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• Dball0 3 Posts

  Fri, Mar 25 2011 10:24 AM

  I am sure that I missed something along the way, but why does my HCP go down with good game but never goes up when I have bad games?  Just wondering?

   

  Thanks

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Fri, Mar 25 2011 10:27 PM

  This system was devised a few months back. It's so we all end up moving tiers more quickly, so end up buying longer hitting clubs and more balls.

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Sat, Mar 26 2011 1:02 AM

  It seemed mainly designed to defeat sandbagging, because a player could not intentionally increase the average by turning in inflated scores.

• SGTBilko 1,686 Posts

  Sat, Mar 26 2011 4:15 AM

  piztaker:

  This system was devised a few months back. It's so we all end up moving tiers more quickly, so end up buying longer hitting clubs and more balls.

  Now Piz............You know that is not true. What was happening and Zag was on the right track was that people were purposely sandbagging their scores with bad rounds so they could stay at a certain level because of the Ready-Go rounds and the money. A guy might be a master and not want to compete at the next level so he would shoot a 29 in a ready go and then then go shoot a 39 or 40 on purpose in a ranked round to keep his average the same and not get promoted.

• Dball0 3 Posts

  Tue, Mar 29 2011 7:50 AM

  So this is no long a true representation of our total "stroke average"?

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Sat, Apr 2 2011 8:05 AM

  Dball0:

  So this is no long a true representation of our total "stroke average"?

  Correct. It yields the average of the best rounds at the current tier. It shows what you are capable of on a good day, not what you usually shoot.

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Sat, Apr 2 2011 8:27 AM

  I still say that I'm right.

• CLINTLIQUOR 64 Posts

  Sat, Apr 2 2011 8:36 AM

  Maybe you're both right....

  just sayin.....

• b0geybuster 2,574 Posts

  Sat, Apr 2 2011 9:34 AM

  piztaker:

  This system was devised a few months back. It's so we all end up moving tiers more quickly, so end up buying longer hitting clubs and more balls.

  I say it slows down advancement.  Those 58 average amateurs you see would be legends.  

  Just saying,

  b0gey

• Dball0 3 Posts

  Mon, Apr 4 2011 12:17 PM

  Well i think it sucks.  Golf is built on a game of integrity and honesty, are there cheaters, yes, but you cannot change the HCP system to accomodate the cheaters.  this is no lnoger a golf game, it is just another video game and I will not longer spend money to support it.

  Dball0