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Post by mousepotato on Oct 19, 2020 6:16:03 GMT -5
-3 round one (after being -4 after 6). Much better -9 in round 2 that should see me through! Good luck those still to play.
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Post by Riotous on Oct 19, 2020 7:12:51 GMT -5
Best set of Par 5’s in the game?
-6 Rd1 played well -1 Rd2. Was -5 with 5 to go and got over confident.
Utter Berk. Cut line will be -8/-9
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Post by cephyn on Oct 19, 2020 10:08:44 GMT -5
Only managed -1 after 2 rounds so....probably double demos and likely my stint in Elite ends soon. Could not find the fairways, only hit about 45% of them. Some really frustrating putting too, as usual, and it's very clear I'm not an Elite level player.
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Post by ddixjr509 on Oct 19, 2020 10:40:53 GMT -5
Utter Berk. Cut line will be -8/-9 I agree that -8 should be on the good side of the cut line. Looking forward to this, I usually place better in difficult conditions- as opposed to darts and putts Tourneys. #thingsconfidentplayerssayonmonday ETA-I wonder if the schedulers give any thoughts when they set conditions as to how it would play to different club setups. For example last week's Platinum event had one rd- vh winds, vf/vf, with pins in tucked locations- such that if you were using more forgiving clubs you could never hold the greens from >180y. Club setups with longer/ less forgiving clubs probably had a bit of an advantage to hold those greens. I'm wondering if I need to come up with a longer club set for super difficult conditions.
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Post by Dabrian on Oct 19, 2020 10:58:53 GMT -5
-9 thru 36H's, enough to make cut?? Thoughts anyone? Drove the ball horrendously, even asked if there were any fairways on the course Had 5 Bogey's in those 36H's, 4 in rd 1 Oh well wait and see time for me Easily.
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Post by smytty66 on Oct 19, 2020 11:04:47 GMT -5
Utter Berk. Cut line will be -8/-9 I agree that -8 should be on the good side of the cut line. Looking forward to this, I usually place better in difficult conditions- as opposed to darts and putts Tourneys. #thingsconfidentplayerssayonmonday ETA-I wonder if the schedulers give any thoughts when they set conditions as to how it would play to different club setups. For example last week's Platinum event had one rd- vh winds, vf/vf, with pins in tucked locations- such that if you were using more forgiving clubs you could never hold the greens from >180y. Club setups with longer/ less forgiving clubs probably had a bit of an advantage to hold those greens. I'm wondering if I need to come up with a longer club set for super difficult conditions. It's a really interesting question, and why I played a lot when I first got the game to get a set of woods, irons, and wedges that I think offer equal amounts of length and control. I'm a big fan of the Wilson offerings over Callaway and TaylorMade (in this game, anyway).
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Post by ddixjr509 on Oct 19, 2020 11:22:32 GMT -5
I agree that -8 should be on the good side of the cut line. Looking forward to this, I usually place better in difficult conditions- as opposed to darts and putts Tourneys. #thingsconfidentplayerssayonmonday ETA-I wonder if the schedulers give any thoughts when they set conditions as to how it would play to different club setups. For example last week's Platinum event had one rd- vh winds, vf/vf, with pins in tucked locations- such that if you were using more forgiving clubs you could never hold the greens from >180y. Club setups with longer/ less forgiving clubs probably had a bit of an advantage to hold those greens. I'm wondering if I need to come up with a longer club set for super difficult conditions. It's a really interesting question, and why I played a lot when I first got the game to get a set of woods, irons, and wedges that I think offer equal amounts of length and control. I'm a big fan of the Wilson offerings over Callaway and TaylorMade (in this game, anyway). yeah, I could envision a scenario where the Tours, if they're really trying to weed out the best players- start picking courses and conditions that give an advantage to the players that pick the longer and difficult to to control club set. I just had a realization last week that I'm screwed with my shorter/ forgiving club set in long tough conditions. Right now my bag is set up to prevent gaps in distances with particular focus on the scoring clubs- but I need to start practicing with the difficult clubs to see if I can make them work.
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Post by CoinHen77 on Oct 19, 2020 11:35:05 GMT -5
It's a really interesting question, and why I played a lot when I first got the game to get a set of woods, irons, and wedges that I think offer equal amounts of length and control. I'm a big fan of the Wilson offerings over Callaway and TaylorMade (in this game, anyway). yeah, I could envision a scenario where the Tours, if they're really trying to weed out the best players- start picking courses and conditions that give an advantage to the players that pick the longer and difficult to to control club set. I just had a realization last week that I'm screwed with my shorter/ forgiving club set in long tough conditions. Right now my bag is set up to prevent gaps in distances with particular focus on the scoring clubs- but I need to start practicing with the difficult clubs to see if I can make them work. I'm not gonna go full OG PGA thread in here right now, but this is the problem with allowing the "very fast" swing strategy. You'd think that amping up the conditions and forcing people to go with longer, less forgiving clubs would create more of a challenge. But when you have people playing very fast swings, the forgiveness metric means jack, cause they're already playing the ball 30 yards right counting on the hook. I assume, as a scheduler, you're left with a lose lose proposition of hurting the shorter club set guys no matter which way you play the conditions. Less punishing conditions and the top guys have a flop into the hole, and more challenging they've got a 9 iron, while the shorter, more forgiving club players have no shot at competing. Just for the record, I play the longer, less forgiving clubs but, as stated previously, try to hit it perfect on each swing.
