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Post by boffo on Mar 26, 2023 9:17:32 GMT -5
Since wagtunes is back I offered to play Q-school with him so we have familiar faces to keep ourselves motivated. I haven’t played competitively since the TGC2 days. Back in TGC I did make it as high as the Web(now Kinetic) level. Since then I’ve continued to ranger occasionally but using my own, non-TGCTours difficulty settings. Only have about 8-10 hours of playtime in 2K23, so it’s safe to say I’m coming into this cold.
While I did specifically mention myself and wags in the title if anyone else wants to discuss their own Q-school rounds in here, you’re more than welcome to join in.
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Post by boffo on Mar 26, 2023 9:24:09 GMT -5
First attempt is week 21 at Port Fisherton.
Finished my first round. Three straight pars to open up the round, which at this point a par still feels good enough. Double bogey on 4 felt more like what I should expect. Par, bogey, par, birdie, bogey to close out a +3 front nine. I’ll take it. Three more bogeys and a birdie on the back nine left me at +5 for the day. Aside from that double bogey I’m not too disappointed with that.
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Post by waggy on Mar 26, 2023 11:00:21 GMT -5
First attempt is week 21 at Port Fisherton. Finished my first round. Three straight pars to open up the round, which at this point a par still feels good enough. Double bogey on 4 felt more like what I should expect. Par, bogey, par, birdie, bogey to close out a +3 front nine. I’ll take it. Three more bogeys and a birdie on the back nine left me at +5 for the day. Aside from that double bogey I’m not too disappointed with that. Hey John, I'm impressed. I won't come anywhere near that. I am still basically shooting 88-92 for a round on an average course.
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Post by boffo on Mar 26, 2023 12:02:33 GMT -5
I played the first three holes of round 2 as well before quitting and went par, bogey, triple bogey so don't get too impressed yet.
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Post by TimB on Mar 26, 2023 12:19:46 GMT -5
Hey Wags. If you haven't played yet and are playing/practicing today. I have a two rounder on Fisherton or whatever it's called that has 6 hours left to go before it expires then there is a 4 rounder for next weeks course Lone Grove. Your still on pc I presume? PC Society nameSoylent Greenssetup using weather report. Beware, round 2 is 186 greens so they may be a bit much You are more than welcome to join, play leave, come back again. If you don't finish the event, I don't care. It's all just for fun practice and sh%$ Oh and hi, welcome to the forum. This below is next weeks that starts tonight when Fisherton expires. All are settings using info from the weather report.
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Post by waggy on Mar 26, 2023 16:16:47 GMT -5
Okay, shot 87 my first round. My normal range is 88-92 so I'm pleased with my score. I think as I accumulate fittings I'll start to improve. Biggest problem is tempo. Best part of game believe it or not is putting. Remember the tricks I learned from TGC 1 and 2 and they still work to some degree. I have a ton of replays with 20 and 30 foot putts made. If I could get to the green in regulation, I might have a shot. LOL
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Post by waggy on Mar 26, 2023 16:18:05 GMT -5
Hey Wags. If you haven't played yet and are playing/practicing today. I have a two rounder on Fisherton or whatever it's called that has 6 hours left to go before it expires then there is a 4 rounder for next weeks course Lone Grove. Your still on pc I presume? PC Society nameSoylent Greenssetup using weather report. Beware, round 2 is 186 greens so they may be a bit much You are more than welcome to join, play leave, come back again. If you don't finish the event, I don't care. It's all just for fun practice and sh%$ Oh and hi, welcome to the forum. This below is next weeks that starts tonight when Fisherton expires. All are settings using info from the weather report. Hey Tim, not sure I can get to this this week. Maybe next week's event. Thanks for the welcome back.
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Post by boffo on Mar 26, 2023 18:31:32 GMT -5
My tempo is fairly consistent with fast. A couple perfects and a few slows but otherwise it was all fast. At least if I stay consistent it’s easier to compensate my tee shots for that. GIR is an issue for me as well as I need to get a better feel for all the clubs on approach shots.
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Post by waggy on Mar 26, 2023 21:41:55 GMT -5
Round 2, 89. Greens were brutal. Tap the ball and it goes 60 feet. Ridiculous. What I'm more annoyed about is that after the round I got another worthless ball pack. That's 2 in a row. Haven't gotten a decent fitting in ages. Oh well. Two more rounds to go.
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Post by waggy on Mar 27, 2023 9:10:52 GMT -5
Round 3, 88. Well, at least I'm consistent.
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Post by waggy on Mar 27, 2023 10:24:23 GMT -5
Round 4, 77. Probably the best round I've ever shot playing this game. Improvement is definitely possible. Looking forward to doing Q School again next week.
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Post by boffo on Mar 27, 2023 13:47:48 GMT -5
Round 2 was all about some horrible putting on par 3’s. Hole 3, on in two. First putt went off the green. Bad chip. Two more putts to go in for a triple bogey. Hole 6. On in one followed by a three putt bogey. Hole 11. On in one followed by a 5 putt triple bogey. Those three holes easily killed the round and only one birdie left me with an 82(+11). Obviously if I cleaned up the putting I could have had that an easy 6 or 7 strokes better.
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Post by waggy on Mar 27, 2023 14:54:33 GMT -5
Round 2 was all about some horrible putting on par 3’s. Hole 3, on in two. First putt went off the green. Bad chip. Two more putts to go in for a triple bogey. Hole 6. On in one followed by a three putt bogey. Hole 11. On in one followed by a 5 putt triple bogey. Those three holes easily killed the round and only one birdie left me with an 82(+11). Obviously if I cleaned up the putting I could have had that an easy 6 or 7 strokes better. Round 2 putting was very difficult. Greens were super fast.
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Post by Oscar C on Mar 27, 2023 20:45:59 GMT -5
Reckon I’ve tried 8 weeks straight and simply throw the controller away each week. For me it’s simply not fun at all. Todays attempt I reckon I couldn’t push forward slower if I tried - VERY FAST.
Rubbish game and the EA version can’t come quick enough.
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Post by boffo on Mar 28, 2023 15:32:08 GMT -5
Pretty ugly third round 86(+15). I’m getting worse before I get better. After two or three very fasts in the first two rounds combined I think the majority of my tee shots were very fast this round. Very annoying and hard to compensate for. Finally remembered to turn off the swing vibration. Sort of helpful with putting but I much prefer taking the time to get my timing back on my own.
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