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Post by moneyman273 on Nov 14, 2022 11:19:40 GMT -5
Hit em hard, hit em well, score low!
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Post by Bogey Bonocore on Nov 14, 2022 12:00:00 GMT -5
I havenāt played a golf video game in over a decade, this game is hard as hell, and my swing is progressively getting worse. So Iām just stoked to be in any flight, but I can already tell K is where the party is at! It might be kind of fun to do some competitive practice rounds together this season. I havenāt played any of the online matchmaking, but I think it could be possible. Can you set up private events and invite people? Either way, happy to be here and hopefully I can survive in K for a while! Havenāt started my rounds yet but my practice round was a mess, so I got to get my ugly swing dialed in before I tee off š¤£
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Post by deuce on Nov 14, 2022 20:22:23 GMT -5
My first golf game in some years but enjoying it even with some of the shortcomings it has. Hopefully those get ironed out over time. Looking forward to the tour. Good luck all! š¤š¤
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Post by Bogey Bonocore on Nov 18, 2022 13:33:05 GMT -5
We got a quiet crew here in K! How did everyone play this week? We got some players who are going to be fast-tracking out of here with some impressive scores. Looking through the CC scoreboards this week, it's obvious that, as Doyley stated, it's going to take a couple weeks for everyone to naturally find their true competitive flights. My second round was a complete disaster. Shot -1 on my first round, but then I had some major frame rate issues that made it feel like I was swinging through mud, and that caused me to not be able to get anything but a slow/very slow tempo on round 2, so I rage shot an impressive +7 and not only missed the cut, but got a demotion mark in the process! Definitely a bummer, but a good lesson learned. Quit and restart after every round, and if something feels off, just quit and don't try to play through it. Hoping to eliminate that demotion mark this week at Pacifica. I have had a couple good practice rounds, including a -5 last night (should have been -8, but had some bunker issues and triple bogeyed a par 3). My swing is feeling much cleaner, so I think I am getting better. Also, I took karacakes advice on the partial pitches and splash shots, and it has helped a ton.
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Post by deuce on Nov 19, 2022 12:23:16 GMT -5
Yea either there was some sand bagging going on in qualifying or some guys/gals took some huge leaps. š¤£
Either way I need to improve. Had a tough 2nd round also. Started with a quad bogey on 1 and that just set the tone for the round. I only shot 1 over the rest of the round but it felt much worse. Played out the 3rd and 4th rounds for fun and felt like I hit the ball decent but just couldn't take advantage of the scoring opportunities I had.
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Post by Bogey Bonocore on Nov 19, 2022 14:29:27 GMT -5
Yea either there was some sand bagging going on in qualifying or some guys/gals took some huge leaps. š¤£ Either way I need to improve. Had a tough 2nd round also. Started with a quad bogey on 1 and that just set the tone for the round. I only shot 1 over the rest of the round but it felt much worse. Played out the 3rd and 4th rounds for fun and felt like I hit the ball decent but just couldn't take advantage of the scoring opportunities I had. Bummer man! Did you get any demotion marks? What did you finish at? And yeah, Iām looking forward to week 5 when the field is a little more settled and even. Provided Iām not back in the Qualifier in week 5 š
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Post by deuce on Nov 19, 2022 14:52:57 GMT -5
Yea either there was some sand bagging going on in qualifying or some guys/gals took some huge leaps. š¤£ Either way I need to improve. Had a tough 2nd round also. Started with a quad bogey on 1 and that just set the tone for the round. I only shot 1 over the rest of the round but it felt much worse. Played out the 3rd and 4th rounds for fun and felt like I hit the ball decent but just couldn't take advantage of the scoring opportunities I had. Bummer man! Did you get any demotion marks? What did you finish at? And yeah, Iām looking forward to week 5 when the field is a little more settled and even. Provided Iām not back in the Qualifier in week 5 š Ended up +11 over the 4 rounds. Yea got a demotion mark. Hopefully I can bounce back this week and improve my putting. My swing has gotten much more consistent over the last few days after seeing a post in a thread here. I don't remember who it was but they said something like, back, pause, forward and that clicked with me and has really helped my tempo. Just have to sink some putts now.