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Post by toddfather on Oct 19, 2020 12:32:57 GMT -5
It's a really interesting question, and why I played a lot when I first got the game to get a set of woods, irons, and wedges that I think offer equal amounts of length and control. I'm a big fan of the Wilson offerings over Callaway and TaylorMade (in this game, anyway). yeah, I could envision a scenario where the Tours, if they're really trying to weed out the best players- start picking courses and conditions that give an advantage to the players that pick the longer and difficult to to control club set. I just had a realization last week that I'm screwed with my shorter/ forgiving club set in long tough conditions. Right now my bag is set up to prevent gaps in distances with particular focus on the scoring clubs- but I need to start practicing with the difficult clubs to see if I can make them work. Respectful, I think your overthinking it a little bit. Wes and I are simply trying to put fun, challenging courses on tour that make this place an enjoyable place to be. That’s it. We would never try and “force” anyone out for any reason. We are, however, are always trying to gauge where the membership is skill-wise. The game is still pretty new and we are only on our third course this season. Trying to just make everyone squeal on a weekly basis isn’t fun for anyone. So bear with us, and know that we are listening...
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Post by ddixjr509 on Oct 19, 2020 12:43:24 GMT -5
yeah, I could envision a scenario where the Tours, if they're really trying to weed out the best players- start picking courses and conditions that give an advantage to the players that pick the longer and difficult to to control club set. I just had a realization last week that I'm screwed with my shorter/ forgiving club set in long tough conditions. Right now my bag is set up to prevent gaps in distances with particular focus on the scoring clubs- but I need to start practicing with the difficult clubs to see if I can make them work. Respectful, I think your overthinking it a little bit. Wes and I are simply trying to put fun, challenging courses on tour that make this place an enjoyable place to be. We would never try and “force” anyone out for any reason. We are, however, are always trying to gauge where the membership is skill-wise. The game is still pretty new and we are only on our third course this season. Trying to just make everyone squeal on a weekly basis isn’t fun for anyone. So bear with us, and know that we are listening... for sure and to be clear, this was more of an assessment on our own game play and wondering about club sets going forward than complaining about Courses and conditions (else I would've posted this in the Platinum thread ). The new set up in club choices adds another variable to the equation and I think it's interesting from the player's perspective how we want or need to set up our golf bags as we move up the Tours.
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Post by toddfather on Oct 19, 2020 12:47:39 GMT -5
Respectful, I think your overthinking it a little bit. Wes and I are simply trying to put fun, challenging courses on tour that make this place an enjoyable place to be. We would never try and “force” anyone out for any reason. We are, however, are always trying to gauge where the membership is skill-wise. The game is still pretty new and we are only on our third course this season. Trying to just make everyone squeal on a weekly basis isn’t fun for anyone. So bear with us, and know that we are listening... for sure and to be clear, this was more of an assessment on our own game play and wondering about club sets going forward than complaining about Courses and conditions (else I would've posted this in the Platinum thread ). The new set up in club choices adds another variable to the equation and I think it's interesting from the player's perspective how we want or need to set up our golf bags as we move up the Tours. Understand completely. I struggle with the same thing. I just don’t have the time to change my clubs base on what course is being played from week to week. I just filled my gaps and let it be. They are probably not as forgiving as I need at this point in time, but it is what it is.
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Post by smytty66 on Oct 19, 2020 16:05:13 GMT -5
Opened -7. Crucial given the relatively mild conditions. The closing four holes are a definite test (three pars and my only bogey in that stretch). A good tournament and course have these types of holes that separate the winner from everyone else. Good stuff.
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Post by CoinHen77 on Oct 19, 2020 16:38:45 GMT -5
-11 total at the cut.
Clean sheet -6 in the first round with some missed opportunities along with some lucky scrambling for par. -5 second round was the total opposite of the first with 3 bogeys, 8 birdies including a chip in and a burned edge on the par 5 17th for eagle.
Absolutely love the course and can't wait for it to kick my ass with the conditions ramped up in the 3rd. Keep up the good work Darryl and Wes! You'll never be able to please everyone, but your strategy of just trying to find fun/challenging tracks is working, as I've really enjoyed the course selections thus far.
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Post by smytty66 on Oct 19, 2020 17:39:11 GMT -5
Finished -24. Any chance I had to compete was nullified by an even-par back nine in the final round on the way to a 68.
Best golf I’ve played in the game, however, came in the third round featuring a brutal wind. I chipped in four times on the way to a bogey-free 64.
Good luck to all still on the course.
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Post by cjb2 on Oct 19, 2020 21:09:47 GMT -5
Well I won’t be around for the weekend at -5 under. I was three under through the first two holes in round one and get excited but Avery Fields kicked my you know what. Great challenge of a course but I’m glad it’s in the rear view for this season. Good luck to everyone yet to play
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