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Scorecards of winners should be posted, opinons?

• WillyBigg 2,135 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 7:58 AM

  I've noticed a few posts where players have requested to see a winners scorecard. I've talked to several friends & they love the idea of all winners of tourneys should not get paid any credits (or awarded 1st place) until they post their score card into your forums for all to see. I certainly would not have a problem sharing my card, in fact I think many players would enjoy showing off their winning score card.

  IRL you can always see what your opponents scored as they finish each hole. I know that's not an easy task for wgt but after the winner has finished, it only takes 30 seconds to post his scorecard in the forum.

  Is there a possibility of wgt incorporating this feature. Thank you for considering.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 8:11 AM

  Good idea but it would have to be something like "click here to post your scorecard" that would automatically do the work. If one isn't into forums and such there's a very high likelihood the player wouldn't have a clue as to how to post something like that. 

   

• sarak362336 1,597 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 8:12 AM

  What you are suggesting is that one has to keep a screenshot of every completed round just in case it's a winner.  Seems like a lot of time and effort to me.

• alosso 21,093 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 8:24 AM

  WillyBigg:

  all winners of tourneys should not get paid any credits (or awarded 1st place) until they post their score card into your forums for all to see.

  Publishing the winner cards is a nice idea of transparency, causing some efforts and difficulties for the players. They would have to save all scorecards which might be winners and find them when they have won.

  OTOH, WGT would have to check if the condition is met, searching the card (plural in multiround tourneys) when the winners are checked and determined, perhaps ten or twenty days afterwards - certainly too much effort for them!

  If any, the display should be automatic from the leaderboard, e.g. by a click on the score no.

  But, as always, don't hold your breath for a feature that only creates costs to the company.

  They are WGT, hope is futile.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 8:51 AM

  alosso:

  If any, the display should be automatic from the leaderboard, e.g. by a click on the score no.

  This could work, even if it's only the hole scores like 4 3 3 4 5 3 4 2 4.

• alosso 21,093 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 9:07 AM

  I'd rather see a neat genuine scorecard, like in the strokeplay challences. It's easy html which is then transferred by mail.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 11:08 AM

  alosso:

  display should be automatic from the leaderboard

  Yes it would have to be simple and automated. As you said programming costs for no return will not cut the mustard for WGT.

  To top it off, transparency and WGT do not go hand in hand. If WGT was any more transparent it would be a 12 inch steel door.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 11:17 AM

  alosso:

  I'd rather see a neat genuine scorecard

  Who cares about the format, the numbers are already there and that's all you want to know. Keep whatever programming there is to a minimum.

• WillyBigg 2,135 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 2:13 PM

  I don't like how you must trust wgt to get the count-back correct on ties. They have a hard enough time setting up tourneys without mistakes.

  IRL, the pros & (amateurs too) have to retain their scorecards as proof. What's the big deal, if it's a winning score players should want others to see it.

  It should be done automatically by wgt, but like you guys have said it will not make wgt richer so it won't be considered. Wgt would much rather spend time on messing up the rough, tweaking our equipment or making heart tee markers.

   

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Thu, Feb 12 2015 3:26 PM

  WillyBigg:

  IRL, the pros & (amateurs too) have to retain their scorecards as proof. What's the big deal, if it's a winning score players should want others to see it.

  Actually this is not true, the card is handed to the tournament committee and will only be kept if you kept a duplicate.

  But agreed with everything else - with all the bugs that exist including scorecard glitches, it is hard to trust the system without quality controls.