Country Clubs Are Finding an Audience with Tiger Woods PGA Tour Players

[eskimos44]

Quick little question. In our CC, we have a couple guys who are pretty good. They shoot -8 to -10 per round. And then we got some guys who are not so good and shoot around E or +1.

How do we keep the worse players interested when they know they can't win a tournament? We're trying different difficulties but either way, some are always 10 shots worse per round. Any suggestions?

[JaymeeAwesome]

Teach them. We all have Xbox live and can talk to each other. Do some stroke play with them and talk them through each shot. Make them better.

[kickingguru]

Quote: Originally Posted by jaymee13

Teach them. We all have Xbox live and can talk to each other. Do some stroke play with them and talk them through each shot. Make them better.

You would be shocked at what some players do not know.... Example.. They constantly say they are struggling with putting... They likely are hitting Putt Preview first before adjusting for break... Can you imagine trying to line up after your putt preview shows you 15 ft of break away from the cup? There are little intricacies in this game that EA did a piss poor job of describing. Tons of confusion out there and it seems that the ones that struggle simply have no idea what most of the ideas behind the swing are....

Have them in chat and walk through how they are looking at the shot... Their scores will improve dramatically....

[JaymeeAwesome]

Oh and point them to my chipping tutorial post. You will hole out more often around the green.

[FSUNoles2009]

Quote: Originally Posted by kickingguru

You would be shocked at what some players do not know.... Example.. They constantly say they are struggling with putting... They likely are hitting Putt Preview first before adjusting for break... Can you imagine trying to line up after your putt preview shows you 15 ft of break away from the cup? There are little intricacies in this game that EA did a piss poor job of describing. Tons of confusion out there and it seems that the ones that struggle simply have no idea what most of the ideas behind the swing are....

Wow, I completely agree with you and appreciate your (and others on this board) good sportsmanship. I purchased TW13 about a week or two after release and the last time I played in my CC was through the head-to-head concept. (The simultaneous play format blew my mind... first TW game ever and I expected it be turn-by-turn based). My opponent finished the round -14, me? +10. Yeah, it was a bad round for my creative golfer.

Your analysis is spot on and much appreciated. For new comers like myself, this game is complex, but challenging to the point that you know you can do better. I just hope as some one else pointed out, EA did good with the Country Club idea, but for the casual gamer that can only hop on and play three days a week, it does start competition due to the 25-player cap. I've just learned about the effect draw and fade can do in the game, it does certainly seem EA Game much more control over the ball than years past.

Anyways, sorry for the rambling, just appreciate the sportsmanship to those online that are still trying to learn the game.

[JaymeeAwesome]

It takes time to learn. This isn't a game you can pick up and master right away. People like guru and I encourage the novices to participate in country clubs and learn from your peers. We are both in the same country club but we are always looking for people to allow themselves to get addicted to the game like we are. The only way to get addicted is to know how to play well.

[kerosene31]

Country clubs have been great, and honestly I've only played in the daily and weekly tournaments. We have a few players constantly going back and forth trying to get the low score each tournament.

My only minor issue with clubs is that it is your typical "the more time you put in the more score you get" kind of system. I guess that is pretty much the norm in gaming now.

I was active almost every day in my cc, but haven't had time to get on nearly as much lately. Hopefully I didn't get the boot for being inactive.

[HechticSooner]

The CC concept is great, but the limit is too low. I understand why there is a cap but it should be much higher like in the 50 to 100 range, then all the folks who want to play together can.