No Putting Society

[shwag33]

I think GIR is an overrated stat personally. I miss so many greens shooting at the pin, but i'm like 15 feet on the fringe. I could probably hit twice as many GIR if it was that was the goal, but probably shoot 2-3 shots higher a round. Give me a 40 ft putt and i'm praying to get down in 2.... as you'll find out in our match. I'm better at chipping from 60 feet than putting at 40.

[panman]

I'm new to the sim world and setting my gc2 with tgc2019 hopefully by the end of next week. I was hoping to find ppl online that play without the putting! I've played on someone else's sim before and did not like how the putting indoors traveled to my outside game. I'd love to join the group! Let me know what I need to do. Thanks

[Wizard of Coz]

Maybe they are hitting it inside 12 ft. Reward that vs 30ft.
Im thinking 9ft/ 12ft gimmies would be good.
Ive played 6ft. Hitting it to 10-12 ft all day and not getting ahead of guys hitting it to 40ft.

[Everground]

Thanks Wiz

[mthunt]

Good point DG. 12 foot gimmies and guys that hit a lot of greens have less of an advantage. I need to try this society today.

[dg_1983]

I played, enjoyed it, a quick round was a benefit. Birdies are hard to come by, and I would consider making the 1 putt longer but don't over look the impact on up and downs. With no putting what do you think should differentiate the scoring? Too long a 1 putt makes up and downs so easy that GIR is less valuable. I think GIR in this format should be valuable. I also think the course matters, this week's was very hard to stuff an approach, other courses I'll make 3 or so gimme birides. Just don't do wild with the tweaks, get a few events on diffet courses under your belt. I think the 6 foot birides would work well on shorter more manageable courses

[Wizard of Coz]

You have to set up your putting to match society rules

[Everground]

I'd be interested in joining once I get set up! I will be mainly using my Skytrak for approach shots/driving practice anyway. Is there a certain setting we need to change or does the society take care of the settings automatically?

[chicub15]

I enjoyed the No Putting tournament, but agree with most here that the 1 putt distance should be increased. Looking forward to the next tournament.

[Wizard of Coz]

Wizard is very stoked that you joined his society. Welcome Mickey.
try 9ft and see how many birdies you get then maybe consider 12ft. Wizard would probably aim at the middle of the green with 6ft gimmies and maybe a fair amount with 9ft to. 12 ft might encourage him to take dead aim.

wizard is very conservative. So conservative he laid up on number 7 par3 tarwas q school both rounds this week.

[FaultyClubs]

...My first observation is that 6 ft for 1 putt is too short.

Agree, I've been using "on green" for quite a while and birdies are way too hard at 6 ft. Even Distance at 9 ft might not be enough.

These modes don't separate talent very well though. Eg, if set at 9 ft, someone hitting to 9 ft will score birdie same as another hitting to 7, or another hitting to 3.

If it catches on for competition maybe worth adding a mode that used probabilities based on distance from pin. Using PGA tour statistics then 20 ft is 15% chance of birdie, 10 ft is 38%, 6 ft is 64% etc. Over a round better players score better.

[FirGir]

FirGir chuckled at this sound advice and plans to join the No Putting Society

[Jwheels9876]

You start by referring to yourself in the 3rd person

[blitz12]

I think I might have to give this society a try next time I fire up the simulator. Thanks for starting it!

[Mickey]

I played 15 holes yesterday before my kids walked into the sim room. Will finish the round today. My first observation is that 6 ft for 1 putt is too short. Wiz is right about that. I'll make a change for the next event. Something like 9ft or 3 yards makes more sense. No birdies over 15 holes. That's a bit strange. On average I have 2-3 per round. Think it's the 6ft setting.

Played the 15 holes in 35 minutes. Only hit 3 woods from the deck (no driver) and no putting - really speeds up the round.

thank you to all who played the first event. I joined the wiz society hoping to learn what makes a society successful.