Philly1000: you can only drive the ball off the tee for 230 yards maximum
Average driver distances for amateur golfers (men) that maintain handicaps: 200-260 yards.
Philly1000: Secondly; It's also not very realistic when you can't read a green until you've either chipped on from the fringe or when you've actually tried one putt
wrong. switch to chip or putt
Philly1000: What appears to be uphill is actually down on many greens, or vise-versa.
wrong.
Philly1000: Thirdly: In reality, when I'm chipping a ball from the rough next to a green with a typical wedge, I don't expect to take 2 or 3 cracks at it.
learn how to chip and whether to chip, pitch or flop
Philly1000: but there is no consistency on this game site
wrong. how can there be no consistency if there are hundreds of players who regularly shoot below 60 and thousands who shoot in the low 60s