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Re: oakmont

• TheZiggy 550 Posts

  Wed, Jun 2 2010 12:03 PM

  The average is definitely not a true reflection of the current ability on all courses, in particular when a new course, and tournament conditions are introduced.

  I recently played a lot of rounds on the St Andrews front 9, which I seem to be most consistent on, so my average still looks very good having played just 2 rounds on Oakmont so far. First time was a an astonishing 69, and then a 77, which is probably a bit more representative.

  What I know is, if I got really lucky, and hit my timing perfect then I could put in a really impressive round. Guess I need to get and play some more, and watch that average leap up, until I hopefully get myself sorted out. lol

• hbthree 478 Posts

  Thu, Jun 3 2010 6:30 AM

  zagraniczniak:

  Consider that we are playing Oakmont today under championship conditions - for those of us who aren't champions - and, as far as I can see, from the championship tees (e.g. the 299-yard par 3). Perhaps in the future there will be a range of iterations, with different green speeds and the like.

   

  the future is now...just fire up a multiplayer game and choose conditions at OCC to your heart's desire...Harve

   

• AtlantaCoaster 645 Posts

  Thu, Jun 3 2010 7:35 AM

  Recommend Match Play.

  No one I know has yet been successful in getting through an OAKMONT Multi-Player Stroke Play without the Loading messing up or some other problem.  (I'm sure a few have, though - I've just not heard it)  3 of us made it 5 Holes last night in a MP Strokeplay I played.  Beyond that, the game disconnects.  "Unexpected Error" or "The WGT Server incorrectly believes that your internet connection is #*&#ed Up".

  Once that happens, it's curtains - as there is no RECONNECT as we have in Match Play.

  Anyhow...I hope it improves.

• borntobesting 9,700 Posts

  Thu, Jun 3 2010 7:45 AM

  AtlantaCoaster:

  Recommend Match Play.

  No one I know has yet been successful in getting through an OAKMONT Multi-Player Stroke Play without the Loading messing up or some other problem.  (I'm sure a few have, though - I've just not heard it)  3 of us made it 5 Holes last night in a MP Strokeplay I played.  Beyond that, the game disconnects.  "Unexpected Error" or "The WGT Server incorrectly believes that your internet connection is #*&#ed Up".

  Once that happens, it's curtains - as there is no RECONNECT as we have in Match Play.

  Anyhow...I hope it improves.

  AtlantaCoaster:

   

  Recommend Match Play.

  No one I know has yet been successful in getting through an OAKMONT Multi-Player Stroke Play without the Loading messing up or some other problem.  (I'm sure a few have, though - I've just not heard it)  3 of us made it 5 Holes last night in a MP Strokeplay I played.  Beyond that, the game disconnects.  "Unexpected Error" or "The WGT Server incorrectly believes that your internet connection is #*&#ed Up".

  Once that happens, it's curtains - as there is no RECONNECT as we have in Match Play.

  Anyhow...I hope it improves.

  True. I played 2 multi-player rounds Tuesday morning before the qualifying began. Each round started out with 4 players. Only 2 finished and the loading was so slow on a few holes we thought it froze.