I am ranked as a Tour Pro. My average score is 68.8. My driver is rated for 230 yards (I average 235). Yet, because I am so good at managing my game and winning despite this 30-70 yard disadvantage, it puts me further back on the tee boxes in their U.S. Open.
I shot an 84!! There were par 4's that were over 470 yards that I couldn't reach in two. 5 of them that I couldn't even reach the fairway on, and one par-3 I couldn't reach the fairway on. There was even a 258 yard par -3 where the wind was blowing straight at me! I lost 2 balls in the water. So to have a shot at winning U.S. Open tickets, I have to spend money on an expensive driver just to reach the GIR??
I've worked hard to build my game and my club up. Im slowly earning gold by watching videos, that WGT also gets paid to air, and placing in tournaments that I host to buy a new driver and suddenly you're going to start pushing me to a further teebox?
It's not my fault that I am soo good at this game despite how little i have. How am I supposed to compete if I can't even hit a GIR? I already grind and have to lay up at Pinehurst No.2, (-1) yesterday, and Bethpage just to par a few of those long par 4's.
I heard that it takes only the lowest 50 rounds from a Tour Pro to get a scoring average. I'm pretty sure that this includes 18 hole scores from Par 3's also.
WGT absolutely needs to include into their algorithm the distance that these players are able to drive the ball with their best club. I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do if I get moved up to master. I saw another player say that he had to either buy alot of new equipment or put the game down. He quit playing, and said it was a fun 4 months while it lasted.
Unfortunately, for me, I have 48 club members and growing who depend on me to keep order and expect to see me playing. I have a tournament schedule including 5 majors annually. I archive our wins, scoring averages, record, and even created a tab for post round interviews in our forum. I use these to publish a small article on each tournament into our 'History Book' tab. In short, I have created article wonderful golf tour for my members to compete in each week.
What is going to happen if I am forced to resign from WGT play because I can't even compete anymore? I have watched hundreds of ads just to get to where I am. Please consider what you are doing to your players by pushing them back even though they don't have the distance reach the GIR.