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HELP HELP HELP HELP!! - WGT PLEASE READ THIS! I Love your Game Been Playing for a LONG time!

• K7JBQ 1,468 Posts

  Mon, Aug 29 2016 9:09 PM

  We've all made the trip. Truth be told, it's a far better game from the tips.

  What you need to concentrate on is 1) accuracy with the long irons and 2) getting up and down from around the green.

  Just finished a game on Olympic -- a classic 3x3: Three birdies, three bogeys, three pars, And I felt pretty good at the end of it.

  If it was easy, they wouldn't call you "Legend."

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Mon, Aug 29 2016 9:41 PM

  crowwe:

  My avg scores was @ 40's

  Wow!!!! You're better than Lasor was. 

• TreeTopFlyer57 79 Posts

  Mon, Aug 29 2016 10:35 PM

     Looking at your putting average, I can see you need a lot of practice with the flat stick. You`ve got one of the highest putting averages I`ve ever seen a Legend have. I`m sure once you get used to the glass, err`, GREEN speed, you`ll see that unusually high putting avg go down. That 3rd wedge would surely lead to shorter putts. 

   Good Luck and Hang in there

                   Tree

   

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Tue, Aug 30 2016 4:03 AM

  jayw4862:

  crowwe:

  My avg scores was @ 40's

  Wow!!!! You're better than Lasor was. 

   

   

• sodakknight 703 Posts

  Thu, Sep 1 2016 4:32 AM

  Imagine being promoted to Legend tier at level 66, only 10 days after being made a Tour Master.  Add into the frustration of longer tees the fact that you can't purchase the equipment needed to cope with them!  That's what WGT punished me with in June 2013.  I tell you this only to give you some perspective on your situation.

  You WILL survive the move to the longer tees!  Its re-learning your angles and course management.  Others have advised you to drop the hybrid and add another wedge.  This is absolutely the best advice for a new Legend!

  You'll also need to spend time working on your longer irons..you'll be amazed what a difference in yardage and distance adding or taking away just a little bit of spin can do!

  Congrats and don't get too frustrated, it gets better! 

• TreeTopFlyer57 79 Posts

  Sat, Sep 3 2016 3:18 PM

  How about  "Cheer up,,, it gets worse".  See that tee box BEHIND you ?  So you think

  Legends hard ? :)

           Cheers

                     TTF

• kavvz 2,195 Posts

  Sat, Dec 24 2016 6:13 PM

  What I'm struggling most with since turning Legend a few weeks ago is the putting.  The longer tees aren't the biggest issue new Legends face IMO.  My driver hits 300 so not a problem there.  I'm finding the putts just aren't going in.   Lip outs and insane breaks seem to be the norm now, and with the 12 stimp meter you get punished for putting errors -- badly.  

  Not knowing certain trouble spots will also kill ya -- has bitten me a bunch of times now.  I.e.  I've got a 18 ft. 3" downhill putt.  So, my quick math tells me hit it (18 / 1.35) - 3 = 10ft.  I do that and the thing goes across the green 20 feet coming back.  I think to myself maybe that said 3ft, not 3" -- but it's happened a bunch of times now.  Going to have to finally start a course notebook I guess.

  The putting...its killing me.