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Post by yaters on Sept 23, 2015 12:38:11 GMT -5
Hey Yaters, yeah the patch hasn't been rolled out to Xbox yet so the winds are still we've become used to the last few weeks. Different wind conditions on PC and PS4 (more variable during the round but I'm not sure how much less they are). I think at this stage every system has had it's week or two where it's probably been unfair. It'd be great if HB could decide on a swing once and for all and focus some energy on the parts of the game that desperately need it, like the social/online playing aspect! Makes sense - thanks for the update. The variable winds sound intimidating if it around 10 or so! I read some other posts about chipping being different now too. Hopefully the new patch gets rolled out to Xbox soon because I'll need some time to practice!
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Post by nantez88 on Sept 23, 2015 14:08:30 GMT -5
This was a disappointing tournament for me. I played one practice round and found the course really setup well for me. I had fairly mild 5-10 mph wind and shot -11 in my practice round, so I went ahead and started the tournament (tour). Right off the bat things went sideways (often literally) when the wind was not just stronger (between 10-18 mph for all four rounds), but it seemed to always be different directions from round to round and I didn't adjust well enough. Regardless, the conditions should were calm enough that I shouldn't have had as much problems as I did. It was particularly frustrating that on the one of the longer par 4s on the back nine, that with the strong headwinds a perfect drive and 3 wood were still short of the green. Worst moment I've had playing on this tour was in the second round, on the third hole I believe. It's the par 4 with a large pond on the left. Out of no where, I snap hooked two consecutive tee shots right into the water. My third tee shot then went way right into the bunker, giving a nice 40%-60% lie. My shot out of the bunker was well short of the green and I couldn't get up and down... so I carded a 9. To be +4 after only three holes put me in a funk that I couldn't really get out of. I did manage to make it back to -2 for the round, but the damage was done. Third and fourth rounds were a bit better, and I believe I ended up -25 overall, but my goal was at least -30 at this course so I'm a bit frustrated by how it went. Oh well, no exemptions are on the line so I doesn't really matter I guess until the Championship where the Web cards are up for grabs. Hopefully these random hooks/slices will be gone by then. hi jordon sorry for beating you, it was me who shot -52. Great shooting though Jordon.I still don't think I have sone enough to win this week as Stephen Garrity seems to win every event he plays in.Left loads out there myself was a very easy course this week
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Post by nantez88 on Sept 23, 2015 14:10:46 GMT -5
Sorry hit the wrong qoute button ha using my phone its so awkward
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Post by superace33 on Sept 23, 2015 21:30:01 GMT -5
This was a disappointing tournament for me. I played one practice round and found the course really setup well for me. I had fairly mild 5-10 mph wind and shot -11 in my practice round, so I went ahead and started the tournament (tour). Right off the bat things went sideways (often literally) when the wind was not just stronger (between 10-18 mph for all four rounds), but it seemed to always be different directions from round to round and I didn't adjust well enough. Regardless, the conditions should were calm enough that I shouldn't have had as much problems as I did. It was particularly frustrating that on the one of the longer par 4s on the back nine, that with the strong headwinds a perfect drive and 3 wood were still short of the green. Worst moment I've had playing on this tour was in the second round, on the third hole I believe. It's the par 4 with a large pond on the left. Out of no where, I snap hooked two consecutive tee shots right into the water. My third tee shot then went way right into the bunker, giving a nice 40%-60% lie. My shot out of the bunker was well short of the green and I couldn't get up and down... so I carded a 9. To be +4 after only three holes put me in a funk that I couldn't really get out of. I did manage to make it back to -2 for the round, but the damage was done. Third and fourth rounds were a bit better, and I believe I ended up -25 overall, but my goal was at least -30 at this course so I'm a bit frustrated by how it went. Oh well, no exemptions are on the line so I doesn't really matter I guess until the Championship where the Web cards are up for grabs. Hopefully these random hooks/slices will be gone by then. hi jordon sorry for beating you, it was me who shot -52. Great shooting though Jordon.I still don't think I have sone enough to win this week as Stephen Garrity seems to win every event he plays in.Left loads out there myself was a very easy course this week Lol its all good. I haven't played well for a couple weeks so to be near the top feels pretty good. Focusing on next week's tournament now and personally that course does not fit my eye.
