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Post by paulus on Jul 17, 2019 5:14:47 GMT -5
I had quite a bad case of "Garcia Swing" too this week.... started with a below average -7 for R1.
Looked at the scoreboards, decided -17 makes the cut, so set off on my mission to get a -10.... and just about made it with this little beauty on the 18th, under extreme medium player pressure...
Great looking recreation - and a real tough challenge if you're a little offline. Good luck to those with rounds to come - except for those hovering around the cut mark near me obvs - a Garcia plague on your swings...
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Post by lessangster on Jul 17, 2019 6:13:26 GMT -5
Very poor tournament for me -37 As good as I swung it last week was as poor as I did this week. Suffered from some dodgy tempo issues at times, an inexplicable very fast, followed by a very slow on the same hole, with swings that felt identical. Not that I can blame tempo for my poor showing; the dodgy swing and course management was to blame, but it didn't help. I might miss the cut anyway, shooting -6 in round one wasn't the way to kick things off: after that I didn't give up, but I played the rest of the rounds fairly apathetically. I had a few swings like this one, literally no chance of competing when the swing gets this bad: although this one went straight down the middle for some reason Looks like you were just signing for your card with that squiggly line 😜
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Post by B.Smooth13 on Jul 17, 2019 12:22:48 GMT -5
Redefining the term "Pin on the top of a mound"
Also - I'm curious as to the rationale behind having 3 rounds at The Open Championship playing on max speed greens?
That's basically the opposite of what happens in the event IRL, which is an oddity that I really appreciate because it forces players to venture out of the "comfort" feel for green speeds. It's just a bit unrepresentative to have 3 rounds at The Open being 187 greens, in my very humble opinion, if our goal around here is still to reflect the irl events as best we can - but I imagine I know why (and it still won't matter since the winning score is going go to be better than -50)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 13:20:58 GMT -5
Very poor tournament for me -37 As good as I swung it last week was as poor as I did this week. Suffered from some dodgy tempo issues at times, an inexplicable very fast, followed by a very slow on the same hole, with swings that felt identical. Not that I can blame tempo for my poor showing; the dodgy swing and course management was to blame, but it didn't help. I might miss the cut anyway, shooting -6 in round one wasn't the way to kick things off: after that I didn't give up, but I played the rest of the rounds fairly apathetically. I had a few swings like this one, literally no chance of competing when the swing gets this bad: although this one went straight down the middle for some reason That swing line is just...no words. I have a controller that I stopped using for TGC. It’s a Sony DS4. Red one. With that one I have a lot of swings similar to yours without the knot in it. More like a backwards 3. And I know what the issue is. The right thumb stick assembly is not straight in the controller. In other words to get a reasonably straight use line in the cone I have to pull back to about 5pm or 5:30 and swing to 11 or 11:30. And that’s not natural. So when I swing regularly the swing the forward swing starts at just left of the cone and does this double bow thing ending just left of the cone at the top of the swing. So if that’s a newer controller take a look. On mine the little seam in the round base of the stick that sits inside the hole is crooked. Not straight up and down. Which makes me think the assembly inside was installed at a slight angle. It should look like ( I ). Not ( \ ). We are talking about controllers folks. Those are not illustrations of the forbidden C. I just watched some of Adam Lynch's Twitch recording ( Z3NZ) and his swing is a K that usually doesn't even end up in the rectangle box. He aims about 10 or so yards left of the fairway and it ends up in the middle. Must be one of those fabled everything on the right side of the API guys. I gave it a quick try and its not too bad but if you get a fast downswing you'll be screwed though as it'll go where you aimed it. Only been a member since May but I reckon he'll win before the end of the season and will probably have a top 5 this week, not bad for Xbox.
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Post by CuseHokie on Jul 17, 2019 15:36:48 GMT -5
Prob an MC for me. Didn't practice this course. Not sure it mattered. A lot of weird sculpted pins which mess with me. Had a good half dozen flops from downhill-rough lies with no green to elevated pins. Impossible to get close. See you next week - maybe I won't speed play.
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Post by paulus on Jul 17, 2019 16:27:19 GMT -5
but I imagine I know why (and it still won't matter since the winning score is going go to be better than -50)
This! I'd much prefer to see more focus on 1) variety (most important imho!) and 2) reflection of the real events (where possible). Defending the course should be way down (maybe off?) the list of priorities imho... because it's simply not possible. There's no point compromising on 1 & 2 trying to achieve the impossible...
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Post by wmr5277 on Jul 17, 2019 16:49:05 GMT -5
but I imagine I know why (and it still won't matter since the winning score is going go to be better than -50)
This! I'd much prefer to see more focus on 1) variety (most important imho!) and 2) reflection of the real events (where possible). Defending the course should be way down (maybe off?) the list of priorities imho... because it's simply not possible. There's no point compromising on 1 & 2 trying to achieve the impossible... I'm with you on the variety. Uber slow greens is currently one way to make the average scores get way higher (aka tougher) Problem is..everyone loses their mind on slow greens and b*tches. Personally I'd like to see some 119 greens every now and then to make putting much tougher!
