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Post by mick0210 on Jul 8, 2020 11:09:58 GMT -5
That's not how I play. I lay up to have a normal wedge to the green. Works better for me personally and I know what the ball is gonna do. So either I want to have a flop or a full wedge. I try to avoid the pitch. Not sure if others play like this but I played alot of 2 woods and 2 iron off the tee to leave myself with 90-120 yards. I played balls to the wall on every hole except the one par 5 that has the sand that cuts off the fairway. Went 1 iron for a full LW left to the green. I’m much more comfortable with my flops and pitches after playing two seasons in the DAM society. Highly recommend if you’re not already involved as it makes you work on the parts of your game you don’t normally get much practice in. Thanks for the tip but I've gotten quite good with the wedges I doubt I could do better. And like you said yourself pitches aren't always as trustful as iron shots.
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Post by CoinHen77 on Jul 8, 2020 11:14:35 GMT -5
I played balls to the wall on every hole except the one par 5 that has the sand that cuts off the fairway. Went 1 iron for a full LW left to the green. I’m much more comfortable with my flops and pitches after playing two seasons in the DAM society. Highly recommend if you’re not already involved as it makes you work on the parts of your game you don’t normally get much practice in. Thanks for the tip but I've gotten quite good with the wedges I doubt I could do better. And like you said yourself pitches aren't always as trustful as iron shots. The main difference is the flops and pitches take out a lot of the wind. So when you’re playing with high winds the majority of the time, it can be better to go with a pitch... as long as it’s a 9 iron or higher. Once you’re in the 8 iron or below range just flip to the LW as the rollout on those longer iron pitches are too hard to judge. To each their own though!
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Post by mick0210 on Jul 8, 2020 11:25:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the tip but I've gotten quite good with the wedges I doubt I could do better. And like you said yourself pitches aren't always as trustful as iron shots. The main difference is the flops and pitches take out a lot of the wind. So when you’re playing with high winds the majority of the time, it can be better to go with a pitch... as long as it’s a 9 iron or higher. Once you’re in the 8 iron or below range just flip to the LW as the rollout on those longer iron pitches are too hard to judge. To each their own though! You're right. I forgot to say that but indeed with high winds I rather play the pitch.
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Post by ddixjr509 on Jul 8, 2020 11:42:14 GMT -5
I think -31 holds up just barely on the right side of the cut. You really have to birdie every hole, and judging by the ghosts I've played, this is really a pitch and putt contest. (Bomb the tee, then get up and down). This is where the game drives me mad- the pitches/ flops i think will check up roll out, and the ones I expect to roll out, check up. I get it right 75% of the time, but this week you better get it right 95% of the time. I wonder if CoinHen77 will feel a bit dirty to get the PGA promotion from a DAM event? That's not how I play. I lay up to have a normal wedge to the green. Works better for me personally and I know what the ball is gonna do. So either I want to have a flop or a full wedge. I try to avoid the pitch. Not sure if others play like this but I played alot of 2 woods and 2 iron off the tee to leave myself with 90-120 yards. I actually tried a few holes laying back for full wedges- but there aren't that many F-U pins on this course (like say a b101, petty, or csugolfer course) where they intentionally dare you to hit D knowing the resulting pitch is impossible. At Turnberry- the greens aren't punitive enough for a pitch to really get away from you... even a bad pitch still leaves you a 15' putt. I've played CoinHen77 ghost enough to see him take some pretty interesting lines- he seems to be very confident to getting up and down from anywhere (heavy rough, bunkers, bushes) within 75y. DAM Society definitely gives you extensive work on the short game that comes in handy from time to time.
