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forfeiting or abandoning strokeplay games

• joshcore 27 Posts

  Thu, Mar 24 2016 9:27 PM

  Hello,

  Do penalties occur for quitting/forfeiting/abandoning single player stroke play games?

   

• WGTChampion 1,917 Posts

  Fri, Mar 25 2016 8:45 AM

  No, there is no negative impact to your player if you quit a single player stroke play round but if you are using a club pass you will lose it when the game is ended. 

  _CHAMPION

• joshcore 27 Posts

  Fri, Mar 25 2016 4:37 PM

  Thanks champ.

  So, do people use this as a work-around for lowering ones overall score? For example: you choose single player stroke play - the first 5 holes are terrible, rather than finish the 9 with a bad score you just quit after 5 and start again?

   

   

   

• K7JBQ 1,469 Posts

  Fri, Mar 25 2016 10:58 PM

  No question about it, many do just that. Usually, these are the same folks who play 99% of their games on St. Andy's F9.

• twinponds169 3,052 Posts

  Fri, Mar 25 2016 11:47 PM

  joshcore:

  So, do people use this as a work-around for lowering ones overall score? For example: you choose single player stroke play - the first 5 holes are terrible, rather than finish the 9 with a bad score you just quit after 5 and start again?

  No, you definitely do not want to do that. At this stage experience is your biggest ally and your average means absolutely nothing. To reach the next level you need two things, a minimum number of ranked rounds and a certain average.You need at least 20 ranked rounds as a pro and also an average of 72 to move up to tour pro. Once you hit the 20 ranked rounds you are "saturated". Once saturated your average will only go down. When you play your 21st ranked round it will take that score into your average and throw out the very worst score in your previous rounds, your average drops quickly.

  Don't quit on your games, experience in general at this stage means more than anything, means more than better clubs, better balls and definitely don't worry about your average.

   

  • When your average score is equal or smaller than 100 you go from hack to amateur.
  • When it is equal or smaller than 80 you go from amateur to pro.
  • When it is equal or smaller than 72 you go from pro to tour pro
  • When it is equal or smaller than 67 you go from tour pro to Master
  • When it is equal or smaller than 63 you go from Master to Tour master
  • When it is equal or smaller than 61 you go from Tour master to legend 
    
  • When it is equal or smaller than 60 you go from Legend to Tour Legend*

  and

  • you need to play at least 5 ranked rounds as hack before reaching Amateur
  • you need to play at least 10 ranked rounds as amateur before reaching Pro
  • you need to play at least 20 ranked rounds as Pro before reaching Tour pro
  • you need to play at least 25 ranked rounds as Tour pro before reaching Master
  • you need to play at least 40 ranked rounds as Master before reaching Tour Master
  • you need to play at least 50 ranked rounds as Tour Master before reaching Legend
  • You need at least 100 ranked rounds as Legend before reaching Tour Legend

• alosso 21,088 Posts

  Sat, Mar 26 2016 12:21 AM

  *sighs*

  Some outdated numbers never die...

  FTFY

  twinponds169:

  You need at least 500 ranked rounds as Legend before reaching Tour Legend

  Add 200 RRs plus a 59.000 average to become a Champion.

   

  And, in short, those dratted high scores do not hinder the advancement at all, because the target is to collect those (20) perfect scores that form the final average - any higher score will be locked out and not count. Eventually, the only difference between posting it or not is experience (as you stated). In one word, you won't learn how to play the final holes if you never play them.

• twinponds169 3,052 Posts

  Sat, Mar 26 2016 6:24 AM

  alosso:

  Some outdated numbers never die...

  Thank you Al, tired and lazy when I dug it up last night. Corrected it on my reply in his club forum post but forgot to do it here when I posted it.

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Sat, Mar 26 2016 1:03 PM

  WGTChampion:

  No, there is no negative impact to your player if you quit a single player stroke play round but if you are using a club pass you will lose it when the game is ended. 

  _CHAMPION

  If  you are in a multiplayer stroke play game and YOU don't forfeit/quit the game but are unable to continue because another player did, you still will lose the CC Pass you were using.

  In other words, YOU CAN be impacted negatively if another player forfeits/quits though you did nothing wrong.

• VegasWade 486 Posts

  Sun, Mar 27 2016 11:39 PM

  ApexPC:

  WGTChampion:

  No, there is no negative impact to your player if you quit a single player stroke play round but if you are using a club pass you will lose it when the game is ended. 

  _CHAMPION

  If  you are in a multiplayer stroke play game and YOU don't forfeit/quit the game but are unable to continue because another player did, you still will lose the CC Pass you were using.

  In other words, YOU CAN be impacted negatively if another player forfeits/quits though you did nothing wrong.

  Yip. And you'll also lose a CC pass if you even concede a hole. The bug is repeatable and remains, despite being reported in bug forums. Conceding a single hole should not lead to the loss of a pass. Conceding a match, however, should.