Handicap Index and *** Optishot Tour

[KingB84]

Also, the more rounds played tend to favor the lower handicapper. They don't vary as much & their blowups aren't nearly as destructive to a tourney or round.

[KingB84]

Good players can "sandbag" to whatever level they want. Q school players that are really good can shoot whatever score they need to fit their agenda.

[KingB84]

Golf is not like a math problem. A player may do quite well in a 2 or 3 round tourney & shoot 5 + strokes below there HC. Players are human, math is pretty much repeatable...isn't it. There are no absolutes with handicaps. That's why they are changed every 15 days.

[KingB84]

That's why there are people there to check your scorecard & enter it to GHIN for you @ some tournaments. They make sure it is done properly.

[KingB84]

The courses in real life are rated as they are when "The Man" comes to rate the course. Courses are constantly being looked at to see if ratings updates are needed.

[KingB84]

Your handicap shows your potential. You should shoot to your handicap about 1 out of every 3 rounds.

[jsrich]

Post pictures of your setups here:

http://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/...own/enclosures

I posted up pics and cost, where's everybody else?

http://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/...2927#post32927

http://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/build-your-own/enclosures/4617-simulator-pictures?p=32936#post32936

[psgolfer]

oh and you should have both gross and net winners in each flight.U know when I win a tournament in real life by net score I am always disappointed that it wasn't gross but the club house money spends the same. lol

That's what the pro tour is for........gross only

[mikerochipshot]

and lets give overall cost with the pics to show how its relatively inexpensive and how its not perfect it is definitely a great tool to keep the cob webs of your swing in winter. to me, the optishot driving range is better than going to the real range due to the data you receive with it really lets you hone in on club head speed ,tempo,and face angle to learn to create more consistent draws and fades. plus you can work to keep the putter head coming through square on practice greens. I feell all these things are pretty accurate readings of whats going on in your swing and can help a ton.

[Maverick]

Addionally we could create a thread where every player posts pictures of his room and setup? So interested people can see different setups and choose if one fits to them.

Post pictures of your setups here:

http://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/build-your-own/enclosures

[Joe_S]

Addionally we could create a thread where every player posts pictures of his room and setup? So interested people can see different setups and choose if one fits to them.

[jsrich]

the whole reason the handicap system we have is as tuff as it is to get right is lack of players. as I have said before if you had more players with more flights there would be no issues a player would only give up 2-4 strokes to the field. so lets try to promote this thing word of mouth if everyone could get two players to join in we would be close.that is if the site could handle four or five flight tournaments.

I've talked to several golfers about it and a lot of them don't really understand how it works, considers it to be a Nintendo WII with real clubs, have the perception that it's too expensive to get into, don't think they have sufficient room in their house for it, etc. I wish there was a video that really gave a good visual as to how easy this is to set up, how realistic it is, what a great tool it is, how little space it requires depending on how elaborate you want to make it, and a feel for how the online play and tournaments work including the ability to chat online or even use TeamSpeak, Skype or Google Hangout during play.

I nominate John (Catman) to make a promotional video! Anyone second that motion? He clearly enjoys making videos and what better video to make than one to bring more golfers into the group?

John, I'll even let you borrow my new HD camera if you need a second one to film the video!

[mikerochipshot]

oh and you should have both gross and net winners in each flight.U know when I win a tournament in real life by net score I am always disappointed that it wasn't gross but the club house money spends the same. lol

[mikerochipshot]

the whole reason the handicap system we have is as tuff as it is to get right is lack of players. as I have said before if you had more players with more flights there would be no issues a player would only give up 2-4 strokes to the field. so lets try to promote this thing word of mouth if everyone could get two players to join in we would be close.that is if the site could handle four or five flight tournaments.

[CatMan]

All good stuff,

we will get it figured out and players will definitely get better as they play on the system.. KNB had a chance to beat me outright if he score -8 or better on 3rd Round.. He still did pretty well, but his improvement is remarkable...

Jason just shot -11 in 1st round, looks like he is well on his way to win this event on the Pro Tour Side if he can keep it together...

Players will improve their scores as they focus on each part of their game with Optishot, Driving accuracy, Iron Distances, Short Game, Sand Saves and Putting.. With each improvement the Scores will go lower and lower..

The Pro Tour will become much more competitive.. And yes Psgolfer I see you in that Mix very soon..

For us regional golfers that cant get out and play real golf this is all we have, so we can focus more time and energy working on our game within system.. Hopefully most of this will carry over into real golf..