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Post by CuseHokie on Jul 17, 2019 18:50:20 GMT -5
This! I'd much prefer to see more focus on 1) variety (most important imho!) and 2) reflection of the real events (where possible). Defending the course should be way down (maybe off?) the list of priorities imho... because it's simply not possible. There's no point compromising on 1 & 2 trying to achieve the impossible... I'm with you on the variety. Uber slow greens is currently one way to make the average scores get way higher (aka tougher) Problem is..everyone loses their mind on slow greens and b*tches. Personally I'd like to see some 119 greens every now and then to make putting much tougher! I wanna 🤮 every time you give feedback like this. Maybe it’s just me.
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Post by bassman70 on Jul 17, 2019 18:59:52 GMT -5
Finished up today and had a nice tournament...finished at -41..7th on PS 4 at the moment, so hoping for a top 15. I started both round 3 and 4 -7 on the front nine, so I went cold on the back nine twice in a row. Still can't complain too much, since just a few weeks ago I couldn't make the cut and now I've been really steady with the top 25 or better..AND another nice tourney in a Major Good luck all.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2019 23:20:48 GMT -5
As this is a Major, my usual D+ game showed up! Round 1 and 2 summary:
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Post by fadgewacker on Jul 18, 2019 7:24:29 GMT -5
That swing line is just...no words. I have a controller that I stopped using for TGC. It’s a Sony DS4. Red one. With that one I have a lot of swings similar to yours without the knot in it. More like a backwards 3. And I know what the issue is. The right thumb stick assembly is not straight in the controller. In other words to get a reasonably straight use line in the cone I have to pull back to about 5pm or 5:30 and swing to 11 or 11:30. And that’s not natural. So when I swing regularly the swing the forward swing starts at just left of the cone and does this double bow thing ending just left of the cone at the top of the swing. So if that’s a newer controller take a look. On mine the little seam in the round base of the stick that sits inside the hole is crooked. Not straight up and down. Which makes me think the assembly inside was installed at a slight angle. It should look like ( I ). Not ( \ ). We are talking about controllers folks. Those are not illustrations of the forbidden C. I just watched some of Adam Lynch's Twitch recording ( Z3NZ) and his swing is a K that usually doesn't even end up in the rectangle box. He aims about 10 or so yards left of the fairway and it ends up in the middle. Must be one of those fabled everything on the right side of the API guys. I gave it a quick try and its not too bad but if you get a fast downswing you'll be screwed though as it'll go where you aimed it. Only been a member since May but I reckon he'll win before the end of the season and will probably have a top 5 this week, not bad for Xbox. Quite a bit of this going on at the moment, from what I've seen and heard... takes out missing left I suppose. I did a bit of testing and I was amazed at how close I could hit it, by just "playing into an area". Obviously, there is enough dispersion between strokes, or API would pull it. Probably some merit to it if practiced, but it's just not the way I want to play the game personally
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Post by humanecentipede on Jul 18, 2019 7:40:14 GMT -5
Just finished up, found myself tied for the lead going into the final round with a -16 third round. After being in contention during the US Open and failing to convert, I was hoping to redeem myself here. Just couldn’t keep up with wmr in the final round. Playing with his ghost, I saw him hole a couple crazy chips that were very demoralizing. Ended up two strokes shy with an -11 final round. Great play man.
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Post by paulus on Jul 18, 2019 7:47:14 GMT -5
I just watched some of Adam Lynch's Twitch recording ( Z3NZ) and his swing is a K that usually doesn't even end up in the rectangle box. He aims about 10 or so yards left of the fairway and it ends up in the middle. Must be one of those fabled everything on the right side of the API guys. I gave it a quick try and its not too bad but if you get a fast downswing you'll be screwed though as it'll go where you aimed it. Only been a member since May but I reckon he'll win before the end of the season and will probably have a top 5 this week, not bad for Xbox. Quite a bit of this going on at the moment, from what I've seen and heard... takes out missing left I suppose. I did a bit of testing and I was amazed at how close I could hit it, by just "playing into an area". Obviously, there is enough dispersion between strokes, or API would pull it. Probably some merit to it if practiced, but it's just not the way I want to play the game personally I played with a guy in real life who used to address the ball 20 degrees right of the target - it was the weirdest thing to watch. His cover hook would bring it right back online every time tho... 6 handicapper 😮 As Butch Harman says - you don’t need a perfect swing, just a repeatable one...
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Post by B.Smooth13 on Jul 18, 2019 11:49:45 GMT -5
Despite a pretty lackluster opening 5-6 holes in round 4, rallied over the last 9-10 holes, posted a -12. After what was just a miserable 1st round, and feeling like I shouldn't even be playing on the weekend, I'm quite pleased to be in at -43. Re-discovered some feel over the last couple of rounds, turns out when you just play and stop thinking and/or trying so much, it helps (for me at least). GL to everyone left to finish, and great scoring by the usual PS4 brigade (and others, but I'm contractually obligated to give PS4 guys a hard time about it).
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Post by GW_Hope on Jul 18, 2019 14:55:52 GMT -5
I'm with you on the variety. Uber slow greens is currently one way to make the average scores get way higher (aka tougher) Problem is..everyone loses their mind on slow greens and b*tches. Personally I'd like to see some 119 greens every now and then to make putting much tougher! I wanna 🤮 every time you give feedback like this. Maybe it’s just me. I am the opposite. I want to play the course how it was designed for the most part. I would think many designers spend a bunch of time tuning green speed or sculpting to match the speeds. It seems we are playing darts instead of golf in that there is really only one spot to get close. No imagination it seems.
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