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Re: Low scores every tournament

• RampagingRodent 415 Posts

  Sun, Jul 15 2012 1:52 AM

  Champ, your opinion is duly noted. If you want to play in tourneys that are realistic to your tier and average, then join one of the many country clubs within WGT. I for one enjoy playing in the WGT organised events where you have the mid to low 50 scores, I love a challenge to chase a low score, even if it is beyond my capabilities.

  I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion or view, but it seems that we are seeing way too many whinges, and not enough competitive edge players.

  The Rodent

• mmikkeelee 591 Posts

  Sun, Jul 15 2012 5:52 AM

  i agree with dazza on this 1 if anything since my average has been 59 deviation is at a all time high 4 me

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Sun, Jul 15 2012 7:19 AM

  Best thing to do to combat low scores is to practice and improve, as the saying goes "If you cant beat them then JOIN THEM!"  Its worked for me after a couple of years of drooling at "best players" scores compared to my average 1

• oneeyedjohn 9,588 Posts

  Tue, Jul 17 2012 7:58 AM

  Been playing for 15 months now and my best at STA is 60 and 61, so I look at the WGT St Andrews  Championship leaderboard to see dozens of players locked in position 94 on a 61.

  Total field so far 235 entries, which seems to me a very small number.

  So what is the point in playing - absolutely none.

  So that statistic alone removes a a certain amount of fun from WGT for me, and that must be happening to good players everywhere, they just won't bother entering.

  The advertisement mentions a "tiered" tournament but I see no evidence of that.

  Put the Level 59 average and below players into another tier "Tour Legend"

• PuttJennyPutt 535 Posts

  Wed, Jul 18 2012 8:06 PM

  Not sayin it's happenin here but every game site I've ever played on people have come up with "cheat" programs...sure hope it's not happenin here too.

• oneeyedjohn 9,588 Posts

  Fri, Aug 10 2012 6:34 AM

  Glad to see they took my advice, lol

   

• Alan_M 237 Posts

  Fri, Aug 10 2012 9:30 AM

  Variance (or VEM)  does change, but it's got nothing to do with averages. It's the equipment.

   

  Each time I trade up I need to be less accurate with the ding an settings to get close, this has been highlighted in my case by a recent swap from a L20ish Cleveland wedge to a L76 Cleveland wedge of the same loft. 

  The new club appears completely unaffected by 40%-50% rough lies, it hits 100 yds as though it were on the fairway. The back spin is simply monstrous. I just get it roughly near the ding and roughly near the distance and it's under 2yds from the pin almost every time, even in comedy St And. wind conditions.

  I'm grinding like mad now to get to L78, L80 and L83 to pick the next two Cleveland wedges and the L83 G20 set respectively.

  A 59 - 60 average is very achievable once you're L83+ and have the equivalent grade equipment. Lower averages than that is then notes and practice.

  I shot my first sub 60 round at Pro level, just before I made Tour Pro - not been able to repeat it since but I've been close a few times.

  I'm in that horrible limbo now - tiered up to Tour Master a little too early (L74) and I'm now paying the price of not having L83+ equipment.