Season 5 Update

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Oct 2, 2018 8:23:56 GMT -5 ErixonStone said:

Oct 2, 2018 5:42:03 GMT -5 frank70 said:

To me the different clubsets are clearly different difficulty levels - although HB doesn't name it that way. And i feel even more so in TGC 2019. I feel a big difference tempo-wise around the greens. And putting straight is easier with pro clubs as well. Master Clubs are more difficult to execute a quality shot. And being shorter simply isn't that much of an factor as it was in TGC2. 

See, I don't find them to be "clearly difficulty levels". I find Master Clubs easier to score with than Pro Clubs. I can drive 320+ practically on demand with fairly good accuracy. I can cover awkward distances between clubs.

As long as I'm managing the course properly, I can avoid the difficult shots. I find chipping easier (than TGC2) in that the roll-out distance is fairly predictable. I almost never hole-out with either club set, and I just don't end up with too many chips during a round.

I am consistently 2-3 strokes better with Master Clubs just because I can reach certain areas of the course that are unreachable with Pro clubs.

That's good course designing to me! That's how it is supposed to work.

[zzfr33b1rdzz]

Oct 2, 2018 8:27:22 GMT -5 VctryLnSprts said:

Will it ever end?

Sadly, no..

Maybe when we all start playing with meaningful rounds...

[B.Smooth13]

Seems like as appropriate of a time as any to bring this back

[digsb]

Breaking news on Hb forums from Shaun :


The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR will be releasing patch 2 on Thursday, October 4th on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Below includes a new featured course along with patch notes for the release. HB Studios and 2K are also announcing today that the physical disc release will be available in November 2018!

Atlantic Beach Country Club – Host of the 2018 web.com TOUR Championship can be found along the beautiful Florida Coast. The course features 18 holes playing 6,815 yards and is inviting to all levels of player. Come challenge yourself in The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR, now including an official replication of Atlantic Beach Country Club and the web.com Tour Championship!

General
• Fixed the menu background moving unnecessarily when switching between the main menu and the character editor.
• Added support for viewing the clubs of ghosts from the View Golfer menu.
• Added support for editing local guests directly from the Character Editor button in the main menu, when there are local guests in the user's golf group.
• Added support for local guests to edit and customize their clubs in the character editor, via the Edit Golfer button in the popup when clicking the guest's name in the match setup screen.
• Fixed hangs related to rapidly navigating leader boards.
• Fixed incorrect capping of handicaps.
• Expanded character customization options. Available skin tone options expanded. New licensed clothing added including PGA TOUR and Tattoo Golf Hats.
• Improved stability throughout gameplay and course designer.
Gameplay
• Fixed a framerate hitch that could occur shortly after entering gameplay.
• Fixed the hole cup casting a shadow on the ground.
• Fixed certain cases of terrain shadow flickering on hole 9 of Kipahulu Reserve.
• Fixed the "Club Only" shot suggestion setting not working properly.
• Improved lighting and wind effect on trees.
Societies
• Fixed users not being able to join private online societies.
• Fixed the display of Society Purse payout for first prize.
• Fixed issue of Online Society restrictions carrying over and overwriting the round 2 settings if advancing from the end of round screen.
• Fixed mini leaderboard not showing the users score if they’re outside of the top 5.
• Fixed mini leaderboard between rounds displaying totals for the event.
• Fixed mini leaderboard to properly display the users rank for the round/event.
Career
• Fixed FedExCup Points not being rewarded correctly in the season Championship.
• Users will now play in the final groupings throughout Career and Solo Societies.
Matchmaking/Private Match
• Added Support for Wagers Playlist for users to play Skins matches in matchmaking.
• Fixed awarding of points in points-based skins when there is a carry-over skin from a previous hole.
• Fixed users in a party being split up when playing team based matchmaking games.
• Fixed Skins matches ending when one user quits before the end of the round.
Course Creator
• Fixed entry/exit flows when transitioning between tools.
• Replace incorrect sign icons.
• Updated button callouts to address missing icons.
• Fixed the green grid to refresh when making height edits on a course.
• Fixed alternate surface's secondary options to be correctly based off of the primary surfaces type
• Fixed brush dragging to create a smooth look after generating.
• Fixed scale speeds when toggling between advanced mode and normal mode for objects and brushes.
• Fixed brushes to no longer have their scale reset when entering and exiting brush tools.
• Fixed height brushes to no longer have their height value change when entering and exiting the tools.
• New Course flow sets the values for a theme properly before your first edit. Fixes issues of disappearing water on some themes.
• Fixed the overwriting of course thumbnails with every save

[lawman1474]

Oct 2, 2018 9:26:19 GMT -5 digsb said:

Breaking news on Hb forums from Shaun :


The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR will be releasing patch 2 on Thursday, October 4th on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Below includes a new featured course along with patch notes for the release. HB Studios and 2K are also announcing today that the physical disc release will be available in November 2018!

