Cerino: so sorry to hear of the ongoing game loading issues... :(
Ben: what a great idea! I'm looking forward to tackling the Bo5 Monthly.
Mati: Yes, I can totally understand the screenshot annoyance, Mati. This thread is primarily about setting some fun challenges amongst trusted friends, so we'd love to have you involved even if you don't take the screenshots.
But of course, if we did make a year-long Tour out of it (less than perfect anyway, given that we're using unlimited rounds as our basis), and if sponsors were putting up prizes, we'd have to have proof of equipment.
However, now that we've had the Tough-It-Out special: A Bandon Hope, and it went so well, I think this can remain as the fun, practice thread for players wanting to practice with starter sets (of all sorts, and either use the rock or the sponsor balls, just whatever it takes to have fun and vary the challenge). Essentially, this thread offers a chance for players to see what other tourneys are being played with this gear, and have target goals to aim for... While this thread does its thing, meanwhile we can set up a real, monthly event on the Bandon Hope model.
I asked Shoe earlier today about repeating the Bandon Hope-type event monthly, and he responded enthusiastically. He felt WGT probably couldn't offer as many sleeves for prizes month-in, month-out (perhaps just top 3 or top 5 instead of top 10), but saw no reason we couldn't run a similar event (i.e. 2 x single-play rounds over a week or two) alongside, and on the same course as, the VT.
So, I'm very encouraged by that, and looking forward to suggesting a schedule as soon as we see what's coming up in the main VT Tour.