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Re: How is this done?

• gerryniswonger 1,890 Posts

  Sun, Jan 12 2020 4:36 PM

  No names.  How does a player with a 60.45 Stroke average remain at "Legend" level for well over 1 year.  He also consistently beats Tour Legends and Champions in stroke play tournaments.  Is there way to purposely not level up?

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Sun, Jan 12 2020 4:50 PM

  gerryniswonger:

  No names.  How does a player with a 60.45 Stroke average remain at "Legend" level for well over 1 year.  He also consistently beats Tour Legends and Champions in stroke play tournaments.  Is there way to purposely not level up?

  There's nothing unusual about being at Legend for well over a year. At Legend tier, saturation is 500 rounds, and the average needed to get to Tour Legend is 60.00. 
  
  Being at Legend for well over a year is hardly suggestive of someone purposely not leveling up. 

• ct690911 7,205 Posts

  Sun, Jan 12 2020 5:42 PM

  Robert is, as usual, correct.  For example, I have been a legend a long time to the point where I am simply a journeyman now. I have no interest in the grind it would take to make TL.

  I enjoy the social aspect of Alternate and that's pretty much what I stick to. I also play the odd game of match, but I abhor stroke...between the replays and no cc's, a game takes seemingly forever.

  ct

   

• K7JBQ 1,468 Posts

  Sun, Jan 12 2020 8:33 PM

  To the OP, the grind down from 61 to 60 can take seemingly forever. It sure did for me. You've reached the point where lower rounds are only replacing 31/62s, and you wonder if you'll ever get there. It's known as "Legend Hell."

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Sun, Jan 12 2020 8:46 PM

  @K7JBQ

  Exactly. I thought I tiered up fairly quickly from Legend to Tour Legend. Nevertheless, it still took my about 18 months to accomplish that task. 

• sunrisegolfnut 106 Posts

  Sun, Jan 12 2020 11:39 PM

  How long does it take to be from tour legend to champion?

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Mon, Jan 13 2020 8:00 AM

  sunrisegolfnut:

  How long does it take to be from tour legend to champion?

  The saturation is now 750 rounds. If I recall correctly, when  tiered up, it took me just a bit over 4 months. But back then, saturation was only 200 rounds.

• Mythanatos 2,216 Posts

  Mon, Jan 13 2020 10:22 AM

  I stayed at legend for over 2 years. I made some credits in ready gos. here or there.

   

  Here's the thing. All i did was avoid playing Red tee tourneys unless they were Custom courses or par 3s or par 5 courses.

  So basically I didn't artifically drop my average. I played normal courses. it just takes a while to get under 60 playing regular tourneys and RGs from the back tees.

   

  As to TL to Champion, they tweaked the algorithms for mobile. I went to champion with only 70 ranked rounds from the time I hit TL.

  Bottom line.. ignore tiers.

  there isn't any point  in tiering up fast. Just play the game. Other than ego boosts it doesn't really mean anything, 

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Mon, Jan 13 2020 10:34 AM

  @Mythanatos

  Well said.