MioKontic:
Gold - I've said many times already, WGT can't make the holes any longer because they are based on real live courses and tees!!! In one breath you are asking for longer clubs and in the next you are asking for courses to be lengthened!!!
And as Lou says, I have a sub-60 average, but in no way can I shoot sub 60 (sub 30 for 9 holes) every game. And I never will. I don't play weekly comps or Ready Go's... not because I don't want to, quite the contrary, but simply because I can't compete with the scores that are being posted.
First, in reference to previous posts about the way wgt calculates the scoring average, I completely agree that it is flawed, and leads to the absurd promotion of certain players to upper tiers where they do not truly belong. In my opinion, never should a scoring average - no matter how many rounds have been played - stop entirely to factor in higher scores. It should always retain the ability to go up or down, depending on whether a player plays poorly or well, although a certain proportion of his or her worst rounds could rightfully be ignored in the calculation. We all have bad days where we can't play worth a damn, but which are uncharacteristic, or inconsistent with our usual skill level.
Now for your objection, Miok.. The truth is, if the natural boundary of a course makes it impossible to implement further tees, there is nothing that stops wgt from creating further and harder hole locations within the limits of each green. There is also the easy option of turning certain par 4's into par 3's, and certain par 5's into par 4's.
A while back, as the best tour masters were increasingly posting sub-60 scores, wgt introduced the legend tier. Some people made quite a fuss about it, but in the end we all learned to cope with it, or even enjoy the new challenge at hand. What is more, the new legend conditions warranted the introduction of equipment upgrades, which were a welcome source of added revenue for wgt. The latter is a business after all, and we as members have a vested interest in seeing it thrive.
So my idea of an upper legend tier, called champion, for sub-60 legends, with farther and harder hole locations, and championship greens (to be considered also is the easy option of turning certain par 4's into par 3's, and certain par 5's into par 4's), paired with equipment upgrades, makes logical and practical sense. The fact remains, however, that the calculation of the scoring average urgently needs to be improved, to better reflect the real skill level of players, and prevent the absurd promotion of some of them to upper tiers where they do not truly belong.