mhiker830:
For the Game Day tournament? I saw that too. Shot +1 myself and given the tournament greens, I was very pleased. Should have been even, but still pretty happy...that is until I saw all the top players somehow shot more than 20 under par.
This is the first WGT tournament I have participated in, are they all like this? I'm not saying I'm an incredible player, just started playing a couple weeks ago, but more than 20 under par seems impossible. Am I wrong?
With better equipment and balls, those scores were what one would expect. That's especially so given the course and conditions.
To start, Wolf Creek is an easy course. Additionally, for this tournament, the tees were not the back tees. The course played to <6,400 yards. Even with the starter ball, some of the par 4s were driveable. Moreover, I don't recall the winds being tough at all. Plus, the greens were tournament-1 speed (i.e., 11). That's not bad at all.
Given the conditions, every hole was easily birdieable and multiple holes provided better players with looks at eagles. Mix in it being unlimited play, and it was perfect conditions for very low scores.
I'm only a decent player, and I shot a 59 with the starter ball (29/30 that included a bogey on the back 9 because I wasn't paying attention). And I only played 1 round (no restarts) with no apparel enabled that gave me any real help.