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Post by meunier33 on Jul 20, 2024 23:17:37 GMT -5
The greens on the Olympic Qualifying course are a farce and an insulting trap for players like the bunkers at the British Open in round one this week. A gimmick punitive design feature that most players have never seen before in their career should never be let into competition. I have played this game since the original TGC and have never seen these elevated water edge trap greens before and hope to never see them again. It is an unfair way to protect par that is not used in real life in the top 20 hardest USA courses other than possibly some holes at Oakland Hills. I played the default course and the pin positions in the tournament were moved way out to the green edge to purposely make it so there is no room to stop the ball.
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Post by Bear on Jul 21, 2024 0:48:54 GMT -5
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Post by blueblood1995 on Jul 21, 2024 1:06:08 GMT -5
insulting trap for players like the bunkers at the British Open in round one this week. I swore black and blue I'd not get drawn into one of your rubbish posts but... maaaaate... those bunkers have been around longer than you and I. It's the purest form of golf to be played on those fair links. It is the essence of the game we love and not the game of darts oft seen on the soils of the Leaders of the Free World. Sheesh !! |
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Post by meunier33 on Jul 21, 2024 1:19:50 GMT -5
insulting trap for players like the bunkers at the British Open in round one this week. I swore black and blue I'd not get drawn into one of your rubbish posts but... maaaaate... those bunkers have been around longer than you and I. It's the purest form of golf to be played on those fair links. It is the essence of the game we love and not the game of darts oft seen on the soils of the Leaders of the Free World. Sheesh !! Well they got reworked overnight before round two! |
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Post by b101 on Jul 21, 2024 3:34:35 GMT -5
I don’t even know where to start
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Post by greenlightning on Jul 21, 2024 7:28:34 GMT -5
insulting trap for players like the bunkers at the British Open in round one this week. I swore black and blue I'd not get drawn into one of your rubbish posts but... maaaaate... those bunkers have been around longer than you and I. It's the purest form of golf to be played on those fair links. It is the essence of the game we love and not the game of darts oft seen on the soils of the Leaders of the Free World. Sheesh !! Once free. |
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Post by Celtic Wolf on Jul 21, 2024 8:54:08 GMT -5
I've learnt a few things over the years playing on TGC Tours which helped give me a perspective over "unfair" courses. First thing is to check the leaderboard and see how everyone else is scoring, if they're scoring well and I'm not then it's a me problem not the course. Another thing is to keep in mind that we are all playing the same course with the same conditions,so if I don't do as well as expected then it's my playing is off and just chalk it up as a bad week.
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Post by Demonondalinks on Jul 21, 2024 9:07:19 GMT -5
Play smarter and don't be a sucker for a sucker pin.
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Post by twofor22 on Jul 22, 2024 15:14:38 GMT -5
I'm considering playing this event now just to see what nonsense he's whingeing about now 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by bubbadave on Jul 23, 2024 8:14:05 GMT -5
I rangered this course and shot a +7. There are a few greens that can be punitive for sure, but if you don't hero-ball the course you can score on it. I checked my notes and ended up shooting a -1 first round. The course is tough, but no way near as tough as one might think.
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Post by Art Vandelay on Jul 23, 2024 15:20:05 GMT -5
Considering the source of this thread....moving onward!
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Post by JosiaDB on Jul 24, 2024 7:11:50 GMT -5
I have no chance at making an Olympic team, but I decided to play the course just because of all the grief I'm seeing on it.
I'm a CC-J golfer, and I thought it was a good fun course and enjoyed it.
Challenging, but it wasn't near what the comments here and in game act like it is. And if we are all competing on the same course, who cares, it all comes down to the golfer's skill.
Keep Pounding!
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Post by woolmerc on Jul 28, 2024 7:13:39 GMT -5
I've played 2 seasons of TGC, and to me this felt like one of the tougher courses I've played on. Only played 2 rounds and got E and -3. I watched ApexHound's YouTube vid and he was killing it after 3 rounds and then shot 80 on the last.
I'm not sure if it was designed this way, but I thought 1 hole was very hard and then the next went to easy. Kinda like you could eagle one hole and then double bogey the next. Definitely some learnings for me here.
Nevertheless I went back to my friendly Elite comp and shot a -16 in the last round... go figure lol
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Post by donkeypuncherben on Jul 28, 2024 19:26:49 GMT -5
I personally would enjoy an independent weekly review by meunier33 of the platinum tour course and setup each week. It might just revive the discussion on the platinum forum and add some fun to our grindfests
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Post by Art Vandelay on Jul 28, 2024 19:38:23 GMT -5
I personally would enjoy an independent weekly review by meunier33 of the platinum tour course and setup each week. It might just revive the discussion on the platinum forum and add some fun to our grindfests You could just put this one on repeat. Just sayin. Onward! |
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