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Post by beefchief99 on Jan 9, 2015 15:18:31 GMT -5
With cuts looming I just wanted to say that I am impressed with the participation in the tournament this week. So far out of 171 participants, only 7 have not submitted. I know its the first week and everything, but that would seem to bode well for the future success of this tour. As for MY future success, I tried to jam both rounds into a single night, which would have been fine but i picked up 15-19 mph winds . I think in the future I will try to play my rounds earlier and just log off if I get double digits. I'm all for "playing it as it lies," but it just makes such a big difference, and this IS a competition after all.
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Post by clayg3 on Jan 9, 2015 20:07:50 GMT -5
just wait
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Post by bpunderpar21 on Jan 12, 2015 8:53:49 GMT -5
you mean you start a round and if the wind is high you quit? Are other people doing this? So sad.
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nzer
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Post by nzer on Jan 12, 2015 9:01:02 GMT -5
Lol, of course other people are doing that. If I go on the course and I see 19mph winds. I am going to step back into the clubhouse and wait for it to die off. Cause I know the majority of the guys at the top of the leader boards have done the same thing.
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Post by beefchief99 on Jan 12, 2015 9:52:20 GMT -5
you mean you start a round and if the wind is high you quit? Are other people doing this? So sad. I did not do that for my first tournament, and regretted it. Had very high winds. The way I do it from here on out is I hop on and if I have double digit winds at the start, I quit. If its single digit, I play out the round, even if the wind picks up. And I don't play any other non-tournament rounds until my tournament is finished. I know that this is a degree of gaming the system, but its how I've chosen to handle the variable weather. I figure its fair because anyone who wants to be competitive is going to do the same thing. Now if there was just some way to take some HGH...
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Post by obsoletenexus on Jan 12, 2015 10:13:21 GMT -5
I've stated this many times before, but I play whatever the winds give me. You may think I am a mug for doing so, but I personally believe it is the right way to play. Real tournaments, players often face vastly different wind conditions, depending on whether they are scheduled for an early round or late. The better players always rise to the top despite this. So you get 3 or 4 players constantly winning at the top as opposed to 1 or 2 because of this, only better for the tour as a whole in my opinion.
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Post by bpunderpar21 on Jan 12, 2015 10:55:23 GMT -5
Wow. For one, I didn't realize if you quit without hitting a shot that it doesn't count your round as having started. Two, I thought I read that if you do that it can sometimes have a bug where it takes you to the 18th hole of a previous round? And lastly, I understand why people would do it but it just seems kinda lame doing it that way. Maybe the developers will take this away. You should play the conditions that are given when you tee off in my opinion. Sometimes it just doesn't work out for you a la Tiger at the British Open that year where he shot 84 or whatever because mother nature lost her mind.
And Nexus, anyone that thinks you're a mug for playing that way will be thinking the same about me. I hope there are others as well.
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Post by beefchief99 on Jan 12, 2015 11:30:25 GMT -5
Wow. For one, I didn't realize if you quit without hitting a shot that it doesn't count your round as having started. Two, I thought I read that if you do that it can sometimes have a bug where it takes you to the 18th hole of a previous round? And lastly, I understand why people would do it but it just seems kinda lame doing it that way. Maybe the developers will take this away. You should play the conditions that are given when you tee off in my opinion. Sometimes it just doesn't work out for you a la Tiger at the British Open that year where he shot 84 or whatever because mother nature lost her mind. And Nexus, anyone that thinks you're a mug for playing that way will be thinking the same about me. I hope there are others as well. I honestly haven't tried it yet. For Winchester, I just played all 4 rounds in a row. I know in Q School I played it one round at a time. The only thing I've read is you always want to hit your first drive on the next round, otherwise there is a bug that can revert you back to the start (it doesn't save your progress correctly), although I have never encountered this personally. I think its great if you want to "play it as it lies" and ignore the wind, each to their own. I think its only fair to be transparent about what people are doing and what your options are, so no one is getting an unfair advantage from lack of information. Additionally, you could sit there logged into the game and only hit a shot when the wind dies down to near zero, but I don't have time for that, although I am sure there are competitors that do.
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Post by bpunderpar21 on Jan 12, 2015 12:17:25 GMT -5
I haven't quit during a tournament round, only between them. So are you saying you could start a round with +19 wind, hit a shot, quit, and then when you log back in for your 2nd shot it could be +3 the rest of the round? I just assumed that if you started a round with higher winds it would be high the remainder of the round whether you logged out or not. Obviously I didn't give this much thought.
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nzer
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Post by nzer on Jan 12, 2015 12:20:07 GMT -5
Yep, if wind gets high as you are playing, in theory you can stop your round and continue later when wind is down.
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Peachezz
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Post by Peachezz on Jan 13, 2015 23:37:18 GMT -5
I've stated this many times before, but I play whatever the winds give me. You may think I am a mug for doing so, but I personally believe it is the right way to play. Real tournaments, players often face vastly different wind conditions, depending on whether they are scheduled for an early round or late. The better players always rise to the top despite this. So you get 3 or 4 players constantly winning at the top as opposed to 1 or 2 because of this, only better for the tour as a whole in my opinion. +1
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Post by DarkRaven on Jan 15, 2015 10:13:10 GMT -5
Wow. For one, I didn't realize if you quit without hitting a shot that it doesn't count your round as having started. Two, I thought I read that if you do that it can sometimes have a bug where it takes you to the 18th hole of a previous round? And lastly, I understand why people would do it but it just seems kinda lame doing it that way. Maybe the developers will take this away. You should play the conditions that are given when you tee off in my opinion. Sometimes it just doesn't work out for you a la Tiger at the British Open that year where he shot 84 or whatever because mother nature lost her mind. And Nexus, anyone that thinks you're a mug for playing that way will be thinking the same about me. I hope there are others as well. I agree completely with this. I played the Q-School for Jan with the wind as it was when I entered the round. I played through all 6 rounds back-to-back ending up with 75 (+3), 76 (+4), 71 (E), 76 (+4), 78 (+6), 70 (-1) giving me (what I think) a fairly accurate total for my ability (I probably could have shaved off a few shots here and there sure, but it gives me something to focus on over the Tour). The winds on a few of these courses were double digits, and few in the low single digits - a true reflection on what can happen IRL - and I did my best to adjust my game accordingly. Hopefully HB studios will put something in to prevent or at least minimise the people who are "gaming the system" so to speak - but in all honesty it won't affect how I play my rounds as I'm only concentrating on improving my own game and not trying to appear at the top of the leaderboard. Anyway, that's my 2-cents. Hope everyone continues to enjoy their rounds - might see a few of you out there soon.
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