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Post by jacobkessler on Sept 10, 2019 16:31:59 GMT -5
Closed Season 5 with an ace on hole 2, opened season 6 with an ace on Hole 9... I wonder if this is the first ace of the season? Anyways, opened with a -12 59. Putter started hot- putts on 1 and 2 of 19 and 26 feet, respectively. After being -7 thru 9, though, a three putt bogey on 11 slowed the momentum. Still, I'm very happy with that as a season opener! First, great shot! Second, screw you and all your HIO's - I haven't had one in an official event in maybe 2 years! Third, I can't believe how much nicer this game looks on PC (PC right?). I shouldn't be surprised, but what a difference. I felt like I was playing in some Lord of the Rings scene and yours looked all crisp and clear. I texted my wife and asked her about getting a gaming PC. Now I'm down in the basement watching TV because that didn't go over so well.... My graphics settings are actually turned pretty low, too. Some guys on PC get insane graphics and relatively good frame rates at the same time.
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grey3eard
Weekend Golfer
I am a Grandad in his early fifties who enjoys playing video game golf!
Posts: 98
TGCT Name: Mark Hale
Tour: Beer League
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Post by grey3eard on Sept 10, 2019 16:37:16 GMT -5
Well, Round 3 done and it was a brutal -6, ohheycat was right...survival mode, certainly for a mere mortal like me. I even played a practice round in the same conditions right before and I couldn't improve on it. I salute all those who shot a better round.....Oh well, time to regroup and play a solid 4th Round and finish well.
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Post by jacobkessler on Sept 10, 2019 16:45:40 GMT -5
Glad you are here Mr. positive so if you think your so good with on the BCT why dont you move up to the next tier or whatever ? im sick of people saying oh i missed a shot here of there but still shooting -50 or -60 , this was my gripe i bought up with VictoryLane, your CLEARLY good enough to play on other tours yet your on the BCT cup while guys like me and others trying to get better scores but seing you and other shoot insane scores is of putting This is the beginner club tour, not the beginner’s tour. Let me give my perspective on why I play BCT. Back in TGC1, I was a relatively decent player. Sure, I never played on a tour higher than CC-B, but I was in the top 800 in the world and could occasionally play close matches with in-game friends on the PGA Tour. Then, TGC2 came out. The tempo swing changed everything. At first, I was in favor of the tempo swing... until I actually played the game. Why? The game was broken. You could have the same exact tempo, but for whatever reason, sometimes the downswing wouldn’t register, and you’d get a very slow out of absolutely nowhere. And I get that you can’t expect to have perfect/perfect tempo every time, but it got to a point where I was recording my hands and saw absolutely no timing difference between a perfect/perfect and a fast/very slow. It was wildly inconsistent, and it made the game completely unenjoyable. This tempo glitch seems to be tied to people with lower-end systems. I’ll be 100% honest- my PC is not very good. But it wasn’t bad enough that it should put me at a massive disadvantage compared to people with high-end PCs. And it got even worse in TGC19. Sometimes it even seemed like the swing cone (or whatever you’d call the TGC19 equivalent) has wild inconsistencies. Look at my Challenge Circuit scores with player clubs- the majority of my -3 rounds (for example) was due to getting random very slow swings causing me to struggle to make par. When I finally tried Beginner Clubs, it was awesome. It's how the tempo swing is supposed to work. That’s not to say I never get non-perfect/perfects, as I do. It’s just that when I get a slow, I can say "yeah, that felt slow" or "woah, I swung way too fast." In short, not only does BCT remind me of the TGC1 days when the game was extremely enjoyable, but it actually plays fair. TGC19 was literally unplayable for me before I switched to BCT. And I'm not saying that this is everyone's experience, but I can almost guarantee I’m not the only one that only continues to play tour rounds (and even the game itself) because of BCT.
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Post by Ray on Sept 10, 2019 16:54:16 GMT -5
DQ. Used Masters by accident.
