Pro Level Tours?

[GeneCreemers]

Hi all,

I'd like to join one of the TGC tours, but I'm not good enough for Master and definitely need my putt meter and swing meter. I usually play on Pro with a tweak or two in my settings and consider myself to be decent at the game. Any recommendations? Does TGC have a tour for that difficulty level?

Thanks in advance.

[sroel908]

Dec 19, 2022 11:52:38 GMT -5 GeneCreemers said:

Hi all,

I'd like to join one of the TGC tours, but I'm not good enough for Master and definitely need my putt meter and swing meter. I usually play on Pro with a tweak or two in my settings and consider myself to be decent at the game. Any recommendations? Does TGC have a tour for that difficulty level?

Thanks in advance.

All TGC Tour levels play on Master analog swing with no meters on.

The only alternative is to play on the 3-Click Tour, which (as the name implies) uses the 3-click swing type instead of analog. However, it still uses Master swing difficulty. It does allow the Distance Control Meter to remain on, though.

There are likely other societies out there that use Pro swing difficulty, and allow meters to remain on. However, none of those are available thru TGC Tours.

[GeneCreemers]

Dec 19, 2022 12:23:10 GMT -5 sroel908 said:

All TGC Tour levels play on Master analog swing with no meters on.

The only alternative is to play on the 3-Click Tour, which (as the name implies) uses the 3-click swing type instead of analog. However, it still uses Master swing difficulty. It does allow the Distance Control Meter to remain on, though.

There are likely other societies out there that use Pro swing difficulty, and allow meters to remain on. However, none of those are available thru TGC Tours.

Kind of what I figured, but thanks for the quick answer!

I can take regular swings without the meter, but I can't putt without the meter. I don't even understand how anyone does that.

[ErixonStone]

Dec 19, 2022 15:06:27 GMT -5 GeneCreemers said:

I can't putt without the meter. I don't even understand how anyone does that.

Basically, we use the putter swing animation as a distance meter. For instance, to make a 10-foot putt, you want to bring the putter back to the inside of the back foot. For a 20-footer, you want the swing to go back to the outside of the back foot.

It takes some getting used to, but many of us have been playing TGC / PGA2K games since before the advent of a putt-power meter. I know way back in TGC1 it took me about 20 rounds to get a feel for it.