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Post by jwtexan on Nov 1, 2021 23:18:34 GMT -5
We are on to week 6 on the elite schedule and that has taken us to Del Monte Heights by rjwils30. My appreciation for Rob's courses is well known and probably a little over-obvious when you look at the elite schedule usually including multiple RJ Wils courses per season and for good reason. They are all very well laid out, with interesting questions asked of the golfer, and provide a great challenge in what somehow feels like a more natural environment than what most designers can pull off in their creations. Del Monte Heights is no different. Rob was kind enough to put together a tour version for us as well. So this will include some new tees from the original design and was tested out to make sure it plays well on even the toughest conditions. I will never ask designers to try and "protect par" or guard against low scores with their courses. I don't pick courses just based on difficulty for difficulty sake. But, I do believe this course will provide the toughest test we have had so far on elite. We will see what happens with the different rounds on three different tees, and now that I have laid out the challenge, I am sure someone will prove me wrong and still shoot in the -50s. Good luck!
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Post by sandbagger on Nov 2, 2021 0:08:36 GMT -5
Played the best I could at -5/-5 :-10 at the half way point. A great course and a solid challenge. Fingers crossed this is the week I finally make a cut on this tour. Still think we need separate tours for Xbox / Ps 5 / and PC
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Post by fadgewacker on Nov 2, 2021 1:13:01 GMT -5
Played the best I could at -5/-5 :-10 at the half way point. A great course and a solid challenge. Fingers crossed this is the week I finally make a cut on this tour. Still think we need separate tours for Xbox / Ps 5 / and PC Never gonna happen. Might as well play an in game society 😞
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Post by twofor22 on Nov 2, 2021 1:13:29 GMT -5
Probably gonna miss another week, still waiting for my PS4 to come back from repairs.
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Post by Cecil Harvey on Nov 2, 2021 1:17:15 GMT -5
Trying to get rid of my annoying Doyley kiss ( gavlaar124™) by making a cut. Sitting -18 through two rounds and encouraged, but will wait a bit to see if that score makes it.
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Post by Cecil Harvey on Nov 2, 2021 1:42:38 GMT -5
Played the best I could at -5/-5 :-10 at the half way point. A great course and a solid challenge. Fingers crossed this is the week I finally make a cut on this tour. Still think we need separate tours for Xbox / Ps 5 / and PC Are you actually on the Elite Tour? I ask only because I looked back through the last few weeks and don't see your scores on the leaderboard corresponding to your posts. If I am dumb and have missed something, then it's on me and I sincerely apologize. It's okay to play on tours above your own actual tour and I actually encourage that to improve your own game, but I do question you in a small regard if you are playing above your tour and posting here asking for the tours to be separated by console. The point of TGCTours initially and since was/is to have cross platform play with TGCT leaderboards to show this. Yes, the in game play has disadvantaged the XBox platform the most since the tempo based swing came into play with TGC2. TGCTours has made a correction to go to Pro swing difficulty for this season. It has helped to offset some of that disadvantage. The rest of the onus is on HB/2K to "fix" the rest of this swing difference. They have resisted for years and continue to insist this game is platform specific within their Society dynamic. TGCTours, as a third party, can only do what they can as they do not make the game.
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Post by twofor22 on Nov 2, 2021 6:22:21 GMT -5
Played the best I could at -5/-5 :-10 at the half way point. A great course and a solid challenge. Fingers crossed this is the week I finally make a cut on this tour. Still think we need separate tours for Xbox / Ps 5 / and PC Are you actually on the Elite Tour? I ask only because I looked back through the last few weeks and don't see your scores on the leaderboard corresponding to your posts. If I am dumb and have missed something, then it's on me and I sincerely apologize. It's okay to play on tours above your own actual tour and I actually encourage that to improve your own game, but I do question you in a small regard if you are playing above your tour and posting here asking for the tours to be separated by console. The point of TGCTours initially and since was/is to have cross platform play with TGCT leaderboards to show this. Yes, the in game play has disadvantaged the XBox platform the most since the tempo based swing came into play with TGC2. TGCTours has made a correction to go to Pro swing difficulty for this season. It has helped to offset some of that disadvantage. The rest of the onus is on HB/2K to "fix" the rest of this swing difference. They have resisted for years and continue to insist this game is platform specific within their Society dynamic. TGCTours, as a third party, can only do what they can as they do not make the game. I haven't gone back a few weeks but looking at this week's leaderboard there's 3 players on -10 having played two rounds and none of them with twin 66s. If you're missing something then so am I.
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Post by Riotous on Nov 2, 2021 7:34:13 GMT -5
Rd 1 Started well and then got stuck on the Par train missing putts and making mistakes. Birdied 4 of the next 5 on the return before coming to the short Par 4 15th, decided to go low and then splash up the bank to leave an easy birdie putt. The splash up hit the flag and rolled back down the bank, next shot did the same, 3 times a charm and then missed the putt to walk off with a 6. Anyway, finished -5 and thought that was it for the week.
Rd 2 hadn’t seen the leaderboard so presumed I’d need about -17 to make the cut. Played consistently but nothing exceptional for -11. Doubt I’ll make the cut but very surprised to see that -16 is currently above the line.
Lovely course, very natural feel as Wes said in the intro
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Post by j3ngs_ on Nov 2, 2021 8:19:05 GMT -5
Loved the course, just couldn't get anything rolling. After shooting in the -50s in CC I had high hopes. Just another designer on the list of whose courses I never play well on, but enjoy playing them anyway!
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Post by Cecil Harvey on Nov 3, 2021 6:36:32 GMT -5
Got to -42 in the end. Possibly sneaking into a promo mark? Even if not, I am good with clearing my demo mark by (very likely) making the cut.
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Post by SMIFFYLFC79 on Nov 4, 2021 2:14:47 GMT -5
Now tell me im not allowed to make 2 cuts a week missed cut on TST and make the cut here just like week 2 , now tell me its not a coincidence
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Post by rjwils30 on Nov 6, 2021 2:30:44 GMT -5
Thanks jwtexan for selecting the course for this week and I applaud the great set up. Thanks to all the play testers who made sure the conditions were spot on for the tournament this week. Especially since the course by default was already on the edge. Loved the conditions and really Enjoyed watching some of the best in the game take it on. Judging by the 2.5 star rating, not all enjoyed it, but it was certainly entertaining! Cheers.
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Post by WhatAboutAmeobi on Nov 6, 2021 12:14:45 GMT -5
And I'm out. Too inconsistent. Played the first 8 in +1 and the last 10 in -10 in the 1st round. Then made too many bogies in round 2 to finish 36 holes at -11 for another demo mark. That makes 5, meaning I'm down the Kinetic. Course was great, conditions were more than fair. I just played crap :-)
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Post by jwtexan on Nov 9, 2021 10:19:19 GMT -5
And I'm out. Too inconsistent. Played the first 8 in +1 and the last 10 in -10 in the 1st round. Then made too many bogies in round 2 to finish 36 holes at -11 for another demo mark. That makes 5, meaning I'm down the Kinetic. Course was great, conditions were more than fair. I just played crap :-) Get back soon
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