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Post by zorbacles on Jan 9, 2020 23:37:09 GMT -5
Not sure if Im allowed to post this thread. admins please remove if i wasnt
This is my first event on the Tour. In fact, the first round of this event was only my 4th round ever in this game.
and it was terrible. I shot an 80. my putting was all over the place. on more than one occasion i over shot the hole so far i was off the green. i hit a quad bogey and a triple at one stage.
2nd round was far better. Only 2 bogeys in a round of 68.
I still have a lot of learning to go. but my putting this round was far better. i was able to judge the distances a lot better (esp since i looked before i played where it says the greens are very fast and very firm)
the other thing i struggle with is getting shots that arent 100%. if a shot falls between clubs then generally i will pick the longer club but end up overshooting. if i do manage to get lower power my tempo and direction is out of whack
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Post by yaters on Jan 10, 2020 0:57:50 GMT -5
Not sure if Im allowed to post this thread. admins please remove if i wasnt
This is my first event on the Tour. In fact, the first round of this event was only my 4th round ever in this game.
and it was terrible. I shot an 80. my putting was all over the place. on more than one occasion i over shot the hole so far i was off the green. i hit a quad bogey and a triple at one stage.
2nd round was far better. Only 2 bogeys in a round of 68.
I still have a lot of learning to go. but my putting this round was far better. i was able to judge the distances a lot better (esp since i looked before i played where it says the greens are very fast and very firm)
the other thing i struggle with is getting shots that arent 100%. if a shot falls between clubs then generally i will pick the longer club but end up overshooting. if i do manage to get lower power my tempo and direction is out of whack
Welcome to the tour and TGCTours in general. There is a lot to master in this game to get consistent for sure - how the wind, elevation, lie, and loft affect your shot. Putting is it's own skill to master as well. It takes time and practice for sure. What system are you on? And anyone can start a thread. We don't have much participation on the BCT as we used to, so chat here has gone a little stale.
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Post by zorbacles on Jan 10, 2020 3:12:11 GMT -5
im on ps4. im managing to hit the greens pretty regularly. chips i havent mastered yet either. 3rd round had a couple dodgy holes and ended with +2. then im going to have to learn it all again when i move up to pro clubs im dubious about these "Beginners" getting -15's etc. i would guess there are some players that a skillful enough to be playing a higher tour but enjoy the constant winning of playing in the lower levels.
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Post by jb on Jan 10, 2020 9:14:57 GMT -5
So just a little insight for you...
First off, if there's one piece of advice I could give you it would be to leave your approach shots short and let them roll up to the pin. Whenever I had to choose, I almost always went short and let it roll. Beginner clubs do not bite.
Second, would be that the Beginner part of the title of this tour is a misnomer. Meaning that it definitely takes more skill to play with beginner clubs and score as high as these guys do, than it does to play master clubs and shoot those ultra low scores. These guys are NOT beginners but the clubs are. Don't know if I explained that well enough but i hope so. Don't let the tour name fool you. These guys are VERY GOOD.
Hope this helps! Good luck to you!
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Post by yaters on Jan 10, 2020 10:12:03 GMT -5
So just a little insight for you... First off, if there's one piece of advice I could give you it would be to leave your approach shots short and let them roll up to the pin. Whenever I had to choose, I almost always went short and let it roll. Beginner clubs do not bite. Second, would be that the Beginner part of the title of this tour is a misnomer. Meaning that it definitely takes more skill to play with beginner clubs and score as high as these guys do, than it does to play master clubs and shoot those ultra low scores. These guys are NOT beginners but the clubs are. Don't know if I explained that well enough but i hope so. Don't let the tour name fool you. These guys are VERY GOOD. Hope this helps! Good luck to you! Totally agree on the rollouts. Huge difference being able to hit the green vs. being within 10 ft of the hole consistently. That is where the subtlety of all the factors/variables comes in, as well as understanding the rollouts. And the Beginner in BCT references the club option used, not the skill level. I've been playing TGC games since the first week the initial game came out (though took me a few more months to find this place). Lots of experience down here and lots of skill as well.
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Post by zorbacles on Jan 10, 2020 10:46:25 GMT -5
right, so would i be better off getting the hang of the pro clubs then playing Q-school to get put in a group more around my skill level?
i assumed that people playing the beginner club tour would be those that are getting used to the game, hence using beginner clubs before moving on to pro clubs and in to the challenge circuit.
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Post by boffo on Jan 10, 2020 13:10:56 GMT -5
right, so would i be better off getting the hang of the pro clubs then playing Q-school to get put in a group more around my skill level? i assumed that people playing the beginner club tour would be those that are getting used to the game, hence using beginner clubs before moving on to pro clubs and in to the challenge circuit. If you want to eventually be in a more competitive field than jumping to pro or master clubs and playing Q-School would be a good idea. Just be warned that with you being almost totally brand new to the game, even doing Q-School and being placed in a Tour you should expect to be finishing well back of the leaders for a while as you learn the game. Don't let finishing 15 or 20 shots back of players "at a similar skill level" discourage you when start playing in CC. For some players they learn the game quickly, usually through a lot of practice. Others it's a much slower and more gradual process and there are also some who never really get it and hang around at the bottom of CC-Z week after week. I'd say start by focusing more on the little things first like hitting fairways off the tee, greens in reg, trying to get a bogey free round, etc. Putting is the skill that will lead to the most improvement in your score, but it's also the hardest and most time consuming to learn that you just need to let that develop over hundreds of rounds of experience. I doubt that even the best players in the entirety of this community would be willing to claim they've "mastered" putting.
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Post by boffo on Jan 11, 2020 8:50:05 GMT -5
Kind of a blah week for me this week. Looks like I'll finish fairly close to where I usually do but I just felt like I could never get rolling on a course that felt like I should be able to get things rolling on. Just one bogey all week, 100% FIR, GIR much better than usual, but way more putts than I should normally take.
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