Won’t be posting much, I enjoy it more this way, so will you guys.
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Post by ohheycat on Sept 10, 2019 17:26:39 GMT -5
You'll notice my scores are gone because I registered for q school. Didnt play that great but I think it's time to move on from here. I actually shot worse in qschool than I did here which is sad because of the opportunities on par 5s but I've gotten lazy with the beginner clubs and it shows.
Good luck with the season, its been fun guys
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Post by jacobkessler on Sept 10, 2019 17:43:23 GMT -5
I think this course is an excellent example of why HB needs to give TGCT an additional society.
There's no denying this is an awesome course. And I’ve played it numerous times with player clubs, it's set up really well too... but it just doesn’t work for beginner clubs.
Idk, maybe it’s just me, but it felt with the lack of spin BCT players get, it's very hard to keep it close to some of the tucked pins. Again, it’s a great course on player clubs, but this one has been much less enjoyable with beginners.
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grey3eard
Weekend Golfer
I am a Grandad in his early fifties who enjoys playing video game golf!
Posts: 98
TGCT Name: Mark Hale
Tour: Beer League
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Post by grey3eard on Sept 11, 2019 2:11:04 GMT -5
Highlights of my first round......
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grey3eard
Weekend Golfer
I am a Grandad in his early fifties who enjoys playing video game golf!
Posts: 98
TGCT Name: Mark Hale
Tour: Beer League
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Post by grey3eard on Sept 11, 2019 2:26:34 GMT -5
You'll notice my scores are gone because I registered for q school. Didnt play that great but I think it's time to move on from here. I actually shot worse in qschool than I did here which is sad because of the opportunities on par 5s but I've gotten lazy with the beginner clubs and it shows. Good luck with the season, its been fun guys Good Luck Thomas.....I'm sure you'll do really well. Gonna miss your course management guides.
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Post by welikeitroughnc on Sept 11, 2019 7:06:47 GMT -5
Pretty ho hum round 2, made some absolutely ludicrous putts including a 62 footer for eagle and a couple longggg snakes 😙
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Post by yaters on Sept 11, 2019 9:47:07 GMT -5
I think this course is an excellent example of why HB needs to give TGCT an additional society. There's no denying this is an awesome course. And I’ve played it numerous times with player clubs, it's set up really well too... but it just doesn’t work for beginner clubs. Idk, maybe it’s just me, but it felt with the lack of spin BCT players get, it's very hard to keep it close to some of the tucked pins. Again, it’s a great course on player clubs, but this one has been much less enjoyable with beginners. A couple of people solved it rather easily. -30 after 2 on this course is nuts - amazing play for sure. I struggled with shot making here and never felt comfortable on the course. Unfortunately without a separate society, the courses will always cater towards the higher demographic - CC level players. So mostly agree, but I didn't mind the challenge of it.
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Post by catcherman22 on Sept 11, 2019 11:14:59 GMT -5
Any of you guys who know me know that I schedule CC am with BCT in mind... there are weeks where it trends towards the CC side of things, and other weeks where it trends towards the BCT side of things . The winner of the CC contest has always been slated to host week 1 on both tours. I wouldn't necessarily have scheduled this for Am otherwise, so this is a CC week, especially given the conditions that Dan and I agreed on. There will be conditions and courses that fit the bct well in the future
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mayday_golf83
TGCT Design Competition Directors
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Sept 11, 2019 11:23:12 GMT -5
Any of you guys who know me know that I schedule CC am with BCT in mind... there are weeks where it trends towards the CC side of things, and other weeks where it trends towards the BCT side of things . The winner of the CC contest has always been slated to host week 1 on both tours. I wouldn't necessarily have scheduled this for Am otherwise, so this is a CC week, especially given the conditions that Dan and I agreed on. There will be conditions and courses that fit the bct well in the future I know Dan, and hope you didn’t take my comments as a knock on you or Patrick. You guys do a great job. Tough deal to come up with courses that play well from the same tees set on the same conditions for all three levels of clubs — which is the conundrum facing you guys on a combined tour that has Master/Pro/Beginner users. In a perfect world, BCT would be separate IMO, but that’s not the hand we have at the moment. You guys are doing as well as you can under the circumstances.
