Season 5 update (please read)

[Doyley]

TGC Tours - Information on Season 5 

Here is a brief rundown on what will be new/changing for Season 5 at TGC Tours

Note: Pro Tours = PGA, European and Web.com Tours

• TGCT now only supports The Golf Club 2019 featuring PGA TOUR
• Q-School for all TGCT members (new & old) prior to Season 5
  
• Removal of the World Tour 
  
• Removal of Sponsor Exemptions 
  
• New Promotion/Demotion rules designed to slow down movement and create more rivalries and camaraderie among tours/flights
  
• Introduction of quarterly Promotion Events that will backfill top tours as needed and provide opportunity to fast track up the tours 
  
• Adding two more flights to CC-Am (CC-F, CC-G) 
  
• Moving CC-D to CC-Pro 
  
• Club requirements - Pro Tours must use Master Clubs at all times 
  
• Club requirements - Challenge Circuit no restrictions - but only Master Club users can earn Promotion Marks in CC-A 
  
• Wind Meter off for Pro Tours (still have icon, direction, general strength - just no exact wind speed displayed), on for Challenge Circuit
  
• Season 4 Awards - Voting open now 
  

Full details below.

Season 5 on TGC 2019 

 TGC Tours has moved to The Golf Club 2019 featuring PGA TOUR 

Q-School for all TGCT Members 

Due to the removal of the World Tour, the addition of two new Challenge Circuit flights, 300+ new members, as well as the change in how we do promotions/demotions (much slower) there is a need for the tours to be as balanced as possible right out of the gate.  

The cleanest way to do this while treating all TGCT members equally is to have a full Q-School prior to Season 5.

Q-School Details

• Two 4-round events 
• 2 weeks long (1 event per week) 
• 8 rounds of scores will be combined 
• Sorting will then take place with 150 slots per tour/flight (tiebreakers in effect) 
• If you do not complete all 8-rounds you will not earn a tour card and will have to register for one of the weekly Q-Schools once Season 5 begins 
• Will be run out of the TGCTours (Special Events) society 
• Start date to be announced shortly after patch drops (and we can ensure society bugs are fixed) 
• Master Clubs required (all 8 rounds) to earn a Pro Tour card 
• Pro/Beginner clubsets can qualify as high as CC-A 
• All TGCT members will be entered/registered automatically 
• Courses will be announced 1 week prior to the start date.

World Tour Removed
The World Tour will be removed
PGA Tour will now be the highest tour you can play on


Promotion/Demotion Changes
Sponsor Exemptions have been removed

Promotions/Demotions
5 promotion marks = promotion
5 demotion marks = demotion

Pro Tours

• Winner - earn 2 promotion marks
• Finish Top 10 - earn a promotion mark
  
• Finish 120-139 - get a demotion mark
  
• Finish 140+, DQ/WD - get 2 demotion marks
  

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• Miss cut to 139 - lose 1 promotion mark
• 140th+/DQ/WD - lose 2 promotion marks
  
• Make cut - clear 1 demotion mark

Challenge Circuit

• Winner auto promoted
• Finish Top 20 - earn a promotion mark
  
• Finish 120-139 - get a demotion mark
• Finish 140+, DQ/WD - get 2 demotion marks

If you currently have promotion/demotion mark(s)

• Finish 71-139 - lose 1 promotion mark
• Finish 140+/DQ/WD - lose 2 promotion marks
  
• Finish 70 or better - clear 1 demotion mark

Quarterly Promotion Events

• These will be used to top up tours every 3 months
• Entry requirements will be announced prior to the event
  
• Slots available will be announced prior to the event
  
• Users can fast track up the tours with good play during these events - you can jump more than 1 flight/tour
  
• Participation is optional for those who meet the qualifications
  
• Will be a special event, meaning you can play on your home tour and in this event in the same week
  
• First Promotion Event is tentatively scheduled for the 5th week of Season 5

Each tour will be monitored for active users - our goal will be to have 140 active users in each tour per week. The average field size in the 4 weeks leading up to a Promotional Event will dictate whether that tour will be topped up. If the average field size is below 140 we'll add those slots to the Promotional Event.

