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Re: New irons to match realism

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:19 PM

  zagraniczniak:

  Also a reminder that scores like -7, or 4 or 5 straight birdies, really do happen. But not -10 or -14, as on the WGT.

  It's all relatively  proportionate though. If you come up with an "ease" factor, like adding 7 or 8 strokes to the averages here,  I'll bet it would look similar to the pro tour. And Tiger did shoot a 31 for the front 9. 

  Heh-How typical is hitting that 31 here  and then struggling for the par on the back?

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:45 PM

  Jim,

  31, yes, but 9-hole tournaments here are routinely won with something like 27. One misstep and you're out. Ouch! Whereas the drama (as we did NOT learn from Rory this weekend) is how you come back from the random poor shot or bad hole. (Ouch! again.)

  Interestingly, if you look back to the Bethpage Virtual US Open 2 years ago, it was won in the final round by a 66, and I think there were 200 qualifiers. (I got this from the archives as I joined after that.)

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Apr 11 2011 12:55 PM

  zagraniczniak:

  31, yes, but 9-hole tournaments here are routinely won with something like 27.

  31-4=27. It fits if the ease factor was 8 per 18 holes.

• DarSum 1,440 Posts

  Mon, Apr 11 2011 1:00 PM

  YankeeJim:

  zagraniczniak:

  Also a reminder that scores like -7, or 4 or 5 straight birdies, really do happen. But not -10 or -14, as on the WGT.

  It's all relatively  proportionate though. If you come up with an "ease" factor, like adding 7 or 8 strokes to the averages here,  I'll bet it would look similar to the pro tour. And Tiger did shoot a 31 for the front 9. 

  Heh-How typical is hitting that 31 here  and then struggling for the par on the back?

   

  Pretty typical for me it seems. Just this morning I shot a 29 on the front of BP and a 34 on the back in the 18 hole RG.

   

• Bristoluk 412 Posts

  Mon, Apr 11 2011 1:57 PM

  PRIESTESS:

  I think a Master set of Raptures are way overdue dont you? 115 to 210 same as g10 Distances would be nice

  i agree with Priestess on this mainly to help the players whos reactions  are not as fast as say younger players ect, and the high flight to.

• Ernest76 451 Posts

  Sun, Aug 21 2011 8:24 AM

    It would be nice to hit the center of meter again. I used my raptures until i got to legend, now i wish i could go back to TM and use them again. They are just coolecting dust until i get so frustrated with missing the ding with these burners then i use them for a day or so. Wish we could get clubs that are customized for our own ability instead of shopping at wal-mart and just getting whatever is on the shelf. :) But i guess for now I will adapt and overcome. :(  Just hard to get brain and finger on the same pace   lol   

             Everyone Have a Great Day and keep it in the short grass  Big Ern