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Post by blackaces13 on Oct 16, 2015 0:08:51 GMT -5
There are some slopes, particularly downhill on severely sloped and fast greens, where the conventional putting formula breaks down. They are few and far between, and fairly easy to recognize once you've seen a few of them.
Math is still the backbone of this game. A good player should be making specific calculations on virtually every swing. Anyone who eschews the mathematical, formulaic approach to this game will never be elite.
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Post by mrooola on Oct 30, 2015 4:39:18 GMT -5
Haven't seen this thread before. Been steadily improving my game I feel and looking at a 30ish finish in CC-B tour this week dispite a poor start.
Maybe with this help I can solidify myself as a top half player in CC-B.
So... All I need to do is translate this in to metric...
Anyone who has already done this? Anything that might complicate things in terms of windspeed etc?
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Post by belgarath on Oct 30, 2015 6:01:15 GMT -5
Well, you could also change the settings from metric to anglo-american...  |
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Post by mrooola on Oct 31, 2015 7:36:16 GMT -5
Well, you could also change the settings from metric to anglo-american... Nah. That would not feel right. Imperial measurement is just weird |
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Post by t2theb2 on Nov 5, 2015 8:09:20 GMT -5
There are some slopes, particularly downhill on severely sloped and fast greens, where the conventional putting formula breaks down. They are few and far between, and fairly easy to recognize once you've seen a few of them. Math is still the backbone of this game. A good player should be making specific calculations on virtually every swing. Anyone who eschews the mathematical, formulaic approach to this game will never be elite. I would have to disagree to that mate. But i do think it helps consistancy. I got to number 10 about half way through last year without using maths and won twice. Yet now i use maths on pretty much every shot i have not won since but do not have as many bad comps as i used to. |
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Post by BillySastard976 on Dec 8, 2015 2:21:01 GMT -5
I just put my driving on Hardest setting. I am terrible. I hit 3 fairways. Back to normal. Never been the guy that needs long drives. A hole here and there it definitely can help. I prefer to hit approach shots and putt. Will con2to play around with it but wow, its sensitive. Don't change it off normal. You gain an extra 18 yards which lets be honest is going to cost you more shots through missed fairways than it will gain you I can't agree. I play on hardest setting too,which definitely magnifies slight inaccuracies but is more realistic - nobody drives perfectly every time in RL. 'Normal' is very easy,too easy. It's very difficult not to hit straight. 'Hard' isn't hard either. It might as well be - aim with the camera,pick your spot and hit the x button on 'normal' settings. No fun. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2015 3:42:56 GMT -5
Don't change it off normal. You gain an extra 18 yards which lets be honest is going to cost you more shots through missed fairways than it will gain you I can't agree. I play on hardest setting too,which definitely magnifies slight inaccuracies but is more realistic - nobody drives perfectly every time in RL. 'Normal' is very easy,too easy. It's very difficult not to hit straight. 'Hard' isn't hard either. It might as well be - aim with the camera,pick your spot and hit the x button on 'normal' settings. No fun. All the 'Hard' Mode is is the Driver in a lofted state 1 or two boxes, which narrows the cone. Not sure what the hard mode does for other clubs. It is useless, IMO. |
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Post by BillySastard976 on Dec 8, 2015 3:53:12 GMT -5
It adds distance and makes driving more of a challenge. I'm not aware it does anything at all for other clubs.I don't think so.
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Post by roblandon on Feb 1, 2016 19:09:23 GMT -5
I normally go up one to two boxes is it worth th extra distance? Sometimes yeah as it could mean you getting over water or a bunker where others can't and gaining an extra 30 to 40 yds not always tho especially if your bloody thumb slips lol.
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Post by wheelman81 on Feb 5, 2016 17:33:17 GMT -5
I dont know about all u cheats using your hands i use chin
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Post by Blazinghayze on Jun 29, 2016 8:15:52 GMT -5
This gets them on the right path. It is by no means an exact science and I'm always tweaking things to get more accurate in my own game. While I've tried to simplify it as much as possible I'm sure that most of the top tier players take what I've got here and fine tune it to the nth degree. Plus you still have to be able to putt |
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Post by dustin on Jul 5, 2016 22:41:47 GMT -5
I feel I am getting the hang pretty well, however, I am having one issue I can't seem to solve.
