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RIP Oakmont....Gone but not forgotten

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 11:21 AM

  Tigerpaw509:

  Wgt couldnt afford to pay for the PC version but still playable on the PC/Tablet world.

  So wanna play Oakmont just fire up that phone but I wont be one of them

   

  Wrong. Oakmont is not on either version of mobile. 

• Tigerpaw509 1,285 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 12:21 PM

  Yes it was removed after I posted

   

• MichaelStroke 2,066 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 12:31 PM

  I won't miss it since I never play it.  I only do random MP, and there's two things that setting it to random won't do - put you on the back 9 of any course, and put you on Oakmont.

  So long.

• bubbsboy 6,879 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 2:54 PM

  Picture a very proud Country Club......

  They let WGT use their course, then it changes through the years, those saplings have grown ever so slightly, the club have improved the aesthetics, the bunkers have been moved, those standard trees have grown or the greens and tee boxes changed. Now Do WGT images show that, no thats impossible.

  So could they then think "our course is a darn sight better than the one you lot use, come and take all your photos again, or get stuffed".

  Just another idea, seems WGT wont ever tell us.

• RyjaTybas 5,150 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 3:08 PM

  WGTicon:

  Hi,

  Our agreement with the course has ended, so it’s no longer playable on WGT.

  -WGTicon

  is that really all you have to say???

  The biggest announcement by WGT in 10 years sandwiched between some irrelevant information.

  Gobsmacked.

   

• garyk49 2,331 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 3:41 PM

  Hate to be the bearer of bad news.  That is not the Oakmont that was on here. Wrong side of the country.  No wonder it looked so much different to you.

  Try this one instead

  bubbsboy:

  Picture a very proud Country Club......Oakmont.

  They let WGT use their course, then it changes through the years, those saplings have grown ever so slightly, the club have improved the aesthetics, the bunkers have been moved, those standard trees have grown or the greens and tee boxes changed. Now Do WGT images show that, no thats impossible.

  So could they then think "our course is a darn sight better than the one you lot use, come and take all your photos again, or get stuffed".

  Just another idea, seems WGT wont ever tell us.

   

• derekortt 669 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 6:30 PM

  shouldn't the course still be available through the relationship with the USGA?

• K7JBQ 1,468 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 6:52 PM

  Well, I'll be damned. I just played 18 at Oakmont. Bogeyed the last hole after a weak first putt, but finished with a 66.

  Turns out, I'd set up the course for a club tournament. Didn't expect it would work, but I teed it up anyway...and it played just fine.

  If anyone wants to take one last stab at it, feel free to join The Golf Masters Club and play this week's Medalist Trophy. If you want to quit the club after the round, no hard feelings whatsoever.

  Damn, it felt like I was playing a ghost!

  Don't know how long it will last, but it's on the club schedule until May 2.

• 8802 4,259 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 7:48 PM

  garyk49:

  Hate to be the bearer of bad news.  That is not the Oakmont that was on here. Wrong side of the country.  No wonder it looked so much different to you.

  Try this one instead

  With all due respect bubbsboy, your post makes me wonder how many WGT players actually play golf or know anything about it outside what they see through this virtual version of it.

  Oakmont is a friggin' National Historic Landmark, not a retirement community in Sonoma County, CA.  It's where Nicklaus beat Pamer for his first major in 1962.  Host of nine United States Open Championshiips.  Add to that three PGA Championships, five U.S. Amateurs and two U.S. Women's Opens.

  Hopefully WGT realized what an honor it was to be allowed to use their course.  To even set foot on it.  And they blew it.  A huge loss.  The lack of any explanation other than "our agreement ended" or apology to customers shows no respect for Oakmont or for us.

  Without a doubt, the biggest WGT blunder of all time.

   

• jacktrade51 11,165 Posts

  Thu, Apr 27 2017 7:53 PM

  We surveyed our members a couple of times about courses, and they didn't like Oakmont.

  It was one of my favorites.  Tough for sure, but fair.  I am sad to lose it.

  WGT has been promoting new course for a long time (Erin Hills) and now they take one away.  They didn't know?  Getting cheap?

  Merion gone next?  Or Kiawah?

  We need some transparency here.