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Bethpage Black Hole 2

• alrassan 41 Posts

  Sat, Nov 16 2013 2:57 AM

  Why is it possible to drive straight through the tree on the left? Its supposed to shield the fairway. Pointless having it there.

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Sat, Nov 16 2013 11:51 AM

  You'll hit it one day. Then you'll need about 3 shots to reach the fairway. Personally I bend around it.

• andwhy67 2,816 Posts

  Sat, Nov 16 2013 11:52 AM

  No not really!!

  True its possibly to drive directly through the trees, on occassions you will hit the tree, and no doubt through experience will end up with a 40-50% or worse in the deep rough.

  Rather than play roulette with the greenery  even with the wind unfavourable, off the tee 'one avatar' movement less and full BS should land you on the fairway about 100 from the pin.

  End of problem!!

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sat, Nov 16 2013 12:58 PM

  It's a limitation of the game graphics-they don't show the bend you get when you hit early. I personally don't move the aimer and with fbs hit the first line before the ding. Never fails but it looks like it goes right through the tree.

  I did learn something yesterday that I found interesting. I saw a TL drive directly through a tree at CCC and asked him how he did it. Apparently, when you see black instead of defined leaves in a tree, it won't stop the ball.

• stevenharkin 1,921 Posts

  Sat, Nov 16 2013 2:14 PM

  I personally think WGt has reprogrammed some of the tree's / branches in some courses.

  Merion #12 is best example...ive over sliced that a few times in the past 4-6 weeks but ball has flown straight through them. when Merion first came out, any slight brush off a leaf it was in deep trouble.

  YankeeJim:

  I saw a TL drive directly through a tree at CCC

  Hole 4 maybe? I by default hit full topspin on that drive today instead of full backspin. The ball was barely half way up the tree but still went clean through it. No way this would happened a couple of months ago.

• andwhy67 2,816 Posts

  Sat, Nov 16 2013 2:26 PM

  YankeeJim:

  It's a limitation of the game graphics-they don't show the bend you get when you hit early. I personally don't move the aimer and with fbs hit the first line before the ding. Never fails but it looks like it goes right through the tree.

  I did learn something yesterday that I found interesting. I saw a TL drive directly through a tree at CCC and asked him how he did it. Apparently, when you see black instead of defined leaves in a tree, it won't stop the ball.

  Saying that Jim, first hole at Olympic, when the wind is against, say for example 3 to 9, theres two gaps in the trees, full BS aimed at the left gap, been through and no problems on all tee shots!

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Sat, Nov 16 2013 10:59 PM

  Interesting Jim, I'll have to keep an eye out for that.

  It does seem as if the trees on BPB #2 have been made somewhat easier, I used to catch them about 1 round in 10 but lately it almost never happens.  I haven't tried going through the tree on CCC #4, I always hit full b/s to get over it.

  Olympic #1 seems to have only holographic trees, I don't think I've ever hit them.  Wish I could say the same about #10 though, that hole can really wreck a round.

• SwingingRoofer 456 Posts

  Sun, Nov 17 2013 6:03 AM

  wen there was a glitch there a branch that people were hitting but wasn't one there then wen ever they fixed it its like they made it easier there hmmm

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Nov 17 2013 11:46 AM

  LOL. Y'all do realize WGT supposedly reads these forums, right?  Don't be surprised if this changes. After all, it isn't really right.  :-)

• saltiresfan 2,266 Posts

  Mon, Nov 18 2013 3:15 AM

  I hit the same shot most the time and I probably hit those trees about 1/10. No idea how to avoid them.