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Now I'm Confused...

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 11:58 AM

  I played a good round (for me, that is) and thought I'd check the leader board to see where I stood (I'm usually in the 3digits place, way, way down the line). I noticed a name right off the bat that I'd recognized from lower tier tournaments (I sometimes like to depress myself by seeing the hacks, ams, and pros shooting better scores than I can, so I peek in on the leader boards). Out of curiosity, I went to the person's profile and was dumb-founded. Level 99 Legend, avg. 162.63, yet atop the leader board(s). There are countless scores of 178 in monthly unlimited tournaments, then BAM!!!, mid 20's in 9 hole tournaments (not a par 3 or par 5 in the history, either). Then I noticed the stats:

  RR's       2,828

  FIR          3.56%

  GIR         3.28%

  eagles    13

  birdies    769

  pars        931

  bogey     184

  db bog      40

  others    47,680

  par 3 avg   8.70

  par 4 avg   9.76

  par 5 avg 10.79

  Then (yes, it gets stranger), I noticed all 23 of this player's siblings (I'm assuming this because they ALL have same name, just different digits afterwards) are his/her only friends, and a few of them are ATOP some leader boards as well. A WGT Nation member, too. I couldn't care less about the MA's, but am curious as to why this player is sandbagging. I guess it's because of fear of becoming a TL. But, I thought that winning tournaments "by-passed" the stroke play average in determining advancement. Am I wrong (not for snooping, I don't care if I'm wrong there or not) about how a player can fly below the tier radar?

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 12:54 PM

  24 siblings is rule-breaking multi-player to the max.

  Send a screenshot to the company and see if they react or not.

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 1:21 PM

  alosso:

  24 siblings is rule-breaking multi-player to the max.

  I can't say they are siblings for sure. they just ALL have same last name. I really don't care if it's MAs or not (probably are, though - but, if so,  it's just small chang in the big picture). I was more curious as to why the player is not getting snagged in the "catch the baggers" and move 'em up net. He/she has definitely got to have the 500 rr's as a legend as there are 100's of the 178 scores in WGT 18 hole tournament play (sometimes 15-20 per day, for many days at a time). I didn't like being "promoted" to Legend at first, but now, I wouldn't ever want to go back (I'm still struggling, but I love it). I hope to one day be a TL, not "hide" from it. I won't be competitive, but I'll have achieved the highest tier, which is a major accomplishment. That day is a long way off, but I'll get there. Happy Holidays ~ Jay

• commonguymd 303 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 3:32 PM

  Sounds like they use that way of leveling up very fast.  Somewhere in the annuls of the forums.  I don't see the point, but I guess people do it to level fast and get nice equipment.

• MBaggese 15,378 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 7:11 PM

  I'll bet the # of putts would be pretty high and correspond to "others"...i/e on in two...8 putt, etc..care to pull up the distance to pin average...would make you wonder how one could be so close to the pin, yet struggle to get it into the hole;)

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 9:38 PM

  Man, how friggin dedicated is that guy to playing the system. I've been here over 5 years and have something around 40,000 putts and I've played a lot. To get over 47,000 putts with stats like that you'd have to sit there like a zombie and just putt the ball over and over and go nowhere. WTF kind of mind is that?

• geraldlarousse 1,986 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 9:44 PM

  YankeeJim:

  Man how friggin dedicated is that guy to playing the system. I've been here over 5 years and have something around 40,000 putts and I've played a lot. To get over 47,000 putts with stats like that you'd have to sit there like a zombie and just hit the ball over and over and go nowhere. WTF kind of mind is that?

  Very strange YJ. He doesn't really play ready gos. Nope..... no MPC.

  Played a few ready gos in Master tier and few in legend tier but really did not win but a few.

  Seems only plays free tourneys.   BTW.... got over 47, 000 others in over 2,800 rounds....lol.

  Really i don't know what this player is doing. Friends list though is a little strange also.

   

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 10:11 PM

  jayw4862:

  23 of this player's siblings (I'm assuming this because they ALL have same name, just different digits afterwards

  Might just be a very small town. Everyone knows everyone?

  Glad I don't have to do any roll calling there though:)

• shoeshinethis 1,090 Posts

  Sun, Dec 22 2013 10:26 PM

  I haven't seen his profile page, but could he be a wgt tester?

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Mon, Dec 23 2013 12:49 AM

  shoeshinethis:

  I haven't seen his profile page, but could he be a wgt tester?

  I don't think the testers are allowed to win comps or get credits.

  We have talked about this person in another thread.  I was thinking that the Siblings are there to get the free golf balls for the parent account.     Not sure if that's legal or not.

  With the high scores one after the other. I presume when the person got promoted, that person started posting the high scores to get the Average up.   I think he or she wants to be in that Tier for quite awhile and maybe reap the rewards, obviously the player is very good, judging by some of the scores that has been shot.

  -Roger