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Post by knothead85 on Jul 8, 2020 11:47:34 GMT -5
I think -31 holds up just barely on the right side of the cut. You really have to birdie every hole, and judging by the ghosts I've played, this is really a pitch and putt contest. (Bomb the tee, then get up and down). This is where the game drives me mad- the pitches/ flops i think will check up roll out, and the ones I expect to roll out, check up. I get it right 75% of the time, but this week you better get it right 95% of the time. I wonder if CoinHen77 will feel a bit dirty to get the PGA promotion from a DAM event? Haha not one little bit! I honestly think someone’s gonna clip me in the last round. I had -21 in my sights but had a flop bounce off the pin (explain that one to me!) and a really scared pitch on 18 left me with over a 10 footer that I missed. Will just have to wait and see. Jeez I insult the guy one time and he goes and gets himself promoted to the PGA! I can start showing up in that thread to make fun of you too if it'll be a motivator.
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Post by CoinHen77 on Jul 8, 2020 11:47:37 GMT -5
That's not how I play. I lay up to have a normal wedge to the green. Works better for me personally and I know what the ball is gonna do. So either I want to have a flop or a full wedge. I try to avoid the pitch. Not sure if others play like this but I played alot of 2 woods and 2 iron off the tee to leave myself with 90-120 yards. I actually tried a few holes laying back for full wedges- but there aren't that many F-U pins on this course (like say a b101, petty, or csugolfer course) where they intentionally dare you to hit D knowing the resulting pitch is impossible. At Turnberry- the greens aren't punitive enough for a pitch to really get away from you... even a bad pitch still leaves you a 15' putt. I've played CoinHen77 ghost enough to see him take some pretty interesting lines- he seems to be very confident to getting up and down from anywhere (heavy rough, bunkers, bushes) within 75y. DAM Society definitely gives you extensive work on the short game that comes in handy from time to time. Ohhh so voyeur of you! Ha! Yea I’d say scrambling is one of the strongest parts of my game, so I’ll “go for it” in most situations with the confidence I can get up and down if I get in trouble. That said, the courses over the last 3 weeks have been so punitive that I haven’t been able to recover and the results speak for themselves.
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Post by knothead85 on Jul 8, 2020 11:55:15 GMT -5
Quite Literally, every single post resembles something stating, "what a blast!", or "that was so much fun!". I'm glad to see it!! After all, it's all about having the best video game experience possible! Who knew that Euro was filled with so many Arcade enthusiast. Truly a wonderful thing to behold (no sarcasm!!). It makes my heart and body warm and fuzzy all over. <3. I would still say there's a divide. I really enjoyed this week but anymore than once, maybe twice, in a season and I wouldn't be a fan. Not sure what the others thoughts are on it but even though it got a lot of positive comments I personally think more than anything we are drawn to variety. Also I may have the wrong thought on what arcade golf is, but I wouldn't consider this it. In my mind I've always thought of arcade as the games where youre still hitting from 160 out on your approaches, its just easier to drop it next to the pin....to me this was more of a 'whos got the best short game'(which somehow is Coinhen!?) event, which is what I thought was a fun change of pace.
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Post by LEFTY79 on Jul 8, 2020 12:09:57 GMT -5
I think -31 holds up just barely on the right side of the cut. You really have to birdie every hole, and judging by the ghosts I've played, this is really a pitch and putt contest. (Bomb the tee, then get up and down). This is where the game drives me mad- the pitches/ flops i think will check up roll out, and the ones I expect to roll out, check up. I get it right 75% of the time, but this week you better get it right 95% of the time. I wonder if CoinHen77 will feel a bit dirty to get the PGA promotion from a DAM event? Haha not one little bit! I honestly think someone’s gonna clip me in the last round. I had -21 in my sights but had a flop bounce off the pin (explain that one to me!) and a really scared pitch on 18 left me with over a 10 footer that I missed. Will just have to wait and see. I hope you weren’t referring to me! I haven’t made a cut on an RCR links course in forever. I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
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Post by mick0210 on Jul 8, 2020 12:18:24 GMT -5
Another -16 for round 3. Feel like this round played more difficult though so I might move up some spots.
