TGC 2019 Quick Guide

[emveel]

I started compiling a list of settings/tips/etc for myself because I forget or lose the thread on here. It has kind of evolved into a quick guide of sorts and covers a lot of FAQs that are asked a lot. Figured I would post it on here for anyone to use. let me know if I missed anything and I'll update it. Hoping this could be pinned on the forum.


TGC 2019 QUICK GUIDE

SETTINGS FILE ON DESKTOP
These settings seem to work best for most people to create the most real experience.
Greens would average around a 10 stimp with these settings combined with in game course conditions (see settings in TGC).
Green Stimp: 6
Green Softness: 1
Green Speed: 3
High Spin Shot Correction: OFF
Straight Put Patch: ON
Driver Boost: 5 (optional depending on LM)
Shot Recording: ON



SETTINGS IN TGC
Before Match, go to Course Conditions tab and change to:
Green Speed: Moderate
Green Firmness: Very Soft
Terrain Firmness: Soft or Very Soft
For optimal projection, make sure time of day is midday with 0 clouds for most courses.



TWEAK & TIPS

FEWER MISREADS
To cut down on how many misreads you get, try these tips:
Point logo of ball at LM
Don’t use white tees
Do not wear white shoes or pants
Do not have anything white or shiny behind where you swing and where the LM takes images


SKYTRAK BALL PLACEMENT
Driver: place ball behind red dot
Irons: place ball direct on red dot
Wedges: place ball 1in in front of red dot
Putter: place ball behind red dot


PUTTING TIPS
Straight Putt Patch ON.
Calculate an assigned value for how fast the lines at each grid box are moving and aim accordingly.
Go to mthunt dead flat range and learn what putting to a number feels like. Concede to Hole 2 and it is a putting course.
Set your Camera View to hide the ball and try hitting closer to screen, around 6.5ft, to help visualize the put.



KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS & DISTANCE PENALTIES

https://gunghogolf.com/blog/tgc-keyboard-shortcuts?fbclid=IwAR3KXRvAlo3bV5jHH8m9iPva0kuG0yUz1gbdDKbe5TAxBMIwirjIe_6AhFg

PLAYING SOCIETIES
Rules: https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...650-tour-rules
Gimmies: Go to Gameplay in TGC and set Gimmies to 2 yards
Wind: None
Shot Recording: Turn it ON in Settings file on Desktop
You must then create an account and sync your nickname. Full details on this step here:
https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...shot-recording

Shot Recording saves all data from every shot in the game on the tour site under your name. You can export the data for use in a big data tool. Make sure you change the game to your actual club you are using for this data to be accurate for analysis. The game usually has something like 5 iron selected when I’m hitting a 7 or even 8 Iron.



DISCORD
Click link to join:

https://discordapp.com/invite/PakHbUA

Once there, Direct Message ProTee Support, Type: !authme followed by your TGC Username (for example: !authme happygolfer)




ACCESSORIES
HITTING MAT:
If you want to avoid injury, there are 2 main options below. This is a must-have in my opinion.

FiberBuilt

https://fiberbuiltgolf.com/collections/grass-panels

Divot Action
https://www.customdesigngolf.com/div...rade-mats.html

You can DIY the Divot Action if you want:
https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum...vot-action-mat


TEES:
Birtees or rubber tee holders work best. FiberBuilt sells a tee holder.
Try to use tees that are not white. Red and Black seem to cause least amount of misreads.


CONTROL BOX:

http://golfcontrolbox.com/

If your computer is not directly at your hitting location, this box is a huge time-saver. You can tap any of the buttons with your clubhead to aim, club up/down, target view, flyoever, rewind and more.

Additional options are wireless mini keyboard, Voice Attack, and AirBoard on iPad/iPhone.

[MongoOnlyPawn]

Does anyone know a way to show the distance to the green from a random point on the map on the left hand side of the screen when you're trying to hit a layup shot? When in FSX, the minimap shows the distance to the cursor & the distance to the pin, useful when trying to get a full swing into the green. Or is there some way to measure it using the aerial view? Even on some Par 4's, when cutting a corner or on dogleg's I find it useful to know the distance to the intermediate target and then the distance to the pin, it's not always as simple as distance to the Pin minus distance to your target.

[3on3putt]

I agree that it would be useful. But unfortunately I don't think there's a way.

