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• Bradness 2 Posts

  Thu, May 28 2020 11:19 AM

  Being able to play against computer characters/or others in same home but on same device.  So one can play in a grouping but not with others online.  

  Perhaps make it so it is impossible for somebody to shoot a sub 55 round in 18 holes.  Unrealistic in real golf.  Some of these scores are silly!

• K7JBQ 1,468 Posts

  Fri, May 29 2020 9:02 PM

  There is so much that we have to consider in real golf that we don't have to concern ourselves with here -- Posture, ball position, grip, etc etc -- that scores on WGT of course are going to be far lower than we could ever shoot in real life.

  Except, of course, for putting -- the one thing I do better on real grass than I do here.

• Nicole161106 281 Posts

  Sat, May 30 2020 5:55 AM

  K7JBQ:

  There is so much that we have to consider in real golf that we don't have to concern ourselves with here -- Posture, ball position, grip, etc etc -- that scores on WGT of course are going to be far lower than we could ever shoot in real life.

  Except, of course, for putting -- the one thing I do better on real grass than I do here.

  If you putt better in real life than you do on here then that makes you the greatest putter of all time, congrats :))

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Sat, May 30 2020 6:41 AM

  Nicole161106:

  If you putt better in real life than you do on here then that makes you the greatest putter of all time, congrats :))

  Not really. His 1.62 putts per hole would have put him about 120th place last year on the PGA tour. 
  
  On here, the putts per round stat is pretty meaningless. 
  

• Connorjwebb123 434 Posts

  Sat, May 30 2020 8:27 AM

  Nicole161106:

  K7JBQ:

  There is so much that we have to consider in real golf that we don't have to concern ourselves with here -- Posture, ball position, grip, etc etc -- that scores on WGT of course are going to be far lower than we could ever shoot in real life.

  Except, of course, for putting -- the one thing I do better on real grass than I do here.

  If you putt better in real life than you do on here then that makes you the greatest putter of all time, congrats :))

  Shows how much you know 😉 lol

• Nicole161106 281 Posts

  Sat, May 30 2020 10:18 AM

  Robert1893:

  Nicole161106:

  If you putt better in real life than you do on here then that makes you the greatest putter of all time, congrats :))

  Not really. His 1.62 putts per hole would have put him about 120th place last year on the PGA tour. 
  
  On here, the putts per round stat is pretty meaningless. 

  I must have been looking at old data that showed Mickelson at the top with 1.72 pph, where is more up to date data found?

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Sat, May 30 2020 10:37 AM

  Nicole161106:

  I must have been looking at old data that showed Mickelson at the top with 1.72 pph, where is more up to date data found?

  For the PGA stats, I simply looked at the putts per round figure and converted the 1.62 into a putts per round (1.62 x 18). While I certainly could have missed it, I didn't see a putts per hole figure. 
  
  But I'll look at the data again. Maybe I had it wrong. If so, I apologize. 
  
  Source: pgatour.com

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Sat, May 30 2020 10:44 AM

  So, here's what I was looking at (hopefully, the link will post and direct to the page properly):

  https://www.pgatour.com/content/pgatour/stats/stat.119.y2019.html

  At 1.62 putts per round, a player would average 29.16 putts for 18 holes. The top player (Spieth) averaged 27.71 putts. The 121st players (Furyk and Wright) averaged 29.16 putts.

   

   

• Nicole161106 281 Posts

  Sat, May 30 2020 1:15 PM

  I was looking at this kind of site that shows the pph avg.

  The leader is on 1.68, 1.77 would be top 120.

  https://scores.nbcsports.com/golf/averages.asp?tour=PGA&rank=13

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Sat, May 30 2020 1:43 PM

  Nicole161106:

  I was looking at this kind of site that shows the pph avg.

  The leader is on 1.68, 1.77 would be top 120.

  https://scores.nbcsports.com/golf/averages.asp?tour=PGA&rank=13

  As I understand it, putting average is calculated only on GIR. Total putts includes all holes, regardless if the green was reached in regulation. 
  
  I guarantee you that all of our putts per hole average would be higher if it were calculated on GIR.