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Post by BillySastard976 on Aug 10, 2020 3:40:54 GMT -5
-15 -12 -12 -12 for another -51.
I missed four VERY simple putts for birdie, incredible mistakes, one being a short almost straight uphill putt which I thought was downhill, until I hit it then thought "oh sh%$ that's not hard enough"
Onwards and upwards, next week is the last BCT tournament then on to the great looking new game.
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jordanhere2
Weekend Golfer
Posts: 85
TGCT Name: Jordan Smith
Tour: BCT
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Post by jordanhere2 on Aug 10, 2020 10:17:19 GMT -5
I’m playing kind of poor this week (I think in comparison to the scores I would expect to show up here) but I absolutely adore the golf course, very well done.
I’m -19 after 3 rounds of goof.
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Post by boffo on Aug 10, 2020 12:17:13 GMT -5
This is one of those weeks where I'm glad the wind has been beefed up as the course plays pretty short, even with beginner clubs so there'd be some crazy scores in calm winds. Instead it made me feel like I wasn't doing enough because it felt like a course I should be posting a -14 or -15 on but I only got -9 in round 1. Bogey on 7 but recovered nicely with a hole-in-one on 8. Only one eagle on a par 5.
Round 2 I was -11.
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Post by boffo on Aug 10, 2020 17:14:15 GMT -5
Lee himself would have been proud of my third round as I was dropping putts from everywhere. Finished -12 and I owe almost all of that to sinking putts that were no sure thing. A round where I just as easily could have been -6 if my putting had been off.
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Post by boffo on Aug 10, 2020 17:57:56 GMT -5
And this was the other side of the coin and while I left myself more longer putts than round 3 my putting didn't save me and I posted a -7.
Just curious if anyone else refused to lay up in rounds 1, 2, and 4 on hole 18 and aimed for the cart path to the right of the hole? I can assure you it was a total waste of time as it left an 80yd. shot in about a 75% lie, but I really hate laying up so I tried the shot each of the 3 rounds it applied. For the record I did hit the cart path with each of the three shots.
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Post by BillySastard976 on Aug 10, 2020 18:27:57 GMT -5
I know I layed up all four rounds. Birdied the first round, missed an easy putt in the fourth for birdie ( I think ) but can't remember the results of the first and second round. Why did you keep playing a shot that gave a bad result?
It seemed to me that laying up was the only shot, leaving a straightforward approach hopefully leading to a birdie chance, I never considered anything else.
( Not sure about the third round, was it driveable? ) I remember getting on the green from one drive but no clue which hole or round it was . All I really think about is leaving a nice distance for the approach so if there is a choice between a drive which probably won't lead to an easy approach or one that probably won't quite make the green I play a slow drive or club down.
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Post by BillySastard976 on Aug 10, 2020 18:45:44 GMT -5
Actually I often club down two or three times until I'm left an iron shot as I'm not too keen on leaving a pitch. I imagine that is common?
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Post by boffo on Aug 10, 2020 19:36:51 GMT -5
I know I layed up all four rounds. Birdied the first round, missed an easy putt in the fourth for birdie ( I think ) but can't remember the results of the first and second round. Why did you keep playing a shot that gave a bad result? It seemed to me that laying up was the only shot, leaving a straightforward approach hopefully leading to a birdie chance, I never considered anything else. ( Not sure about the third round, was it driveable? ) I remember getting on the green from one drive but no clue which hole or round it was . All I really think about is leaving a nice distance for the approach so if there is a choice between a drive which probably won't lead to an easy approach or one that probably won't quite make the green I play a slow drive or club down. It didn't leave a bad result, it just wasn't really any better than laying up. At least it wasn't as long as I hit the cart path. For me laying up is always my last choice and I'll always see if there is any other option. Trying to make a precision shot like hitting a cart path is usually my favourite alternate choice. There are a lot of things I do or don't do in this game that probably cost me several strokes per tournament but that's just the way I play. Never play a practice round or warmup before a round. Never changed the clubs in my bag from the default. Only layup if I have to. Never check the slope of the green on my approach shot. Avoid chipping as much as possible and will often putt from the fringe or even fairway. I've putted from the rough before, but that doesn't work very well so I've only tried it 3 or 4 times. I normally don't zoom into the hole while putting and just read the putt from wherever I'm standing. There's probably more that I'm forgetting but I really have no idea how I ever made it to Web when I was on the regular tour because I play a very lazy game.
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Post by BillySastard976 on Aug 11, 2020 4:47:56 GMT -5
Haha I have to agree, you do play a very lazy game!
