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Re: What are the changes in difficulty for each new tier?

• Sm0knGun 39 Posts

  Tue, Oct 22 2013 10:48 AM

  Does anyone know what the actual difficulty increases are for each tier?  I tried looking around and couldn't find them.

  I just went from Pro to Tour Pro, and went from playing par golf to playing bogey golf, and am not sure what changed.  Is it just that the meters have less tolerances?  My putting has been only slightly more difficult or the same, but my iron shots are now far more difficult.

   

• jsweetcr 1,209 Posts

  Tue, Oct 22 2013 11:37 AM

  I think the only major thing that would have changed is you went from fast to very fast greens.

  This obviously affects you on putts, as the ball will be affected by break more. With  a faster green the ball will actually be rolling slower because you hit it less to get it to go the same distance. If ball is moving slower than obviously the break will have more affect

  This also could affect you on approaches depending on the spin of the clubs you are using, the trajectory of those clubs, the spin and distance of the ball you are using, etc Obliviously if the ball is coming in hot to an elevated green it will roll more now it is on a faster green, hence putting you further away and giving you less chance to 1 and 2 putt to make birdies and pars

• Sm0knGun 39 Posts

  Tue, Oct 22 2013 12:28 PM

  I am not positive but I think the puts go to very fast at the pro level, if not, then I have adjusted pretty well on the puts, and while I could use a better putter, I can usually 2 putt most holes.  It's the approach shots that are screwy.  They are flying off left or right even when I hit perfect on the swing meter.  Maybe the slope of the lie is having a greater affect?

• MainzMan 9,593 Posts

  Tue, Oct 22 2013 8:56 PM

  Sm0knGun:

  It's the approach shots that are screwy.  They are flying off left or right even when I hit perfect on the swing meter.  Maybe the slope of the lie is having a greater affect?

  Unless you're playing with uneven lies every shot is taken from level ground so it shouldn't be that.  It might be worth clearing your caches, particularly the Flash one.  You can do that here, just scroll until you find Media5.wgt, select it and click delete.  You'll have to re-do your game options; sounds, putter pal and so on but it's worthwhile.  Clear the cache every time you get new gear and after every game update.  Clearing your browser cache will depend on which one you use, you shouldn't have any trouble doing that.