There will be a trickle down effect as people promote up from various tours/flights - we'll do our best to ensure that following a Promotion Event each tour/flight will have at least 140 active users.


Additional Challenge Circuit Flights

• Add CC-F and CC-G flights to CC-Am
• CC-D moves up to CC-Pro
  

Clubset Restrictions

• Pro Tours (PGA, European, Web.com) are Master Clubs only
• Anyone registered on a Pro Tour and playing with Pro/Beginner clubs will be removed from the leaderboard and given a Did Not Play
• Challenge Circuit has no restrictions

Note:
* no CC-A promotion marks given unless Master Clubs used for entire event
* CC-A promotion marks given to top 10 master club users
* Highest Tour/Flight you can land on out of Q-School with Pro/Beginner clubs is CC-A


Wind Meter Settings

• Pro Tours - Wind Meter will be Off (see pic above). You can still see wind direction and general strength depicted by how much the circle is filled white. No exact wind speed given
• Challenge Circuit - Wind Meter will be On. Exact wind speed will be shown.

Season 4 Awards
Voting is now open for Season 4 Awards

[Doyley]

Why didn't we do a full Q-School for S4 but we're doing one for S5?

Main reason we didn't do one for Season 4 was because the promotion/demotion system was designed to move people quickly for that season.  It was the plan to have the tours fairly balanced by Christmas under that model.  We're moving away from mass weekly movement in Season 5 so it was much more important to get balanced tours/flights as quick as possible.  Other contributing factors was the removal of the World Tour giving the PGA Tour 250 active members (too big) and the creation of 2 new CC flights that needed to be filled.

[yaters]

Thanks Doyley. Any idea when this new Q-school event kicks off? (I read the whole thing and skimmed a couple more times - if I missed it sorry)

[Doyley]

Q-School will likely be the Sunday following the patch - Currently targeting Oct 1st - but that's just a guess at this point.

[TimB]

I'm diggin the q school thing.

4 complete seasons, major growth, time for a shuffling and reorganizing of everyone. Though the top will always be the top.

[bigdogsppe]

Thanks for the memories....I will not be playing master clubs....gotta feeling I am not the only one enjoy your rapid fall of members.

[mayday_golf83]

Love everything about this!

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Sept 19, 2018 11:39:25 GMT -5 bigdogsppe said:

Thanks for the memories....I will not be playing master clubs....gotta feeling I am not the only one enjoy your rapid fall of members.

I remember the many claims of "you're going to lose a ton of members" when decisions were made going into TGC2 as well. Funny enough, there are more people playing tours on a weekly basis now than there were in TGC1. We may lose a few, but since 300+ new members have joined since the launch of TGC2019 I'm willing to bet TGCT will survive.

[Airik3333]

Sept 19, 2018 11:39:25 GMT -5 bigdogsppe said:

Thanks for the memories....I will not be playing master clubs....gotta feeling I am not the only one enjoy your rapid fall of members.

I'm not sure why they are big on "number of members" in the first place... I am more into "quality of members".. See ya !

[culallen]

I really like the changes, especially the club restrictions and the wind meter change. Very healthy for these tours, in my opinion!

[BMann1976]

Sounds great but what about the 5 society limit in game? Did that change?

[Doyley]

Sept 19, 2018 12:05:47 GMT -5 BMann1976 said:

Sounds great but what about the 5 society limit in game? Did that change?

No, but you can jump in/out of societies as needed.

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Sept 19, 2018 11:39:25 GMT -5 bigdogsppe said:

Thanks for the memories....I will not be playing master clubs....gotta feeling I am not the only one enjoy your rapid fall of members.

Challenge Circuit may use any club set.

[Terry Grayson]

Thanks Doyley and the gang..... Should be fun and now that i have this on the XBox and PC I shall try my hand at xbox and see what happens

[ErixonStone]

I'm confident in my game right now. I'm more excited to play tour rounds than I was at any point in season 4. That doesn't say anything about the rule changes; I'm just really ready to go.