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Post by boffo on Aug 11, 2020 14:57:24 GMT -5
In the latter days of TGC1 I didn't even zoom into the green when making approach shots. I just adjusted for wind and distance by looking at the flagstick in the distance, so I used to be even lazier than I am now. That's why I like BCT so much. It suits my relaxed attitude and play style. I can play master clubs if I need to as I did qualify for Web using them when we all re-did Q-School but I lost my competitive edge some time ago and just like playing for fun, so I quit playing the regular tour not too far into last season. I'm hopeful there will be some sort of equivalent tour when 2K21 comes out but if not I'll probably try the regular tour for a while until I get tired of the competitive grind.
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Post by BillySastard976 on Aug 11, 2020 17:39:00 GMT -5
Each to their own, I like the competition. Without this site I would quickly get bored of the game. Even with this site I stopped playing for three years or so. Life got in the way but it's great to look forward to a tourney again.
The new game looks like it will hold my interest for a long time, fingers crossed.
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Post by boffo on Aug 11, 2020 18:28:13 GMT -5
I'm fine with the level of friendly competition we have here. No need to worry about promotions or demotions. More just trying to set goals for yourself and having some "rivals" to help push you a bit harder on the leaderboard. I'd considered TST for a while since it offers the same concept but wasn't that interested in relearning the game without aids. I'm also fine with dedicating more time to rangering courses if I'm not playing weekly tournament rounds. I'll see how I enjoy the new game, where I qualify in Q-School, and what changes are made to the tour structure before I decide where I focus my attention next season.
I'll say I've enjoyed hanging out here all season and hanging with everyone who has come and gone over the months. Except maybe crazy stalker guy. He was crazy.
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Post by cseanny on Aug 11, 2020 18:36:59 GMT -5
Yeah, the fun for me is trying to achieve total perfection with every shot. My mind doesn't know how to process "casual". But, that's why this game is so appealing, because we all get to play it the way we like it!
I can't wait to start dissecting and charting the new game. It's like a little piece of heaven!
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Post by BillySastard976 on Aug 11, 2020 23:42:54 GMT -5
Yeah, the fun for me is trying to achieve total perfection with every shot. My mind doesn't know how to process "casual". But, that's why this game is so appealing, because we all get to play it the way we like it! I can't wait to start dissecting and charting the new game. It's like a little piece of heaven! I know I'll try every club from a dead flat surface to a dead flat surface to see how far they go with good tempo, then with max loft only, half loft only, then max loft plus max club angle, then half loft plus half club angle, then max loft plus half club angle, then half loft plus max club angle, then no loft with half club angle, then no loft with max club angle, oh and first I have to pick the clubs I like best. Good God how big is a chart for that going to be? I suppose I will have to try the 96% thing too to see just what it does. Hopefully it is very difficult to do with advantage, impossible, ideally. Putting looks to me very similar but I say this never having tried it. I probably won't use the meter or rumble at all for that. Probably try 100 drives on the range, trying to get what the game says is perfect downswing tempo, before doing the swing calibration. It would be great if my normal swing tempo just so happens to coincide with the games perfect tempo - we can but dream. I'm sure I've missed something! Ideally I don't want to use the power meter at all, possibly just the rumble ( for shots other than putting ) I don't want to be concentrating on looking at a bar when taking any shot. Also we don't yet know which difficulty/difficulties will be used on the tours. I'm betting on master from what I've seen but I'm going to try and practice with legend. Then there is the question - what difficulty to use to test all this? Probably the easiest, to get consistently good tempo, but will that fully translate to more difficult settings? And will I still be able to fit work in around all this!! I'm starting to think that Boffo has the right idea 😀
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Post by cseanny on Aug 12, 2020 2:53:43 GMT -5
96% is less relevant now, since we can execute the backswing as sllllooooowwwwly as we want, but time will tell! And as I mentioned somewhere else, the shorter your backswing stroke, the straighter you can hit a shot due to less cone deviation as a whole. So speaking for myself, given the above, that means swing plane and distance control will be unimportant, thus focusing attributes with Distance, Spin, and Tempo!
True touch in conjunction with turning off tempo will make mapping out clubs even quicker so that's a plus! From my experience just having rumble enabled, regardless if its buzzing or not has an adverse effect on input lag (all buttons and sticks)!!, therefore I wont be using it, ever. Tempo appears to be more challenging as it is. No need to make it even harder.
Remember that HB_Craig has said playing without setting intent/power bar was never how HB envisioned or intended users to play. In essence, setting intent in conjunction with the power bar "times" it so that your tempo will match and align for every shot. If you forgo the aforementioned then every partial you attempt to hit, at every single % will have it's own, unique tempo. Basically you'll have to learn 80 completely different shot ^.
So I say, 100%, YES!, use the power bar/intent, however, stay away from the rumble!! I don't see TGCTs using Legend on any tour. It's just not gonna happen. After you use my Master Plan to XP up I'd practice Master if you plan on playing in the top 3 tours, and Pro if you plan on playing in the CCs. That's my best guess anyways.
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