Atlantic Beach Country Club – Host of the 2018 web.com TOUR Championship can be found along the beautiful Florida Coast. The course features 18 holes playing 6,815 yards and is inviting to all levels of player. Come challenge yourself in The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA TOUR, now including an official replication of Atlantic Beach Country Club and the web.com Tour Championship!

General
• Fixed the menu background moving unnecessarily when switching between the main menu and the character editor.
• Added support for viewing the clubs of ghosts from the View Golfer menu.
• Added support for editing local guests directly from the Character Editor button in the main menu, when there are local guests in the user's golf group.
• Added support for local guests to edit and customize their clubs in the character editor, via the Edit Golfer button in the popup when clicking the guest's name in the match setup screen.
• Fixed hangs related to rapidly navigating leader boards.
• Fixed incorrect capping of handicaps.
• Expanded character customization options. Available skin tone options expanded. New licensed clothing added including PGA TOUR and Tattoo Golf Hats.
• Improved stability throughout gameplay and course designer.
Gameplay
• Fixed a framerate hitch that could occur shortly after entering gameplay.
• Fixed the hole cup casting a shadow on the ground.
• Fixed certain cases of terrain shadow flickering on hole 9 of Kipahulu Reserve.
• Fixed the "Club Only" shot suggestion setting not working properly.
• Improved lighting and wind effect on trees.
Societies
• Fixed users not being able to join private online societies.
• Fixed the display of Society Purse payout for first prize.
• Fixed issue of Online Society restrictions carrying over and overwriting the round 2 settings if advancing from the end of round screen.
• Fixed mini leaderboard not showing the users score if they’re outside of the top 5.
• Fixed mini leaderboard between rounds displaying totals for the event.
• Fixed mini leaderboard to properly display the users rank for the round/event.
Career
• Fixed FedExCup Points not being rewarded correctly in the season Championship.
• Users will now play in the final groupings throughout Career and Solo Societies.
Matchmaking/Private Match
• Added Support for Wagers Playlist for users to play Skins matches in matchmaking.
• Fixed awarding of points in points-based skins when there is a carry-over skin from a previous hole.
• Fixed users in a party being split up when playing team based matchmaking games.
• Fixed Skins matches ending when one user quits before the end of the round.
Course Creator
• Fixed entry/exit flows when transitioning between tools.
• Replace incorrect sign icons.
• Updated button callouts to address missing icons.
• Fixed the green grid to refresh when making height edits on a course.
• Fixed alternate surface's secondary options to be correctly based off of the primary surfaces type
• Fixed brush dragging to create a smooth look after generating.
• Fixed scale speeds when toggling between advanced mode and normal mode for objects and brushes.
• Fixed brushes to no longer have their scale reset when entering and exiting brush tools.
• Fixed height brushes to no longer have their height value change when entering and exiting the tools.
• New Course flow sets the values for a theme properly before your first edit. Fixes issues of disappearing water on some themes.
• Fixed the overwriting of course thumbnails with every save

Yes, finally.

[jacquesy123]

Very good

[Sassy Lady]

Oct 2, 2018 4:33:28 GMT -5 frank70 said:

Oct 1, 2018 17:04:51 GMT -5 Brighttail said:

Yeah I'm with you on this.  I really wish they would have kept the same rules for the WT last time and let folks play with what they want all the way to the ET this time.  I think TGCT is going to regret this as CC-a is basically going to be the WT cept with Pro clubs.

You were a Top 50 player in TGC2.

In TGC 2019 you reported about your struggles with the Master Clubs. It might well be HBs fault, because they implemented a new mouse mechanic that seems to make problems.

But still: You wrote that you cannot really handle Master Clubs and that you shoot way better with Pro Clubs.

I mean, if you are honest: You want to have a chance to play on the higher tours. Therefore you are lobbying for Pro Clubs being allowed on almost every tour.

And .... that's okay.

What i find a little bit amusing is (and that is not directed at you but generally): The "Pro Club-fans" are jumping through loops, justifying that club choice doesn't matter, that "it evens out in the end".
We all know, that it is wrong though. Pro clubs are a walk in the park around the greens - where the scoring in the new game happens. There is no comparison to the difficulty of Master Clubs around the greens.
And therefore to me they are in fact different difficulty levels. They should not play together in the highest tours.