[wysmiatl]

Nice post!

I have a problem. I was hoping you could help me out.

I'm using the mevo+ with TGC 19.
The tilt is at 12°
From Mevo+ to ball is 8FT 10 Inch (2.7 meter)
From ball to screen is 9FT 10 Inch (3 meter)
I play in Short indoor mode.

The distance of my wedges are 100% accurate.
Iron9 and Iron8 are good
But when i go to Iron5 or longer clubs TGC is telling me a distance that i know is way to short.
Ones in a while he gets the distance right. But +-80% of the time it's short.

I dont know what could be causing this misreads.

Do you have any idea?

[Brettster]

Contact Mevo about it, TGC can only display your distances based on data it is receiving from your Mevo+. I don't think this has anything to do with TGC 2019.

[wysmiatl]

Thank you.
I'll contact Flightscope.

[yummypugs]

Do you have an update on the config file? Some of these values are named differently now, and some aren't there.

Thanks in advance!

[Frostywinter]

Just got my TGC2019 working along with my Skytrak and loving it.

Question: When taking shot does it matter if the game is saying hit 7 iron Normal and I say hit a 5 iron Normal, will the shot distant be any different ?

In other words does it matter if I dont change the screen to the club suggested?

Tks Frosty

[alexsmith11]

No it doesn’t make a difference.
The only time it could is if you have boost set in the config file for Driver but hit 5 iron off the tee, and leave it as driver in TGC2019. The boost would be added as it applies the boost to the in game selection.

[jpotas]

If you are putting from off the green you must select putter!!!

[Frostywinter]

OK many thanks

[Jojovenom]

hey everyone, i just made a club, can anyone tell me how to make an event

[Jojovenom]

hey everyone, i just got tgc 2019, is it me or is the greens very fast, i don't have a putting mat but i have artificial putting grass, so when i putt it shoots by, i've started calculation distances, p
from putting spot to screen is about ten feet, i check the grids, a level 10foot put i would have to aim at 7ft, can anyone help, here are my setting

High BackSpin Correction=ON
Show Club Data=ON
Putting Straight=OFF
TGC Borderless Window=OFF
Platform=TGC2019

[Course Configuration]
Green Stimp=5
Green Firmness=1
Green Speed=3

[TGC Online]
Shot Recording=ON

[Venom]

Does anyone know the penalty for putting from the fringe?

[mthunt]

No penalty from fringe. It's fairway.

[PKR]

hey everyone, i just got tgc 2019, is it me or is the greens very fast, i don't have a putting mat but i have artificial putting grass, so when i putt it shoots by, i've started calculation distances, p
from putting spot to screen is about ten feet, i check the grids, a level 10foot put i would have to aim at 7ft, can anyone help, here are my setting

High BackSpin Correction=ON
Show Club Data=ON
Putting Straight=OFF
TGC Borderless Window=OFF
Platform=TGC2019

[Course Configuration]
Green Stimp=5
Green Firmness=1
Green Speed=3

[TGC Online]
Shot Recording=ON

The 3 you need to play with are the stimp, firmness and speed. You will also need to consider the green speed and firmness for the course you're playing. Those can be adjusted in the course conditions. The configuration settings you'll just have to tweak until you get it right for you. There are putting courses out there where you can practice or you can go to training and practice putting there.

[Jojovenom]

thanks PKR

[Follygolfsim]

Sometimes my internet is not so stable and everything seems to lock up. I read in a previous post that there is an "off-line mode" for TGC 2019. Are the graphics just as good, and how do you get into "off-line mode"? Thanks.

[mthunt]

Sometimes my internet is not so stable and everything seems to lock up. I read in a previous post that there is an "off-line mode" for TGC 2019. Are the graphics just as good, and how do you get into "off-line mode"? Thanks.

The game is the same offline. The only difference is only a small amount of courses are available.

[Phil Di Giacomo]

Do you guys get the issue in TGC19, where there’s a hill or a side hill lie, you automatically hit into the hill? Is there a way to lean with the lie like track man does?

[wbond]

Do you guys get the issue in TGC19, where there’s a hill or a side hill lie, you automatically hit into the hill? Is there a way to lean with the lie like track man does?

No, every shot plays like a flat lie unlike real life. You need to take less club to make certain you clear a hill.