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Post by Bogey Bonocore on Nov 19, 2022 15:31:15 GMT -5
Bummer man! Did you get any demotion marks? What did you finish at? And yeah, Iām looking forward to week 5 when the field is a little more settled and even. Provided Iām not back in the Qualifier in week 5 š Ended up +11 over the 4 rounds. Yea got a demotion mark. Hopefully I can bounce back this week and improve my putting. My swing has gotten much more consistent over the last few days after seeing a post in a thread here. I don't remember who it was but they said something like, back, pause, forward and that clicked with me and has really helped my tempo. Just have to sink some putts now. Check out Gamer Abilityās putting tutorial if you havenāt yet. Applying numbers to the grid lines helps a lot. My ānumbersā are different than his, but once I figured out my read via numbers + my stick click over number, Iām putting pretty well these days.
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Post by deuce on Nov 20, 2022 16:54:26 GMT -5
Ended up +11 over the 4 rounds. Yea got a demotion mark. Hopefully I can bounce back this week and improve my putting. My swing has gotten much more consistent over the last few days after seeing a post in a thread here. I don't remember who it was but they said something like, back, pause, forward and that clicked with me and has really helped my tempo. Just have to sink some putts now. Check out Gamer Abilityās putting tutorial if you havenāt yet. Applying numbers to the grid lines helps a lot. My ānumbersā are different than his, but once I figured out my read via numbers + my stick click over number, Iām putting pretty well these days. Good shout on karacakes and gamer ability, lots of good info. Hopefully I can put it to good use. š¤š¤
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Post by deuce on Nov 28, 2022 10:21:45 GMT -5
Another tough few rounds on Al Barsha Sands and another missed cut I'm sure. 8 over through first 2 rounds then 3 under in round 3 where conditions were much tougher wind wise. lol Just no consistency with the approach shots. Good blue line and poor tempo or good tempo and terrible blue line. What works one day on the controller doesn't work the next. Frustrating game to play at the moment.
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Post by Bogey Bonocore on Nov 30, 2022 12:16:57 GMT -5
Another tough few rounds on Al Barsha Sands and another missed cut I'm sure. 8 over through first 2 rounds then 3 under in round 3 where conditions were much tougher wind wise. lol Just no consistency with the approach shots. Good blue line and poor tempo or good tempo and terrible blue line. What works one day on the controller doesn't work the next. Frustrating game to play at the moment. Man, that's a bummer to hear. I am always in the same position. When it doesn't count, I shoot great. When it counts, I am all over the place. Luckily the cut lines are creeping up now that the flights are a little more balanced, so start practicing next week's course and get ready to eliminate those demo marks! I really like next week's course. Took a quick spin on it. I don't really like this week's course. Not a fan of city courses in general, and I feel this one just tried too hard to put buildings everywhere and most of them are pretty ugly buildings to boot.
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Post by Bogey Bonocore on Nov 30, 2022 21:08:08 GMT -5
Finally made a cut...barely...hopefully. Had some dog drama but got my rounds in this afternoon. Just like the Chubbs Peterson, the front 9 of round 1 brought jitters and lack of focus, resulting in +4 after 9. I thought all was lost, so I guess I started to loosen up a bit. Shot a -1 on the back nine of round 1 to keep the hope alive. Kept the sub-par train rolling with a -1 on the front nine of round two, but then had a putting implosion on the back nine. Not only did I have a three putt, but also a FOUR putt on the par 3 14th hole.
Even with the putting break down, I still managed to only go +1 on the back nine of round 2, so my final line was Round 1 +3, Round 2 Even, for a hopefully cut breaking +3 going into the weekend. Not going to lie, I knew I had to get a birdie on the last hole to have a +3 to make the cut and was screaming when my second shot on the par 5 18th landed about 25-30 feet from the hole. I knew I should easily get a birdie, but left myself a tricky little 4 footer, but I nailed it.
All in all, pretty happy to finally make a cut and get to play some weekend golf while also getting rid of my demotion mark. Knowing that I am 21 strokes off the lead, and 12 strokes out of the top 10, it will be nice to play these two rounds with no stress for once.
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Post by Blade on Nov 30, 2022 21:20:21 GMT -5
You can come down to L - +5 is the line this week. Ha ha
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Post by Bogey Bonocore on Nov 30, 2022 21:56:37 GMT -5
You can come down to L - +5 is the line this week. Ha ha Haha luckily I don't need to! I am making the cut in K baby! Moving on up in the world. Haha. Stoked for you though Blade. tied for 12th! Get that top 10!
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Post by Blade on Nov 30, 2022 22:07:13 GMT -5
You can come down to L - +5 is the line this week. Ha ha Haha luckily I don't need to! I am making the cut in K baby! Moving on up in the world. Haha. Stoked for you though Blade . tied for 12th! Get that top 10! Thanks! Excited to make my first cut. Sadly a +2 on R3. I have not yet shot R4, but the wind looks to be less, so I am hopeful.
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