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Oakmont removed after update ??

• mreddy 895 Posts

  Fri, Apr 28 2017 3:31 PM

  When I joined wgt back in 2009 , all we had was Bethpage Black and Kiawah Island in stroke play , then they introduced St. Andrews and as time has passed they've added alot since I joined , its unfortunate we lost Oakmont , contract negotiations my have followed , but to no avail . With the addition of Erin Hills and future USGA locations coming , I'm ok with it .

  However I do agree Wgt should have announced it and possibly sponsored a farewell to Oakmont tournament . 

  Wonder when Merion and Olympic courses become in Jeopardy ? That I would not be ok with , lol

  Peace

   

• garyk49 2,331 Posts

  Fri, Apr 28 2017 4:20 PM

  TomJay1:

  This site is a masterpiece in profit making. We get to keep Bandon Dunes, a waste of creativity, and lose Oakmont, one of the top venues in USGA. For those of you that wonder who Top Golf is go here,

  https://topgolf.com/us/company/press-room/ownership/

   

  Sorry for being off topic, but in response to the above.

  It starts to become quite clear what has happened to the Web version of this game by reading this article.  Really gives us a good idea where time is spent.  Not on the web version.

  http://press.topgolf.com/2016-07-12-Topgolf-Can-Now-Be-Played-24-7-on-the-WGT-Golf-App

  Was Oakmont one of the courses not available for mobile?  If it was what others are not? Are they next?  Just thinking here, as I don't do the mobile version, so I can't go see for myself.

• 8802 4,261 Posts

  Fri, Apr 28 2017 6:59 PM

  garyk49:

  It starts to become quite clear what has happened to the Web version of this game by reading this article.  Really gives us a good idea where time is spent.  Not on the web version.

  Guess it's a sign of the times.  I personally have no interest in playing on my phone.  Why give up a nice big monitor for a tiny screen that I have to strain to see?

  But whadda I know?  I'm just an old fart that grew up with rotary phones and no answering machines.  How did we survive?  And yet, life seemed so much simplier then.

• bubbsboy 6,879 Posts

  Sat, Apr 29 2017 12:35 AM

   

   

  abbielb:

  i played erin hills today......not that special......give us augusta national wgt.....and you will be forgiven for oakmont lol

  You have more chance of an avatar of Augustus Gloop.

  Which courses came after Oakmont......they will be next when contract runs out.

• Tamsach 2,823 Posts

  Sat, Apr 29 2017 11:16 AM

  jayw4862:

  Do any of the Best Of (hardest, par 4, par 3, par 5) courses have an Oakmont hole? I should know, but I can't recall. 

  If not, then this has been known for a long, long time. Pity we weren't told. 

  I guess if there are any other courses with holes not included, can we assume they'll be next up to the guillotine?

  +1000

• RyjaTybas 5,150 Posts

  Sat, Apr 29 2017 11:23 AM

  The absence of Oakmont holes in any of the previous or existing combination/best of courses - and the inclusion of Oakmont holes in Custom Courses - lends weight to the theory that WGT violated the terms of agreement with Oakmont and were given the boot.

  I don't know if its true or not - but if it is, the Custom Course idea (including Oakmont) was a masterclass in ineptitude.

  We may never know the real reason.....

  Unless a real Oakmont member out there makes some inquiries?

• maoriand1 1,287 Posts

  Sat, Apr 29 2017 11:47 AM

  i don't want be wrong but they never used oakmont in the brackets. probably there was and end in the copyrights bill.. i don t know.  i m sad for the oakmont death...the back 9 was one of my best course. :'((((

   

• TRutger 133 Posts

  Tue, May 2 2017 12:32 PM

  The topic of mobile v pc is a hot topic. One that deserves further examination as to which direction WGT  is headed. 

   

  I can say I have friends in three countries, and several here in the states that like myself use this game at home on a nice big monitor. That ain't gonna change. 

  So for us "old timers" that play in front of a cpu screen, are we being pushed off the flight deck for the youngsters? 

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Tue, May 2 2017 1:33 PM

  jayw4862:

  Do any of the Best Of (hardest, par 4, par 3, par 5) courses have an Oakmont hole? I should know, but I can't recall.

  They never did, not even in the former "Best of" courses. To me, OAK always had a "special" touch, probably coming from special contractual agreements.

  Methinks that something in time with mobile play would threaten the contracts, and now, a year after the last USO, they terminated.

  No prophecy, only observation...

• LVKid 42 Posts

  Thu, Nov 9 2017 5:13 AM

  Comon Dude, do you really think that the group that gives us this game didnt think about this crap your tryin to shovel here? This is a BUSINESS! trust me, theyve thought about all this and a lot more you cant even imagine!!! Geeze, get real dude! LMBO