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Post by feng187 on Sept 24, 2015 2:16:25 GMT -5
[/quote] hi jordon sorry for beating you, it was me who shot -52. Great shooting though Jordon.I still don't think I have sone enough to win this week as Stephen Garrity seems to win every event he plays in.Left loads out there myself was a very easy course this week [/quote] I have heard it all now, you are sorry for beating people with your great score I think you should really be saying sorry to the guys in B as you have made their chances of getting an exemption slim with that -52. Seriously though great scoring from you and Jordan and anybody else that gets in the -40's and lower. It was an easy course but you still have to take your scoring chances.
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Post by dh-nufc on Sept 24, 2015 2:36:18 GMT -5
-29 under the next 3 rounds is definitely doable. If you place your shots on the right sides of the holes you can get a lot of really good straight in putts. Also I took a conservative strategy on the par 5s laying up most of the time and not trying to be a hero because it bit me in the ass a couple times! -10 per round is definitely a doable score on this course, especially if you're getting lower winds. I started doing the same on the par 5s this round as well, and found I actually scored better playing it safer on the par 5s... think that is because I'm not great at chipping yet and so often seem to get into that dreaded 15 yards out distance.
Well I got -10 on my second round so all way going to plan. Mucked up round 3 though, I think I was -7. I will need a -12 on the final round to get the last chance for exemption this season
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Post by nantez88 on Sept 24, 2015 6:29:00 GMT -5
hi jordon sorry for beating you, it was me who shot -52. Great shooting though Jordon.I still don't think I have sone enough to win this week as Stephen Garrity seems to win every event he plays in.Left loads out there myself was a very easy course this week [/quote] I have heard it all now, you are sorry for beating people with your great score I think you should really be saying sorry to the guys in B as you have made their chances of getting an exemption slim with that -52. Seriously though great scoring from you and Jordan and anybody else that gets in the -40's and lower. It was an easy course but you still have to take your scoring chances.[/quote] can't be saying sorry for that sure half that field has better scores than me each week haha
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Post by kopraj on Sept 24, 2015 8:11:38 GMT -5
I think those of us on exemption are more concerned with Curt Smith at the high end and the cutoff for top 70 at the low end. Looks like there's only 7 of us though. If Curt shoots a -50, then yeah, probably 4 of us on exemption will likely be hosed.
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Post by feng187 on Sept 24, 2015 9:41:28 GMT -5
I think those of us on exemption are more concerned with Curt Smith at the high end and the cutoff for top 70 at the low end. Looks like there's only 7 of us though. If Curt shoots a -50, then yeah, probably 4 of us on exemption will likely be hosed. Sorry man I wasn't too clear with my post, I was referring to the guys in CC-B that are hoping to get an exemption by staying within 15 shots of the CC-A leader not the guys up on A this week trying to stay. The guy leading is my brother and we play together along with another guy on CC-B that is going to miss out on an exemption over his low score so was just having a bit of fun about it
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Post by mnguy12000 on Sept 24, 2015 10:01:41 GMT -5
Ok I am going to rant here. I feel Q school needs a change. This tour I believe is geared towards people who average like 65 to 63 for the A rank, and so on down the line. When I look at the main players that seems to be the average score.
Players being dumped into this tour after Q school is usually because they completely under estimate the difficulty of the courses in Q school and basically mail it in.
I think that most can agree that Q school was very very hard and that if you had no experience playing those courses it is easy to really blow up then mail it in. It is just getting a little dishearting to see week after week players shooting -35 to -40. In the last 3 weeks alone to even finish in the top ten had to shoot 60 or lower a couple times.
Again great scores but I feel they should have been placed in Web, not CC. A ramped Q school with 3 levels of difficulty would better place those coming into the tours and hopefully limit what we have been seeing here.