On an approach shot or a par 3, the "ghosts" ball I am playing with, their ball seems to stick much better than mine. I have the distance down, but no matter if I use higher club with more loft in the shot setup, my ball never sticks like the "ghosts" and rolls far, which in turn is hurting my score.
My question is how in the world can make the ball "stick"? More loft is what I have been trying but without success.
Can anyone give some pointers on these shots?
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Post by boomboom on Jul 6, 2016 6:30:09 GMT -5
I feel I am getting the hang pretty well, however, I am having one issue I can't seem to solve. On an approach shot or a par 3, the "ghosts" ball I am playing with, their ball seems to stick much better than mine. I have the distance down, but no matter if I use higher club with more loft in the shot setup, my ball never sticks like the "ghosts" and rolls far, which in turn is hurting my score. My question is how in the world can make the ball "stick"? More loft is what I have been trying but without success. Can anyone give some pointers on these shots? Highlights exactly what I have been trying to say for a while. If you plan on relying on ghosts you are destined to fail. They lie, what you are seeing is often not at all what actually happened and sometimes exactly what happened. So trying to repeat that shot all you usually end up muttering is How TF did that just happen. You cannot tell if the ghost is accurate or not. With that said, ghosts can be handy to give you some idea, but you should determine and adjust your shot decision from there. Just ignore all the tin foil hubbub regarding ghosts and how using them is cheating, it just gives the wrong impression that they actually help, and is hurting more people than helping. The ghosts are there for atmosphere, pretty much all they are good for. Any suggestion otherwise is called deflection and an attempt to get more people to rely on them and get rid of further competition I suspect. People are pretty competitive around here and will do all kinds of silly stuff and call it other silly stuff. You will be far better off to learn to play without their use as an aid, trust me on that one. |
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Post by dustin on Jul 6, 2016 16:22:56 GMT -5
Thx for the reply boom boom, I wasn't using the ghosts to try and help, just wondered why it seems my ball hits close to pin or with what I considered decent room for roll, but I always roll way past the pin no matter if I leave 10 yards for roll, seems no matter what I do, my approach just will not, refuses to get close, or it hits close and rolls like crazy, or even if I leave it a bit short to account for roll, seems to just zip 20 yards past pin. I will be using some of your tips, starting with the loft chart and mapping distances there, taking note of the smallest movements I can make. I also tried out that 9I chip, lofted one you wrote about, nice close in tip  Still working on the putting tips you gave, I think getting the hang of the breaks, but still struggling with the putting distances/power. My controller, it's hard to slowly pull the stick back and get it to stay, I have noticed I can accurately pull back the putter/clubs with mouse better than with stick, but the forward motion with stick is always dead straight, with mouse not so much. |
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Post by welikeitroughnc on Jul 8, 2016 16:27:43 GMT -5
Thx for the reply boom boom, I wasn't using the ghosts to try and help, just wondered why it seems my ball hits close to pin or with what I considered decent room for roll, but I always roll way past the pin no matter if I leave 10 yards for roll, seems no matter what I do, my approach just will not, refuses to get close, or it hits close and rolls like crazy, or even if I leave it a bit short to account for roll, seems to just zip 20 yards past pin. I will be using some of your tips, starting with the loft chart and mapping distances there, taking note of the smallest movements I can make. I also tried out that 9I chip, lofted one you wrote about, nice close in tip Still working on the putting tips you gave, I think getting the hang of the breaks, but still struggling with the putting distances/power. My controller, it's hard to slowly pull the stick back and get it to stay, I have noticed I can accurately pull back the putter/clubs with mouse better than with stick, but the forward motion with stick is always dead straight, with mouse not so much. Honestly approach shots are to me the most important part of scoring and I can say I was where you are now watching other balls stick close to the pins the only way to improve is to practice practice practice and the best thing to practice on is different green firmnesses and speeds it all honestly comes down to visualizing the shot and getting a feel for your approach shots. Hope this helps |
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