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• JanOve 12 Posts

  Thu, Jun 23 2016 12:07 AM

  I study the ongoing Virtul Tour, and register scores like 50, 51, 51 and so on... What's the point with this. It's not only unrealistic, it's crazy. Can someone explain how it is possible to get scores like this???? Do players With scores like this have some kind of cheating going on????

• JFidanza 1,676 Posts

  Thu, Jun 23 2016 11:38 AM

  The longer you play and the more expert you perform, the more your clubs and scores display favorable results. (with occasional exceptions) This is one of the features in WGT programing.

  Other old golf games may not be programmed like this. I've played one game for many years and on certain courses I'll get -1, par, +1, -1, etc. and many years later I still get -1, par, +1, -1.There are no so-called VEM free days.

  WGT has long term effects where dedicated players over long periods rise to the top. There are exceptions but this is explained in the WGT programming in detail.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, Jun 23 2016 12:04 PM

  What tees are being played? The junior tees yield those scores all the time and that's nothing to write home about.

• Tigerpaw509 1,285 Posts

  Thu, Jun 23 2016 12:31 PM

  Of course there is rampant cheating,so just dont play for credits and all will be good

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Thu, Jun 23 2016 12:39 PM

  Were the OP a better player he would realise low scoring is very possible even on real courses in real conditions.  The argument then moves to ultra consistency of low scoring and some ultra low miracles, and there is a whole another thread on that currently running:)

• duffer19 3,670 Posts

  Thu, Jun 23 2016 2:21 PM

  Tigerpaw509:

  Of course there is rampant cheating,so just dont play for credits and all will be good

  i want what you're smoking    I'm serious 

  puff puff pass

   

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Thu, Jun 23 2016 2:37 PM

  JanOve:

  Can someone explain how it is possible to get scores like this???? Do players With scores like this have some kind of cheating going on????

  Jan, you have been a member since 2008, and you have only just noticed such scores?

  Even an average player like me can score low sometimes, not often but occasionally.

  Then I look at your course records

  KIA 54, BPG 53, STG 54, OAK 58, CABO 56, CCC 56, MER 60, PINE 59, CB 56, PB 60

  And I would bet most of those rounds you left a couple of shots out there.

  Point is, many of those players have played 5 times as many rounds, taken copious notes and practiced until they have refined their game.

  Add to that many of those low score rounds probably are unlimited games, and have a ton of restarts so they can post that one great score.

  Then there are others like me, probably yourself, play occasionally without too much though or calculations.

  Yes there are some players who may cheat, but probably not as many as you think. There are threads on this running concurrently, but to tarnish anyone who shots low is naïve.