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• mara43 1,674 Posts

  Tue, Dec 18 2012 2:54 AM

  check out the Practice Arena on TruGolf........

  http://www.trugolf.com/golf_simulator/software/e6golf/index.php?tab=1#TabbedPanels1

   

• 8802 4,257 Posts

  Fri, Dec 21 2012 8:09 PM

  Ok, no practice area then.  Allow mulligans in practice mode.  That is what a practice round is and it includes being able to drop and repeat shots.  How else can you learn how shots react?  Trial and error is fine, but you never get the same shot twice.  I am starting to think WGT does not want to see more rapid improvement.

• KublaConn 22 Posts

  Sat, Dec 22 2012 2:07 AM

  Please realize that they will never allow you to practice specific aspects of this game, this is now way in their own interest.  For a true practice range to be effective, you, the player, would have to be allowed to manipulate all of the specific conditions of the game.  What good would a practice range be if you couldn't set a specific wind speed/angle?  Or, green speed/angle? Or, how deep you're in the rough?  You being able to do so would only further expose the flaws in their vectors.

  The argument that you get true practice that will help you be competitive, meaning repetitive completion of a specific task, from playing a practice round is laughable.  Ask Arnie, Jack, Phil, Tiger, et al. how many balls they chipped, three yards off the green in their lifetime, over & over & over.  Yes, practicing on a specific course will help you learn that course, but that is in NO way the same as repeatedly hitting chip/pitch/punch/flop shots with your entire range of high irons/wedges for no other reason than to learn (and therefore, teach yourself) what you can do with them. It's called muscle memory, and anybody who has  indulged in a recreational activity for an extended amount of time knows what it means. To quote Bruce Lee: I fear not the man who has practiced  10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick 10,000 times. 

• KublaConn 22 Posts

  Sat, Dec 22 2012 2:22 AM

  borntobesting:

  alanti:

  cdnbacon:

  Think about it! You PAY to rent the club; you PAY to practise on the green/fringe/fairway. Are you freakin' NUTS?? This is a CASH-COW morons!!!! Get with the program!!!! LOL

   

  Why would I pay for a bucket of balls when I can do the same on the course and have real conditions? I did want a range and a practice green once but I would learn less doing this than actually playing a hole.

  What has been mentioned is the option of mulligans in practice mode - this would far outweigh any pratice facility. If you want a range you can forget it - it will not happen!

  Well said. No driving range will show you if a shot with less than Full BS will clear the tree on # 4 @ congressional or if a shot with less than full T/S will go under the tree on #5 @ Olympic. Those and other shots can only be learned by trial and error on the course.

   

  And apples are a completely different color and taste than oranges.  Go figure.

  Are you saying that the time spent on a driving range, practice green, etc. have no beneficial effects for a player?  Learning a course is just that, learning a course, it's fundamental to learning how to be competitive on that specific course.  Learning how your nine iron will react with your specific ball when you hit it a specific way under specific conditions is a fundamental part of learning how to be competitive at golf, no matter the course. 

  Ask any person who has engaged in a recreational activity for an extended period of time with the hopes of becoming very proficient at that activity how many hours they have spent practicing that activity, specifically repetitive actions that are fundamental to the activity, for no other reason than to build up muscle memory, the number will be astounding.  I know, because I've done it with darts, tennis, basketball, golf, disc-golf, baseball, and more.

  I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once.  I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.  -Bruce Lee