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Post by illinoisgator on Jul 8, 2020 16:26:25 GMT -5
Completely bombed that last round. Played the first 3 rounds without a care or anything and couldn’t mess up. This final round I have a shot at a win (not much but theoretically could) and I couldn’t make anything...even had a 3 putt bogey 🤦♂️
-12 to finish -68 and now out of the top 10 as well 😡😡😡
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Post by mvpmanatee on Jul 8, 2020 22:24:02 GMT -5
Never thought I would be so mad about shooting 58 under par in 4 rounds. lol.
-17 -13 -14 -14 for either a missed cut or a T64. See you next week!
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Post by b101 on Jul 9, 2020 3:58:03 GMT -5
(like say a b101, petty, or csugolfer course) where they intentionally dare you to hit D knowing the resulting pitch is impossible. 😃 Nail on the head lol. In all honesty, I’d love it if we didn’t have to use that trick as much as a way of making angles matter. Problem is that even on firm greens you can put backspin on a full wedge so that it reverses back up a downslope. Until they fix that (fingers crossed), you’re kinda limited to making people hit longer clubs in from the same angle or pushing into pitch territory where there’s more of a run out. Laying up to leave a full wedge is a strategy in real life, so I quite like that option. Spin generally needs completely reworking in the new game - the fact that you can’t properly short side yourself due to lofted lob wedges kills a lot of design strategy right off the bat.
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Post by cjb2 on Jul 9, 2020 6:40:47 GMT -5
-16 through the first round. Was confused when I got to the 3rd hole and couldn’t drive the green. Guess I gotta get in the weight room... fun week ahead watching the scores getting posted. Good luck to everyone. -17 on the 2nd. -33 for the tournament -66 for the tournament. Fun but I felt more stressed knowing I had to make birdie on every hole just to compete. Looking forward to regular play next week
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Post by mvpmanatee on Jul 9, 2020 8:28:25 GMT -5
(like say a b101, petty, or csugolfer course) where they intentionally dare you to hit D knowing the resulting pitch is impossible. 😃 Nail on the head lol. In all honesty, I’d love it if we didn’t have to use that trick as much as a way of making angles matter. Problem is that even on firm greens you can put backspin on a full wedge so that it reverses back up a downslope. Until they fix that (fingers crossed), you’re kinda limited to making people hit longer clubs in from the same angle or pushing into pitch territory where there’s more of a run out. Laying up to leave a full wedge is a strategy in real life, so I quite like that option. Spin generally needs completely reworking in the new game - the fact that you can’t properly short side yourself due to lofted lob wedges kills a lot of design strategy right off the bat. you managed to properly short side me when I missed the green right on 17 at Old Ainsdale
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Post by ddixjr509 on Jul 9, 2020 9:51:02 GMT -5
(like say a b101, petty, or csugolfer course) where they intentionally dare you to hit D knowing the resulting pitch is impossible. 😃 Nail on the head lol. In all honesty, I’d love it if we didn’t have to use that trick as much as a way of making angles matter. Problem is that even on firm greens you can put backspin on a full wedge so that it reverses back up a downslope. Until they fix that (fingers crossed), you’re kinda limited to making people hit longer clubs in from the same angle or pushing into pitch territory where there’s more of a run out. Laying up to leave a full wedge is a strategy in real life, so I quite like that option. Spin generally needs completely reworking in the new game - the fact that you can’t properly short side yourself due to lofted lob wedges kills a lot of design strategy right off the bat. your other d|ck move trick that I love is the short Par 5 that leaves a 190-210y 2nd shot- but there's no way to get that approach within 75' of the pin after roll out- do you have the wherewithal to suck it up and hit 2 wedges (wedge layup, wedge approach) or take your chances with a crazyassputt? I scheduled BSV for large society last week- which didn't go over very well... even in dumbed down conditions (low wind, s/f greens) they couldn't get their arms on how to approach the greens... and a few times I lol'd when i wasn't thinking off the tee- ended up 30y from the pin and dead.
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