MatildaIgaly:Well as i see it, you have two ways to go. We continue as now and have probably 95% of the players not knowing they have to post screen cards to have a chance to win anything.
Other option is to go back to run it as an all forum tourney aka, no tourney entry from tournaments.
Running it just through the forum wouldn't change anything. For sponsors to feel okay about giving out prizes (and for me to feel OK asking for sponsorships), we have to have confidence that no-one's cheating (regardless of how they find the event, via the forum or the game client tournament list).
To win Stats prizes, we've always asked for screenshots (or video): the only difference now is we know we need proof of clubs as well as the Cards and Stats. I had hoped one Greenshot with a Bag Hover would work, but it seems this is too complicated for many to achieve, even with the example how-to videos etc.
P.S. Players should always read the rules/tournament description in order to find out about prizes that might be on offer. I'm sure most are playing the event for fun and not worrying about prizes at all...
... and to be honest, despite all the problems in the thread, the best thing about these events is that players get a chance to experience the courses in a new way with a different challenge.
MatildaIgaly: Obviously there is another way but since this is wgt and the chance that they actually would fix a problem is far fetched, so its not worth mentioning.
Actually, I'm still holding out hope that WGT will fix the problem. If they can get the restricted-clubs thing right, then it really could be a money-maker for them, opening up the possibility of having tournaments with certain club combinations that players might purchase (again) in order to feel like they had a chance to compete.
I know it's been suggested by Ben (bhoese) that we just accept WGT's programming limitations and work with what we've got, allowing players to fill the first section of the bag however they wish. My concern with this is that it would no longer resemble Tough-It-Out, in fact, it's hardly tough at all, since on many holes (even from the tips) they can be played very easily for par with a fancy Driver or 3W and advanced wedges. There's no longer the risk/reward considerations that are key to making these tournaments interesting to play.