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Re: "Skill challenge" on Bali Hai

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Mon, Mar 16 2009 4:08 PM by WGTadmin. 8 replies.
  • tomab Norway
    Mon, Mar 9 2009 3:14 PM

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    This tournament is a complete joke as it is now.

    The club isn't even close to the distance on #3. If you get less than 100 on this hole alone then you are on your way to a top score. And then you even has #8 left with nearly the same problem.

    If you arrange a «closest to the pin» then at least it must be possible to get to the pin. I.e the club with the longest distance must have distance enough to get to the hole.

    Just look at the high scores on this weeks tournament.

    With the old clubs I could reach the pin with good wind from behind and a perfect hit. With the new clubs I have had about 10 perfect hits, but never been long enough to even be close to the green.

    And if you are slightly off the perfect hit then you are totally lost.

    This skill challenge was bad was bad before. Now it is a complete miss.

    At least do not call it a «Skill challenge». Rename it «luck challenge»

    Tom.

     

  • IzzieNutz Hong Kong
    Thu, Mar 12 2009 7:01 AM

    I agree. Seems even worse on #8 though. I actually hit it over #3 once out of 50 tries but on #8 i'm short 50 out of 50 even with top spin and the strogest wind.

  • Abak Morocco
    Thu, Mar 12 2009 9:40 AM

     I have a pb with #4 as well I have to hit the 3H supposed to get to 190yrd to reach the 167yd pin!! Quite crazy the new clubs..

  • BiRdyKiNg United States
    Thu, Mar 12 2009 3:12 PM

     Although I have been on the green on 3 and 8...both seemed to be completely luck.....not skill.  There is another hole that seems completely screwed up as well...the one where you are 167 to hole and no club will even get there other than a 3h...maybe number 6 or 7...and its a *** to keep on as well.  8 is screwed..i reached the front of the green once in about 30 tries.  3 was always hard..now its about impossible...you have to land it on the little slope on the hump in front of the green and get the kick...or you won't make it up.....makes the landing area about 10ft by 10 ft.

  • Abak Morocco
    Fri, Mar 13 2009 4:42 AM

     The hole you're talking about is #4. In my last round I got to 6ft on hole#3 and 10ft on hole#8 with pure muck of course. However I got to water on hole #6and end up with 160 score. I could be below 100 in that round....:(

  • chuckiee United States
    Fri, Mar 13 2009 9:45 PM

     

    Just to let everyone know wgtadmin is checking this issue out can't wait till its fixed

    chuckiee

  • Giuseppe327 United States
    Mon, Mar 16 2009 9:09 AM

     I can't even tell you how many times I've played this challenge...I have made the green on #3 a total of 3 times with a kick off the mound.  One went off the back, one to within 24 feet, and one was like 57 feet on front edge.  I've never reached the green on #8.  Not even close.  Maybe 65 feet away on the fringe is the closest I got.  Ridiculous.  As for #4, I use the 3 iron with a little topspin, and can usually get it within 25 feet.  That's not good, I know, but I'll take it over #3 and #8 any day...

  • BiRdyKiNg United States
    Mon, Mar 16 2009 3:48 PM

     yeah number 4 is the hole I was referring to....i am hitting the 3 hybrid into the green..got to within 4 feet a cpl days ago......I did finally make in on #8 green....perfect hit...funny hop and i was on by about a foot.  #3 The only way i have been on the green seems bugged.....hard hit of mound then it accelerates on edge of trap and by the hole...3-4 times this has happened.  nothing resembling close.....the umpteen million times i have tried.  Hope its fixed soon...

  • WGTadmin United States
    Mon, Mar 16 2009 4:08 PM

     We know there are issues with the Bali Hai closest to the hole tournaments and we are working on fixing those issues now.  Thanks for your patience.

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