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Re: Practice green's and Driving Range !!

• Shane028 566 Posts

  Fri, Apr 8 2011 8:33 AM

  Ive just turned Master but to be honest im about as average as they come. I try and i try but the same things continously let me down and its getting very furstrating. Ridiculous drives and awful putts are destroying my rounds every day and im starting to get fed up cause there dont seem to be any end to it. Ive no complaints with the game, its fantastic but i would love to be more competitive.Wgt boasts about its realism but in reality most courses have a pactice green and a driving range or a practice net. Playing a practice round isnt good enough cause you cant repeat the putt you just made a mess off and you cant correct your drive once you have teed off. Im sure im not the 1st to suggest this but its about time this feature was added, id be more encouraged to buy credits and enter more comps if i knew i had a chance. Please dont take this as criticism of the game, all i want  just like many others here is to improve.

  Thanks

  Shane

• SgtDoodles 3,112 Posts

  Fri, Apr 8 2011 10:28 AM

  You wish.

• Shane028 566 Posts

  Fri, Apr 8 2011 10:39 AM

  SgtDoodles:

  You wish.

   

  Ya i do .... Thats the point

• madden0001 59 Posts

  Sat, Apr 9 2011 2:03 PM

  I really would love practice stuff also.  When I get on a green and have a big bender, I can't seem to actually learn anything because I might go 2 rounds without a similar shot.  It would be great to stand up and hit 50 straight putts from the same spot if I wanted so that I could actually learn the game.  

  Same goes with bunker shots and chip/pitch shots. I just feel there are shots I dont quite understand yet and it would be great if I could practice them.

• Jimbo555 158 Posts

  Sat, Apr 9 2011 6:01 PM

  Search 1st, then add comments to existing posts

• madden0001 59 Posts

  Sat, Apr 9 2011 6:01 PM

  shoot.  Now just give me a freaking practice bar.  I just played an entire round in which I didnt ding one time.  Ugh!!!

• Jimbo555 158 Posts

  Sat, Apr 9 2011 6:14 PM

  madden0001:

  shoot.  Now just give me a freaking practice bar.  I just played an entire round in which I didnt ding one time.  Ugh!!!

  Just the bar would be cool.  It wouldnt be like practicing the same putt or other shot over and over.  There wouldnt be any result , just the ability to get used to the meter. 

  Have you rented the EZ Swing Starter Set from the Pro Shop?  They're FREE.  Just dont use the putter, it's worthless.

• bladelad 147 Posts

  Sat, Apr 9 2011 6:49 PM

  I`ve become a master myself in the last few weeks. Everything i used to do also let me down.But what I am learning is to is add  extra yardage for shots into a headwind and  reduce yardage for shots with a tailwind. Crosswinds can be a case of hit and hope.With puting if  I have for eg an 8.0 foot I shoot for a 9.0 feet putt, this usually goes in or slightly past if I dont "ding" it. For putts with a left or right break I add a foot to the lenght of the putt, eg a 9.0 foot becomes a10.0 foot putt.Keep practising you will improve, after all you haven`t reached master tier without having some skil at this game.Good luck.

   

• Shane028 566 Posts

  Sun, Apr 10 2011 3:04 AM

  Cheers bud I will certainly give that a go. Its nice to see that im not the only one who struggles .