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Sun, Jun 29 2014 6:32 AM (170 replies)
  • tiffer67
    1,764 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 5:35 PM

    For the pros in the real game this US Open will prove to be a war of attrition, I'd imagine it'll be very draining physically and mentally due to it's length and crazy @ss greens.

    In the virtual world however first impressions are that I find it a bit dull by comparison to Oakmont and Congressional. Many of the holes look and feel like the hole I have just played, lol. I hope I will grow to love it in time :)

  • WoodenHands
    526 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 6:08 PM

    Spammage:

    Alright - but everyone better start playing quickly before Icon gets wind of it.

    Great stuff , thanks very much for that , just played a couple of rounds , it's pretty long from those back tees .

     

     

  • DaveStrock
    919 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 6:14 PM

    #4 11mph headwind,287yd driver 3/4 bs then a full 245yd 3wood no spin,still 12ds to the green,it's gonna be unreachable with out any tail wind very tough par 4,finished my 1rst round with a 64 ,shoulda been a 60 if I could putt,also very easy to come up short on a few holes and trickle back off green,overall I would rank it up there in difficulty with Merion or Oakmont.......

  • donsprintr
    2,063 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 6:27 PM

    The qualifier is now open for play ... it's on your gameclient ...

    :-)

  • garylewisgr
    415 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 6:43 PM

      Thanks Spamage !  Just played it----not to well (74)--- loved it !  I had this course on my old Arnold Palmer LinksLS golf game. Loved it then---love it now !  Thanks again !

  • bhoese
    679 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 6:43 PM

    donsprintr:

    The qualifier is now open for play ... it's on your gameclient ...

    :-)

    Woohoo!

    Champ greens, too.  Makes my 56 cut prediction a little less likely.

  • ApexPC
    3,164 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 7:07 PM

    Just finished my 1st 18 on Pinehurst #2.

    I made bogey the first hole, bird on 2, eagle on 5, and had 2 more bogies but finished with a 65. 

    The Champ greens were not quite as fast as I expected and I left 4 putts short (1 for another eagle), else I would have posted a 60.

  • CerinoDevoti
    3,232 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 7:08 PM

     Now that the course is open for the qualifier, anyone know how to trick the system to allow us to play it in practice mode, Uneven lies and Single play? I tried the change the game mode thing but can't figure out why it won't work.

     I see it can be played in UEL in multi-player but I want to just practice it alone for now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  • fatdan
    3,379 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 8:32 PM

    Just played it...lonnnnngggggg, the front 9 is a b!tch, back 9 is long but fairly easy really...

    fairways are wide, easy to hit all of them, miss it and your probably in the sand which is everywhere...pine trees down the right side came into play 3 times due to the crosswind but high trajectory nike driver went over them easily...

    played into or had a crosswind on EVERY hole...

    front 9 pins are set right on edge of a slope or close to it...miss on wrong side of pin and your off the green...stay on the green anywhere near the pin gives you a easy straight putt according to dots, however I missed a 6ft'er, four 4 to 5ft'ers, and a 3 ft'er for birds, all straight in...(better ram them home when you get close)...very little break on longer putts and not near as fast or treacherous as Merion or Oakmont IMO...a miss usually leaves you a tap in...

    back has a couple on the edge too but  areas to miss the shot...I played the speed just like I do at most of the courses, not all that fast...

    the long par 5 on the front is deceiving, if you try to run a 3 wood up the mouth it is sloped to the left sand trap...

     

    Like I said before, if your anywhere close to the pin it looks like a easy putt, but don't finesse it, I missed everyone because they went off the hole, not lip outs, completely missed the hole, even a 3 ft putt with no moving dots what so ever LOL...

    Did anyone else have those bad camera angles on putts like Kiwiah, I had 3 that were pretty bad...

    they must have photographed this course after a hack tournament or a windstorm, sand everywhere around all the traps, fairways actually look cr@ppy but the tees are great, i like the sign being right there...

  • MartyFlanagan
    2,488 Posts
    Wed, Apr 30 2014 9:00 PM

    CerinoDevoti:

     Now that the course is open for the qualifier, anyone know how to trick the system to allow us to play it in practice mode, Uneven lies and Single play? I tried the change the game mode thing but can't figure out why it won't work.

     I see it can be played in UEL in multi-player but I want to just practice it alone for now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

     

    + 1

    would love to play it on uneven lies, if anyone have any info that would be great

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