I support the decisions of the admins.

P.S.: I am a Master Clubs user and i am scoring around 2-3 strokes worse than in TGC2. If that doesn't improve, i won't make the top 3 tours.

Yeah, Master clubs are somewhat more difficult on the greens; if you can get on the green with the approach. When I play with Pro Clubs the ball just won't stop once it hits the green from anything outside 80 yards. It just keeps rolling and rolling and rolling. It's like perpetual motion. But I can stop the ball on the green with Master clubs. Usually not that close, but it actually will stop. Every time I tried Pro clubs I got a crap score because I just couldn't hit GIR. Master Clubs work for me. But they may not work for someone else. Next you'll be saying that all Touring Pros on the PGA should be required to use Graphite shafts (or Steel shafts). Steel shafts are generally better for the pros since they give more feedback on bad shots.

Oct 2, 2018 8:23:56 GMT -5 ErixonStone said:

Oct 2, 2018 5:42:03 GMT -5 frank70 said:

To me the different clubsets are clearly different difficulty levels - although HB doesn't name it that way. And i feel even more so in TGC 2019. I feel a big difference tempo-wise around the greens. And putting straight is easier with pro clubs as well. Master Clubs are more difficult to execute a quality shot. And being shorter simply isn't that much of an factor as it was in TGC2. 

See, I don't find them to be "clearly difficulty levels". I find Master Clubs easier to score with than Pro Clubs. I can drive 320+ practically on demand with fairly good accuracy. I can cover awkward distances between clubs.

As long as I'm managing the course properly, I can avoid the difficult shots. I find chipping easier (than TGC2) in that the roll-out distance is fairly predictable. I almost never hole-out with either club set, and I just don't end up with too many chips during a round.

I am consistently 2-3 strokes better with Master Clubs just because I can reach certain areas of the course that are unreachable with Pro clubs.

This. If someone wants to hamper themselves with less distance and virtually uncontrollable green roll, hey, let them knock themselves out.

[zzfr33b1rdzz]

So, with the good news about the Oct 4 patch release, will there be one more quick exhibition to test before starting S5?

[zzfr33b1rdzz]

Oct 2, 2018 10:01:30 GMT -5 zzfr33b1rdzz said:

So, with the good news about the Oct 4 patch release, will there be one more quick exhibition to test before starting S5?

I'm ready to test when you (guys) are, just let me know when and where!

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Oct 2, 2018 8:27:22 GMT -5 VctryLnSprts said:

Will it ever end?

[zzfr33b1rdzz]

Oct 2, 2018 10:10:16 GMT -5 @swaeromotion said:

Oct 2, 2018 8:27:22 GMT -5 VctryLnSprts said:

Will it ever end?

That is awesome! LMAO

[fadgewacker]

Oct 2, 2018 8:27:22 GMT -5 VctryLnSprts said:

Will it ever end?

I doubt it mate.

[DivotMaker]

Oct 1, 2018 19:42:42 GMT -5 Irving R. Levine said:

Not sure what your issue is with me, but it looks like we are getting our first patch and DLC two days from now.

My apologies if that offends you in some way.

[Doyley]

Gameplan moving forward

1. Patch released Thursday
2. Create 7-day event (4 rounds) in the European society (I left it open). Not sure what Jeff did with the CC societies but he may create some too if he can.
3. Test the patch as much as we can - confirm that the same pins/tees used for everyone within the first 48 hours - hopefully same wind as well
4. If the pins/tees are the same for everyone/fixed we'll make a call on when to start Q-School - most likely we'll be live October 7th.

Q-School courses will be announced tonight (most likely). Waiting on confirmation that one course is not receiving any more tweaks.

[zzfr33b1rdzz]

Oct 2, 2018 10:36:10 GMT -5 Doyley said:

Gameplan moving forward

1. Patch released Thursday
2. Create 7-day event (4 rounds) in the European society (I left it open). Not sure what Jeff did with the CC societies but he may create some too if he can.
3. Test the patch as much as we can - confirm that the same pins/tees used for everyone within the first 48 hours - hopefully same wind as well
4. If the pins/tees are the same for everyone/fixed we'll make a call on when to start Q-School - most likely we'll be live October 7th.

Q-School courses will be announced tonight (most likely). Waiting on confirmation that one course is not receiving any more tweaks.

Let's get it on! Whoo Hoooo!