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Post by tgctoursreporter on Jul 15, 2016 11:00:29 GMT -5
Hi All, Welcome to the TGCTours Reporter thread where I will bring you all the latest and breaking news from TGCTours. In this thread there will be spoilers from PGA/Euro/Web events, Gossip from the tours, a statistical look at the players & events on a weekly basis and plenty of opinion which may unintentionally upset a few egos. I will also bring interviews/quotes from the players amongst the Pro Tours about all things topical on TGCTours. Me: Im a current player from TGCTours who has been here from the start. I speak to many people around here and will source most of my material from the players themselves. This idea is not intended to upset anyone and will in the main be in good spirits and light hearted. Let the fun begin.
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Post by tgctoursreporter on Jul 15, 2016 12:15:23 GMT -5
Article #1
Kenny Willis, The man, the myth, the retirement?
Never has a man been the focus of so much attention in TGCTours as Kenneth Willis of the United States Of America. According to the history books Kenny Willis started his TGCTours career in 2015 in season 1 of TGCT. He is listed as taking part in 5 PGA events of that season however, there has always been an air of suspicion about Kenny which we'll come to soon, the first thing to notice about his TGCT history is that for those 5 PGA events he took part in there is only 2 results listed.
3/9/2015 Valspar Championship T17 57 59 59 58 -55 $85,550
3/16/2015 Arnold Palmer Invitational T4 55 54 57 57 -65 $272,800
Perhaps the main reason of the suspicion about Willis comes from a season 1 Disqualification and Suspension handed down by Tournament Director Scott Doyley for a violation of the straight shooter policy. One thing to note about this suspension is that the current system (Using API given from HB Studios) for detecting players that violate this policy was not available at the time of the Willis DQ & suspension. At this time tournament marshals were used who would spot check players rounds using ghost balls from the tournament rounds. After inspection of one of Willis's rounds he was deemed to be in violation of the straight shooter policy.
The details about what constituted as proof of a violation are sketchy at best. A video was produced that showed a selection of shots from the round Willis was DQ'd from.
The video clearly shows numerous shots showing what appears to be a dead straight line. However, a problem I have with this evidence is that it showed selected shots and not continuous shots. Did he hit every shot dead straight or just a few? I think this is an important question in determining if a violation has taken place. All the info is not available and an attempt for more information was blocked by a senior member of TGCTours. Was this man rightly DQ'd and suspended or was he a victim of a weak policy that convicted anyone for hitting a couple of straight shots? Kenny didn't stick around to defend himself publicly, off he went into the wilderness for a long period of time.
Fast forward to December 2015, season 2 has been well underway. Kenny makes his comeback, and to this date has played in 13 PGA events & 5 Euro Tour events, picking up 2 victories along the way. Upon his comeback other players started to voice their concerns about a "convicted" straight shooting violator coming to play again.
Kenny in this time remains silent as chaos hits the forums with complaints and defendants. Was he right to keep his counsel? Would you have came on here and defended yourself? If it was you that being DQ'd wrongly (His view) would you have come back at all?
There were many big name TGCT players who constantly voiced their concern and in some cases outrage that someone who had Kenny's record was allowed back to play again. It all fell on deaf ears as as far as the head honchos at TGCTours were concerned Willis had served his punishment and was allowed to compete again and was doing so legally with no issues.
Fast forward to this day. Kenny has not played in an event since April. This controversial figure seems to have stepped away from TGCT again and this time without a DQ or a suspension. The reasons? A senior PGA players has said "its because he has fallen out of love with the game". Kenny had many friends on his platform of choice the XBOX One. He also had many friends who would defend him on the forums when it all kicked which it did on a regular basis. Kenny undoubtedly was aware of the chatter on the forums of how people genuinely seemed to dislike him and his participation on the tours. Did this hatred from other players have an impact on his decision to quit? Who knows?
