I bought two different sets of clubs and still can't reach two different holes in regulation at Oakmont and one hole at St. Andrews. I can't break 70 at Oakmont and can't break 69 at St. Andrews. You would think that would be good enough to at least qualify but not with people shooting 15 under par. VERY FRUSTRATING!
I come on this site to have fun and unwind. I don't live here like some and don't have the time to try and figure out how each blade of grass on each hole of each course is going to affect my shot. It would be nice to be able to spin the ball like in real life, hit flop shots like in real life, hit shots out of fairway bunkers and rough like in real life, but it's a game and things are set up a certain way so what are you gonna do. It doesn't take a veteran WGT Member to make the observations that I have made after playing several hundred rounds and I am by no means complaining.
I have also found that the game itself is somewhat unpredictable. You would think that being a "game" if you hit the shot perfectly the ball would at least go strait. I have had numerous tee shots, putts, and approaches that were dead pulls and pushes hitting a perfect shot with no wind or break which led to missed fairways, greens, and putts. The rough also seems to “catch” the ball a little too quickly, especially on chips around the greens and it’s like that on every course, not just the two new ones playing under major conditions.
As frustrating as these new courses are, I continue to try and qualify when I can. I may be able to shoot 67 at Oakmont and qualify if I don't put my foot threw the computer screen, but shooting a 66 or better at St. Andrews just to qualify is rediculous and probably wont happen. I try and spend my free time practicing on real Golf Courses!
To those of you who are shooting sub 60 rounds on these new courses and manage to do it without spending every waking moment on here like an obsessed college gamer, my hats off to you. Not sure how you are doing it, but my hats off to you!!!!