR-event next week at Spartina G.C.
Was it just me or are those greens extremly firm on the approach shot(s)? I was already starting to (highly) loft my clubs after realizing it on the first few holes, but I still had a couple of balls rolling out on the green over-average. I'm just curious what experiences have been for other guys practicing for that tournament. I actually think this is exactly how firm and fast should be done. It's firm, but there's no crazy tucked pin positions or stupid slopes. If you know how to use loft effectively you can leave yourself a makeable putt on pretty much every hole but it's very difficult to hit shots to "gimme" range and it requires focus to get up and down if out of position. You have to take advantage of the Par 5's and Shorter Par 4's and accept par on some of the longer holes. I really enjoyed it. I did not say I didn't like the course... quiet the opposite! I don't totally agree on some pins being maybe a bit too tucked, but generally speaking the course is totally okay (for me).
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Post by rod81simo on Aug 15, 2015 21:07:34 GMT -5
ATTENTION - THIS IS NO COMPLAINIG/WHINING/MOANING!Played my first practice round yesterday for the EUR-event next week at Spartina G.C.
Was it just me or are those greens extremly firm on the approach shot(s)? I was already starting to (highly) loft my clubs after realizing it on the first few holes, but I still had a couple of balls rolling out on the green over-average. I'm just curious what experiences have been for other guys practicing for that tournament. I actually think this is exactly how firm and fast should be done. It's firm, but there's no crazy tucked pin positions or stupid slopes. If you know how to use loft effectively you can leave yourself a makeable putt on pretty much every hole but it's very difficult to hit shots to "gimme" range and it requires focus to get up and down if out of position. You have to take advantage of the Par 5's and Shorter Par 4's and accept par on some of the longer holes. I really enjoyed it. I really like the course to. Great layout and variety, but there definately is a bias to a certain wind direction that probably wasn't picked up on in the editor. Some of the pins you just can get near at all if down wind by even the smallest of margins. It's not the be all end all fault of the course. It plays great for the most part and agree that for the most part it plays great and it should be interesting to see what winds we get for the tour. Looking forward to playing it
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Post by theduke21 on Aug 15, 2015 21:55:51 GMT -5
I haven't read the entire topic so maybe this has been brought up, but one suggestion I have is maybe spread out the courses that are on the DLC themes, especially on the CC tours. I recently joined the CC-D tour, and I couldn't play last week because the course was a tropical theme and I don't have the DLC, and after the next two tournaments it goes to Highlands/Tropical/Highlands. People without the DLC only get to play 2 out of 6 tournaments in that period, and are off three weeks in a row. TGCT simply can't ignore the new themes and the fantastic courses being made on them. If the $10 is a problem for you, I guarantee a few guys on here would be willing to help you out if you asked.
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Post by AFCTUJacko on Aug 16, 2015 7:19:21 GMT -5
I haven't read the entire topic so maybe this has been brought up, but one suggestion I have is maybe spread out the courses that are on the DLC themes, especially on the CC tours. I recently joined the CC-D tour, and I couldn't play last week because the course was a tropical theme and I don't have the DLC, and after the next two tournaments it goes to Highlands/Tropical/Highlands. People without the DLC only get to play 2 out of 6 tournaments in that period, and are off three weeks in a row. TGCT simply can't ignore the new themes and the fantastic courses being made on them. If the $10 is a problem for you, I guarantee a few guys on here would be willing to help you out if you asked. 100% agree. The new themes make the old ones look like garbage and this place would be a lot poorer for just ignoring them. Some perspective, If the people who can't afford it had put aside $1 per week for the last 3 months they'd have enough by now with enough left over for some candy
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Post by AFCTUJacko on Aug 16, 2015 7:26:16 GMT -5
btw, i know Euro Tour course selection has been a bit disappointing of late, but the courses for the Season Finale events are all fantastic.
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Post by theclv24 on Aug 16, 2015 8:10:51 GMT -5
I haven't read the entire topic so maybe this has been brought up, but one suggestion I have is maybe spread out the courses that are on the DLC themes, especially on the CC tours. I recently joined the CC-D tour, and I couldn't play last week because the course was a tropical theme and I don't have the DLC, and after the next two tournaments it goes to Highlands/Tropical/Highlands. People without the DLC only get to play 2 out of 6 tournaments in that period, and are off three weeks in a row. The CC Tour Championship event will be on a non-DLC course so that everyone can play. On the topic in general, however, I agree with the person who said you could have easily begun a savings plan to accrue $10 by now. I find it more of an injustice to deny the entire tour the ability to play the great new themes and new courses than it is for a handful of people to not be able to play events because they can't scrape together $10 over the course of a few weeks. I feel greatly empathetic towards people with financial troubles, and I understand that everybody needs an outlet from their stresses, so I don't take this lightly, but if you can't afford a $10 update then I think maybe your free time might be better spent trying to secure some financial security than playing the game.
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Post by captainsane on Aug 16, 2015 10:24:53 GMT -5
To be fair I didn't say that the DLC themes shouldn't be used, I'm just suggesting they get spread out a bit more, even it it was every other week or every third week.
And it's not a matter of cost, maybe you shouldn't assume such things.
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Post by theclv24 on Aug 16, 2015 13:27:45 GMT -5
To be fair I didn't say that the DLC themes shouldn't be used, I'm just suggesting they get spread out a bit more, even it it was every other week or every third week. And it's not a matter of cost, maybe you shouldn't assume such things. What is it then, principle? I don't assume anything but I don't see too many other reasons not to have it.
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Post by zippy693 on Aug 29, 2015 16:37:40 GMT -5
there are right and wrong combinations of green speed, firmness, slope and pin placement where a course is playable. having holes 10 feet from the front edge with firm, fast greens is generally not fun. same with pins on severe slopes with fast greens. someone was saying the pros play on very firm greens. this is generally true in the us and british opens. very few other tournaments. usually for a pro tournament the ball will hit, take one hop then settle down. that process usually takes less than 20 feet.
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Post by nickweis on Sept 13, 2015 21:30:46 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this has been discussed recently, I know there are some submission guidelines covering what kind of courses the tour is looking for on the web site, but maybe the course selection committee could post some things they like seeing in recent course submission, and some things they don't like. It would also be nice to know if you guys are looking for more longer courses for the PGA tour? maybe there is a shortage of web.com type courses ?
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