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Post by feng187 on Sept 24, 2015 10:25:15 GMT -5
Ok I am going to rant here. I feel Q school needs a change. This tour I believe is geared towards people who average like 65 to 63 for the A rank, and so on down the line. When I look at the main players that seems to be the average score. Players being dumped into this tour after Q school is usually because they completely under estimate the difficulty of the courses in Q school and basically mail it in. I think that most can agree that Q school was very very hard and that if you had no experience playing those courses it is easy to really blow up then mail it in. It is just getting a little dishearting to see week after week players shooting -35 to -40. In the last 3 weeks alone to even finish in the top ten had to shoot 60 or lower a couple times. Again great scores but I feel they should have been placed in Web, not CC. A ramped Q school with 3 levels of difficulty would better place those coming into the tours and hopefully limit what we have been seeing here. I totally agree with you I jumped right in to q school and played through it with no practice on the courses. I finished +1 and just made it into A at the time, they have changed it since and that score now would have me in Web. I am only starting to score consistent low rounds now but am still well behind the leaders on most of the flights each week. It doesn't help that the top players are all still hanging around in A as they can't take their exemptions to web over the playoffs, that and the top players getting promoted from B have made the field very strong now and its hard to get a look in near the top end of the leaderboard.
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Post by kopraj on Sept 24, 2015 10:56:43 GMT -5
I think those of us on exemption are more concerned with Curt Smith at the high end and the cutoff for top 70 at the low end. Looks like there's only 7 of us though. If Curt shoots a -50, then yeah, probably 4 of us on exemption will likely be hosed. Sorry man I wasn't too clear with my post, I was referring to the guys in CC-B that are hoping to get an exemption by staying within 15 shots of the CC-A leader not the guys up on A this week trying to stay. The guy leading is my brother and we play together along with another guy on CC-B that is going to miss out on an exemption over his low score so was just having a bit of fun about it Oh, no, it makes total sense now. I'm dumb, sorry. But yeah, if Curt Smith can tone it down just a little, that'd make the rest of us exemption guys happy.
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Post by dorksirjur on Sept 24, 2015 11:21:39 GMT -5
Ok I am going to rant here. I feel Q school needs a change. This tour I believe is geared towards people who average like 65 to 63 for the A rank, and so on down the line. When I look at the main players that seems to be the average score. Players being dumped into this tour after Q school is usually because they completely under estimate the difficulty of the courses in Q school and basically mail it in. I think that most can agree that Q school was very very hard and that if you had no experience playing those courses it is easy to really blow up then mail it in. It is just getting a little dishearting to see week after week players shooting -35 to -40. In the last 3 weeks alone to even finish in the top ten had to shoot 60 or lower a couple times. Again great scores but I feel they should have been placed in Web, not CC. A ramped Q school with 3 levels of difficulty would better place those coming into the tours and hopefully limit what we have been seeing here. I totally agree with you I jumped right in to q school and played through it with no practice on the courses. I finished +1 and just made it into A at the time, they have changed it since and that score now would have me in Web. I finished even par when I did Q-School last week but got put into CC-A, is that due to it being near the end of the season? A/B is my level so I'm fine with it, just wondering.
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Post by feng187 on Sept 24, 2015 11:43:20 GMT -5
I think the score is now -9 to +5 now for a spot on web so your even par in Q school should have got you there. Maybe it has something to do with it being the end of season as you said and that is why you are in A not sure though.
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Post by nantez88 on Sept 24, 2015 13:21:55 GMT -5
Hopefully the lads will sort it all out feng at the end so the playing fields are fair, I'd personally like them to average all current tour players scoring from when they joined and categorize them into seperate tours based on their ability. I'd also like to see all new people coming in off q-school be put into a seperate tour for a couple of events to work out what level they're at because like many are saying on this forum some people rushed q-school or had a couple of bad holes or rounds and lost the head and casually played the remainder of their rounds without caring, which leaves us with the problem we are seeing now I'm assuming. Ps I'm not having a go at the creators they have done a great job setting up Tgc tours and it makes a great game even better so well done :-)
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