What we do know is the TGCT community will not put up with any form of unsporting behaviour, the question is though, was Willis caught seeking an advantage and got a 2nd chance or was he the victim of weak straight shooting policy?
Please leave your thoughts below
TgcToursReporter
(Please do not get into personal insults here, only mature conversation is invited)
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Post by SweetTeeBag on Jul 15, 2016 12:35:53 GMT -5
While this certainly sounds like something I would do, I am no way associated with this. Just putting this out there now. *censored by Doyley
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Post by smurfblade88 on Jul 15, 2016 12:40:20 GMT -5
While this certainly sounds like something I would do, I am no way associated with this. Just putting this out there now. *censored by Doyley Lol. I beleive u Tim. It was probably that other guy.....Jim Russell...haha
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Post by SweetTeeBag on Jul 15, 2016 12:42:50 GMT -5
While this certainly sounds like something I would do, I am no way associated with this. Just putting this out there now. *censored by Doyley Lol. I beleive u Tim. It was probably that other guy.....Jim Russell...haha I would probably get banned if I talk about Kenny again. I will leave it at that
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Post by yaters on Jul 15, 2016 13:24:18 GMT -5
HA! This is good and a pretty fair report of the situation. I am one that knows Kenny on XB1. No idea why he stopped playing though I see him in other games constantly now.
Please cover stream-gate, Griffin Ray is only good because of ghost balls,. TGC2 speculation, and CrazyCanuck's impending wedding.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 13:25:23 GMT -5
HA! This is good and a pretty fair report of the situation. I am one that knows Kenny on XB1. No idea why he stopped playing though I see him in other games constantly now. Please cover stream-gate, Griffin Ray is only good because of ghost balls,. TGC2 speculation, and CrazyCanuck's impending wedding. Or me....
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Post by TreeWood on Jul 15, 2016 14:01:04 GMT -5
HA! This is good and a pretty fair report of the situation. I am one that knows Kenny on XB1. No idea why he stopped playing though I see him in other games constantly now. Please cover stream-gate, Griffin Ray is only good because of ghost balls,. TGC2 speculation, and CrazyCanuck's impending wedding. I heard CrazyCanuck's already set up their gift registry - at Golf Town.
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Post by SweetTeeBag on Jul 15, 2016 14:08:30 GMT -5
I would see on the rise and fall of Scott Doyley and/or Daniel Coates. Fall from Top of the heap to around 25th in the WGR
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Post by Crazycanuck1985 on Jul 15, 2016 15:40:17 GMT -5
HA! This is good and a pretty fair report of the situation. I am one that knows Kenny on XB1. No idea why he stopped playing though I see him in other games constantly now. Please cover stream-gate, Griffin Ray is only good because of ghost balls,. TGC2 speculation, and CrazyCanuck's impending wedding. I heard CrazyCanuck's already set up their gift registry - at Golf Town. Believe me, I tried. Didn't go over that great. I was surprised. Anyway, this seems kinda cool. Hopefully you do some reporting on all the different tours, not just PGA/EURO.
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Post by jacobkessler on Jul 15, 2016 16:31:04 GMT -5
I would like a weekly segment called "Kessler Sucks at Putting" where you review how bad I am at putting every week lol.
Jokes aside, this seems cool, I'll be sure to check it out.
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Post by jacobkessler on Jul 16, 2016 21:58:02 GMT -5
Now that he has left, I'd like an article about Chaoz, predicting how soon he'll be back.
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Post by Leesome191 on Jul 16, 2016 23:23:28 GMT -5
Please keep these unbiased reprorts going,thay are superb.
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Post by bentfivewood on Jul 17, 2016 7:01:31 GMT -5
I'm a little more sceptical. I have a feeling this may be the only report filed by the tgctours reporter.
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Post by AFCTUJacko on Jul 17, 2016 7:08:02 GMT -5
Lol. I beleive u Tim. It was probably that other guy.....Jim Russell...haha I would probably get banned if I talk about Kenny again. I will leave it at that You said his name. BAN!
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