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Road to Tour Legend

• alberich35 858 Posts

  Wed, Dec 18 2013 9:08 PM

  Salute these brave and stubborn players who are committed to the long and perilous path to glory. :)
  

• josephk2317 873 Posts

  Thu, Dec 19 2013 1:59 AM

  And I thought I was the only one....:)...LOL

  Too much up & down; like waves on the ocean...

  USGA average slope rating is : 113

  Actually,  for me I find St.A  one of the hardest courses...lol, but that's just me

  Course Name

  Club Name

  USGA Course Rating

  USGA Slope Rating

  Yardage

  St. Andrews	Eden	70.0	118	6162
  St. Andrews	Jubilee	72.8	126	6718
  St. Andrews	New	72.8	126	6604
  St. Andrews	Old Course	72.1	129	6566

   

• alosso 21,052 Posts

  Thu, Dec 19 2013 2:42 AM

  That Old Course rating should be from the yellow (Pro tier) tees...

  The whites (6721 yds) have a CR/slope of 72.8 / 132 AFAIK, and from Open Ch./Legend tees it plays 7242 yds. Guess a rating ;)

• jimoldfart 131 Posts

  Thu, Dec 19 2013 5:07 AM

  chris5214:

  gk21al:

  I have set a goal to reach Tour Legend.  I have a current average of 65.59.  I will be using G10 Irons(lol) and B-ES golf balls.  If I shoot a 31 my average only drops .04.  This is certainly going to test my sanity.

   

  i feel ur frustration ..

  my avg doesn't even drop anymore with 30's .. i gotta shoot sub-30 for a marginal drop .. 29 only drops my avg with 0.01 right now ..

  just hang tough ..

  +1

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 2:22 PM

  Sheesh, going to be a long long road when 28 drops me a whopping .01 lol.

   

   

• alosso 21,052 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 2:45 PM

  At 61.42, there's plenty of room left ;)

  Any 31 and less will bring you closer, and most probably the 32s also. 33 - dunno, it depends...

  Problem is, it depends on replacing higher scores, and the margin melts down.

  If a 33 replaces a 34, a 68 is kicked out by a 66 in the average pot. Two strokes difference work within 500 scores, thus the difference in average is 2/500 = 0.004, often invisible under the cover of rounding in the second decimal. You don't see the average becoming better but it happens!

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 2:51 PM

  I had imagined there was the silent decimal.  Explains why a 31 drops me .01 on occasion but not always.

   

   

• THEWIPERS 96 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 3:15 PM

  I just made Tour Master 3 days ago by playing the back 9 Kiawah to get to 63(by draining a 28 foot putt to get to the number).But,I am not fanatical about the best equipment always,my purchasing is somewhat haphazard.I am  to get better.I realized that I could not hold a 63 average playing Oakmont,Merion,or other hard courses,so a 63 is kind of a fake average.Idon't enter RGs or any money tournaments for that matter.Some may call me a sandbagger by not going for Legend when I get to level 95 or whatever but I don't pay attention to them.I am a musician and do other things but I love this game.Besides,when I play at home,my 3 kids interrupt me every 5 hours because they want food or some other thing,I don't know,I'm focused on a putt. ;-D See you around,people and Merry Christmas.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 3:18 PM

  LOL. There's a new breed of sandbagger showing up-those 60-61 Legends that play more AS than anything and own the game. TL/L matches gotta be gettin' good.  :-D

• renniw52 5,385 Posts

  Mon, Dec 23 2013 11:37 AM

  Hats off to all who are already a TL, and to those striving to reach that goal. I do not see me ever achieving this. I still play like I have since day one. I use no gadgets what so ever, notes, putting gauges, no calculator and what nots and so forth. I play for fun only and I win some and lose more. I fully understand the ones who want to be the best of the best on a virtual computer game. Nothing wrong with that at all. I feel fortunate to be able to do what I do at times on this game. I believe my friends accept this, and most enjoy sharing a game with me. They all know if I am their partner they have a 50/50 chance of winning,  if they are shooting good. It takes dedication and a lot of games played to reach the upper level. Best of luck to all that have set this goal. Stay with it your day will come.