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• BriRock 148 Posts

  Wed, Nov 17 2010 6:50 AM

  jakestanfill7:

  74.2% greens hit isn't terrible but not fantastic by any means.  One big problem is that you avg 21 ft from pin on approach. 

  ...Listen to Jake...he knows more than you about the subject.

  longball2006:

  I suck at putting because the programmers can't do better than cause a ding from 60' to miss my intended line by 5' or more, which in turn causes my putt to miss the hole by 15',

  On long putts, if your line isn't perfect...a slight misread can result in a 15' miss...dinged or not...you're acting like you know the line you picked was perfect, and the power precisely what you needed, both of which you cannot know...like someone else said...try to get a little closer than 60'...a two putt from 60' is a great achievement...a three putt is expected...

  longball2006:

  which leads to another missed putt because I am pissed. 

  This isn't their fault...it's yours.  This is what is know as "recovery" in the golf world, a player's ability to overcome a bad shot...you seem to need a little work on this too i think...deep breaths...at least 5 of them...

  longball2006:

  I think I have played enough to realize if I don't spend $$ to get the best putter available, I will be average at best. Not willing to do that. Has absolutely nothing to do with practice. All about buying your game, which is the antithesis of what golf is.

  Then stop your whining...again you are wrong...Real golf is very much about buying things to help your game...you buy  clubs...balls...gloves... grips...shoes...bags...carts...hats... sunglasses... GPS range finders...yardage books...not to mention every few years all of the above usually gets replaced for newer, better items...you are either not a serious golfer...or the only guy on the planet who still plays barehanded with wooden shaft clubs, 50 year old balls, sneakers, and putter you stole from a mini-golf course...If you aren't willing to upgrade your equipment...then accept mediocracy...But, for a second, lets say that you are that guy...you don't think that if you practice with your mini-golf putter you won't get any better with it??? Wrong yet again...you will probably never be as good as you could be with a modern, upgraded putter, but with practice you still would improve...so if you aren't going to buy a putter...GO PRACTICE!!

  longball2006:

  my reference was metaphorical...responders made it into the debate, which I joined.

  Lastly...you made it into a politcal debate the second you put in a polital reference... metaphorical or not...yet you seem to think otherwise...like nobody would jump at the chance to talk politics after reading your OP...like that was the only metaphor you could come up with...not too smart on your part...again...it's just plain wrong to think otherwise.

• longball2006 60 Posts

  Thu, Nov 18 2010 4:44 PM

  BriRock, about the 5' miss...That was immediately off the putter on a ding.  I am well aware of how break works, considering my golfing history.  I am also saying that regardless of how much I practice this video game, I will never get any better (at putting) than mediocre unless I buy better equipment.  True, I would see a difference in a driver or fairway metals or long irons...but putting is the easiest action in golf.  I can become proficient at it with a flat rock tied onto the end of rebar.  And I guess I must be plain wrong about my reference.  If I wanted the thread to be political, I would have eschewed golf altogether...Each person who reads it has a choice...stay on topic, or stray...many strayed.  It is a valid metaphor.

   

  ps.  I would be glad to take you on with all of your hi-tech stuff versus my persimmon woods, apex irons and bullseye butter with 1998 Tour Balatas.  How many strokes you want?

• Richard4168 4,309 Posts

  Thu, Nov 18 2010 5:08 PM

  Longball, I'd like to watch this match-up between you BriRock on the live streaming channel. Maybe Seveking will line this match up.

  In reference to the threads topic, where does your putting problems lie to say WGT needs to shut the game down? With all the off-topic posts (including myself) this question remains to be answered IMO.

  My putting slump comes from me being unable to read the greens properly, or hitting the putt to hard. I mean, sure, I make some good putts, but miss some as well. We all need to keep the VEM, or shot randomness factor in mind too. I've noticed when I miss a birdie putt say 5 or 6 feet past the hole, the par putt has a 98% chance of going in due the shot randomness algorithm.

   

• SgtDoodles 3,112 Posts

  Tue, Dec 7 2010 12:07 PM

  Just try shutting down just about the most addictive game for mainly men. Quite a few of us are hooked. We carry on moaning in the forums if we don't feel like playing. Nobody doing anything big at all. 

  Doodles

• SGTBilko 1,686 Posts

  Tue, Dec 7 2010 2:43 PM

  longball2006:

  You obviously get numerous "suggestions" regarding gameplay.  Some, you ignore, some you look at, but brush off...some you actually consider.  I have still found too many flaws with putting in general..."the most important part of the game".  If you neglect what is most important, you may as well shut it down...just like Obama's healthcare bill will do in 2012.  It's a shame, too...this could have been a great game.  Unfortunately, making a buck proves more important than the original goal.  Once people leave, you will have no choice.  This is the only medium where majority rules.  When the majority stop playing, you are dead in the water.

  We need to suffer because you suck at this game. No offense but if you want an easy game go join all those who shoot 20 to 23 under in tourneys at TWO. 

• Boomerboy44 1,514 Posts

  Tue, Dec 7 2010 3:23 PM

  If you ever decide to make an sell them REBAR / ROCK PUTTERS...I want one at any price. LMAOOL 

• longball2006 60 Posts

  Tue, Dec 7 2010 9:17 PM

  As soon as WGT makes practice relevant in improving, as opposed to just upgrading equipment, I will continue to play.  EXACTLY AS TW golf does...you need to improve skillsets, and "buy" new equipment.  The only difference this game uses is actual photographs...And, considering putting is the easiest thing in golf to do, it makes zero sense that it is by far the most sensitive (in this game).  The Driver should be.  I think I have been in the business long enough to know this, and there is not one of you who can tell me I am wrong.  ps...Not one single person can shoot -20 to -23 with beginner equipment from tournament tees on TW, unless they cheat.

• JuanMendoza 469 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 1:17 PM

  longball2006:

  And, considering putting is the easiest thing in golf to do

  Oh LOL!

• BriRock 148 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 2:01 PM

  longball2006:

  but putting is the easiest action in golf.  I can become proficient at it with a flat rock tied onto the end of rebar.

  longball2006:

  .And, considering putting is the easiest thing in golf to do, it makes zero sense that it is by far the most sensitive (in this game).

   

  Now i know you don't know what your talking about...and i will from this day forward pay no attention to anything you have to say...you couldn't be more wrong...there are tens of thousands of aspiring pro  / semi pro golfers who can all go out and shoot 5-7 under par on a given course...the ones who win tournaments are the ones who make the few extra putts to come in at -8 to -9...you're acting like everyone on golf courses around the world, including yourself, one putt every green, and the that the difficult part is getting to the GIR...you my misinformed friend, have taken the cake for the most idiotic comment of the month...please go smash your head against the wall until this notion of putting being the easiest part of the game falls onto the floor.

• stencil 455 Posts

  Thu, Dec 9 2010 2:19 PM

  longball2006:

  putting is the easiest thing in golf to do, it makes zero sense that it is by far the most sensitive (in this game).

  Oh wow when did putting become easy?????????????????????????