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Post by yaters on Sept 11, 2019 12:05:04 GMT -5
Yeah, no knock on schedulers. There is a far greater population of players in CC-AM than BCT, so I would expect courses to consider their club set more than ours. 80-20 rule in a sense.
I'm just being vocal that an additional society tailored towards this play style and club set would make things all that much better.
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Post by cseanny on Sept 11, 2019 15:09:35 GMT -5
What a fabulous course. Shaping shots and knowing exact loft, deloft, and side spin mappings are a must.
R1 -15, R2 -15, R3 -18, R4 -14, totaling -62.
On a side note, there seems to be quite a bit of frustration at some of us scoring well on this tour. Before coming to BCT, it was my understanding that this was in fact, not a beginner tour, but a place where many Sharks played and competed. That's precisely what I was looking for; expert users fighting on the golf course using beginner clubs (with exact wind!!!). Apparently not everyone holds this view!! My goal was NEVER aimed at taking advantage of players below my skill level.
So what now? I have no desire to frustrate people, nor any aspirations to take the fun away of others trying to compete. I am gladly, with no discontent, removing myself from BCT after this tournament is over. Everyone is entitled to play on a tour where they feel they fit in and have a legitimate chance to win. I have no right to take that away from anyone.
Cheers and good luck ;D!!!!!
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Post by tottenhamordie on Sept 11, 2019 20:32:51 GMT -5
What a fabulous course. Shaping shots and knowing exact loft, deloft, and side spin mappings are a must. R1 -15, R2 -15, R3 -18, R4 -14, totaling -62. On a side note, there seems to be quite a bit of frustration at some of us scoring well on this tour. Before coming to BCT, it was my understanding that this was in fact, not a beginner tour, but a place where many Sharks played and competed. That's precisely what I was looking for; expert users fighting on the golf course using beginner clubs (with exact wind!!!). Apparently not everyone holds this view!! My goal was NEVER aimed at taking advantage of players below my skill level. So what now? I have no desire to frustrate people, nor any aspirations to take the fun away of others trying to compete. I am gladly, with no discontent, removing myself from BCT after this tournament is over. Everyone is entitled to play on a tour where they feel they fit in and have a legitimate chance to win. I have no right to take that away from anyone. Cheers and good luck ;D!!!!! i know this was covertly aimed at me as you were in a twitch chat i was in earlier, so i will reply to it.
nah man, stay. about to pass around a petition to get Rawsey and other top players on this tour as well. I want to see the top 20 littered with -60+ scores. And we are all aware this isnt a "beginner tour", no one has said that or even implied it. the issue I, and others have, is that people are coming from top flight tours, where they never broke 60, and now randomly win almost every event. just look at last season in the BCT, new winners every week, a bunch of different winners, then suddenly its dominated by the same 3 or 4 dudes who decided to join the BCT on a whim. As for the "competition", there is competition on every tour here, its the level of competition you are after. and im curious, what competition are you looking for by shooting -62? the one other person in this tour that MAY match it with the perfect rounds? and we dont even care as much about the scores, as the rhetoric behind the scenes with the "this is tricky, this is tough, missed some putts" but then shoot a -62. when we miss putts, we shoot a -30 if we are lucky, so we dont want to hear about some guy who, ONE TIME, didnt hit his ball inch perfect and missed ONE putt out of 22. so, its either leave the forum and not try to be part of the community, in the tour we are playing in, or see the same stuff every week by the same players.
if you joined this for the reasons you say, then why leave after blowing everyone away the first event? seems to go a little deeper than "competition with sharks" IMO.
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