Heads up... our next monthly VT Tough-It-Out event begins a week today, Thursday 5/14 @ Congressional!
TOURNEY OPENS Thursday 5/14
R1 runs Thu 5/14 - Wed 5/20; R2 runs Thu 5/21 - Wed 5/27
LEADERBOARD & ENTRY LINK is here
After the success of the holiday special at the beginning of the year, A Bandon Hope, and the three follow-up tourneys @ RSG in Feb, Kiawah in March, and Bethpage in April, the Tough-It-Out VT bandwagon moves on to Congressional for May. We are offering a monthly TIO Starters-only tourney running parallel to the VT.
Prior 2015 events:
Jan: A Bandon Hope (LB)
Feb: Tough-It-Out VT Feb event: Royal St. George's (LB)
Mar: Tough-It-Out VT Mar event: Kiawah Island (LB)
Apr: Tough-It-Out VT Apr event: Bethpage Black (LB)
Tough-It-Out competitions have run for several years as community organized events here on WGT (see example here). The Tough-It-Out concept is all about trying to mimic the hardest conditions in Major Championship golf, giving us the challenge of trying to tackle the toughest courses in a manner similar to that faced by the top pros. Par will be a great score!
By using Starter Clubs and Balls only, and doing it with Uneven Lies we believe this is the hardest test on WGT, and it's one that's a level playing field (pun intended) for all participants.
WGT is offering a sleeve (of good balls) to the top 5 players in this 2 single-play rounds event (Thanks Shoe!). Good luck!
FYI: We had hoped that these events would be official tourneys visible to all players through the game client, but apparently there are some programming issues with that because of the restricted club settings... so it will be accessed just via a link to be posted here: so, please help spread the word with friends and your Country Club:
TOURNAMENT ENTRY LINK is HERE (event starts Thu 5/14: 1st Rnd ends Wed 5/20)
***Remember, to be in the running for any of the special prizes (see next post below), take SCREEN SHOTS of both f9 & b9 CARDS and all the STATS!!!!!***
The tourney is open to all tiers and levels. We'll all be using the same clubs, balls, green speeds, and lies.
PLEASE NOTE: the tourney link (when live from Thursday on) will take you directly to the game client, and if you do not have full Starter Clubs and Ball equipped, you'll get a warning message. Shoe sets these up as equipment-restricted events: please make sure you have only the original free Starter clubs equipped.
We really do want to encourage newbies to give it a go. It's a great chance for new players (who may be more familiar than old fogies with these clubs) to pit themselves against the best on WGT, and for the experienced player, it's a opportunity to revisit the fun of playing the game without the pressure of needing to make a birdie on almost every hole.
Here are the tournament dates. Conditions to be confirmed early next week, but I'm thinking of the tips for R1 followed by the easy tees for R2, but with compensating conditions.
R1 :: Thu 5/14 to Wed 5/20 ::
18 holes; Congressional Country Club; Black (Champ) tees, Low Wind, VFast10 greens, Easy pins, Uneven Lies, equipment restricted to Starter Clubs and Ball
R2 :: Thu 5/21 to Wed 5/27 ::
18 holes; Congressional Country Club; Red (Easy) tees, High wind, Champ13 greens, Hard pins, Uneven Lies, equipment restricted to Starter Clubs and Ball
As before, I will ask Shoe if it is possible to set it up so that everyone gets the same set of Easy pins for R1, and that everyone also gets the same set of the different Hard pins for R2.
Prizes:
WGTdbloshoe is generously offering a sleeve (of good balls) to the top 5 finishers across two completed rounds.
Other prizes will be announced below shortly, depending on what donations come in. Please feel free to offer something if you are so moved! As with prior Tough-It-Out events, we want to encourage sharing of descriptions and snapshotted scorecards and stats, so there'll be special prizes in different categories. And, of course, it would be great if any participants are willing and able to Twitch their rounds.
Any questions, please feel free to ask here in the thread.
Thanks, and have fun!
TOURNAMENT ENTRY LINK HERE!
(event starts Thu 5/14: 1st Rnd ends Wed 5/20)
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Please do remember to take care equipping your bag properly ahead of play (i.e. before clicking on the link to enter):
This tournament is only to be played with the full Starter Club set:
Starter Driver,
Starter 3W,
Starter 3H,
Starter Sand Wedge,
Starter Lob Wedge,
Starter Iron Set,
Starter Putter,
and Starter Ball.
Edit: 5/19/15: Just in case it isn't obvious to everyone: FocusBoost has no place in a Tough-It-Out event.
The whole point of these tournaments is that we are all experiencing the same conditions, with the same clubs, balls... & the same challenging meter speed.
I hope and trust that no-one will try and use FocusBoost in these events. Thank you!