Any interest in a true sim society?

[Jwheels9876]

I can set something up with

No Boost
No gimmies or 3 foot gimmies if we can do that as 6 feet is just way too long.
No straight putting patch
Wind turned on
visual clues on screen would be mini map and the flagstick with distance on it.

I'd use all the LIDAR courses from here and TGC tours site along with some of the top rated fantasy courses after I test them out in steam to make sure they look playable on sim.

Anyone interested ? If we can get a bunch of people I'll set it up.

[R3dlineR6]

I think this is a great idea. It's just too bad there isn't an option in TGC 2019 to lock everything down with the settings the society owner chooses. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that some won't follow these exact rules. If I can find some time to play more golf I'll be sure to give it a try!

[NetcheK]

Would be interested except the "no straight putting".

[triplebogeysrbetter]

Sign me up. Looking to dump a couple of societies as it is.

[Wizard of Coz]

No stinking 3ft gimmies. Need to see em all!

[Drew231506]

Sounds horrible.

[Jwheels9876]

Is it the no boost or the no easy 6 ft gimmie or the no straight puts from 50 feet away or the wind that you play in every time you go outdoors?

[Drew231506]

Ummm it’s a video game. Do you want to dump a bunch of sand on your mat for bunker shots too? The short game, including putting is nothing like real golf. Some of these greens make putting silly, straight putt or not. Without straight putt on the ball jumps off line immediately.

[calebm1001]

you don’t have to join the society, you know that right?

[Jwheels9876]

the gimmie settings don't even work at 3 feet so don't even bother playing it

[calebm1001]

Could you just do distance and turn the +2 to 0 yards?

[wbond]

Same with the on green, it seems you can't change the short distance to anything other than 2yds.

[cmckelvmi]

I like this idea and would sign up. It would be a lot cooler if they allowed us the join more than 5 societies. Also, it would be cool to have a society that has an owner with integrity get credit for handicap and WGR...

[calebm1001]

Yeah it’s weird that it limits us. Maybe it’s to stop societies from having lots of members but none that play.

[Brettster]

That is weird... I don't have the Sim version yet but will be purchasing very soon... Can you drop in/out of Societies, or are you limited to the first 5? Seems like they could increase that to 10-15 and allow for more fun, would like to see that updated in the next version of TGC.

[delta1274]

I played this course today. I have a SkyTrak that is almost 4 years old. I turned off all of the correction items in the settings including putting straight! I never use the boost so that wasn't an issue. I ended up just turning off all gimmies. Had a about 8 or so putts from inside of 3 feet. Had no issue with them. It was fun playing with wind and having to putt out. I'm not a long hitter but played decent. Ended up with 35 putts as I had more trouble adjusting to the slow green speed! Just like IRL.

[Jwheels9876]

would people rather play no gimmies but have straight putt patch on? how is skytrak with super short putts? I don't know what setting would give us 3 foot gimmies

[delta1274]

I had zero issues with any putts and the straight putt patch turned off. Maybe I have the "special" Skytrak box. :-)

[Cklguy2013]

I actually played a round on Crooked Stick last night, with gimmies off, my putt total was the same as if I had used the 6 foot gimmies, i.e I never missed any inside of 6 feet. Many of the putts were under 2 feet though, and there was one slider that just barely went in. The greens on Crooked Stick are relatively flat so maybe not the best test for this. It does take a bit longer to play though because I had to take another 14 putts I believe it was. Just thought I'd share.

For those golf nerds out there I was able to figure out how many feet of putts I made, a whopping 48 feet of putts made.... not very good.

[Brettster]

Cool, what did you shoot? That will be one of the first courses I will play when I get my Sim up, I always wanted to play Crooked Stick...

[Cklguy2013]

74 from 6,600 yards, which I was happy with.

[Jwheels9876]

i played a round at my home course I built for TGC 2019. No gimmies, No straight Putt patch, no Boost and settings set to fade .. Putted better than I have since i got back to playing this season. I am on Uneekor though so YMMV.....https://youtu.be/D1Bee-PryVg

sorry about the noise, I am not sure what it is on the feed, just turn it down if you decide to check it out.

Jeff

[Jwheels9876]

looking through my shot recording, every putt was dead straight . I did a test this morning on a flat green, hit the putt 16 degrees offline and it went in the hole dead straight 30 feet away.

Then I turned off the software, changed the setting back to off and restarted the software to play. It didn't take apparently so this whole round was with straight putting magically applying itself. And I thought I actually had a good round of putting lol.

[Wizard of Coz]

I always close back out reenter and double check setting to make sure i'm good to go.

[Jwheels9876]

I just put a tournament up starting tomorrow.

Whistling Straights by Craig

Medium wind speeds- 6400 yards

Please set putting settings to distance and 1yd for both the distance options

[Wizard of Coz]

Thought you bought uneekor? Still says gc2.

[mthunt]

Fixed it seems.

[Wizard of Coz]

Yes he did. Lol

[Wizard of Coz]

If iplay it and bring me a monster gimmie gator, what you gonna do about it?

[Jwheels9876]

I trust you would play by the rules WIZ

[Wizard of Coz]

Ok.........

[birdie]

Wiz will not play there because there are no wgr points and no trophies

[Jwheels9876]

New tournament is up.

If you don't have shot recording on I will boot ya out. there are enough people shooting 10 under without it in the regular events already..

settings
NO GIMMIES
NO BOOST
WIND ON
STRTAIGHT PUTT PATCH ON

[Brettster]

Is STRAIGHT PUTT PATCH really necessary to be ON?

[Jwheels9876]

not for me with uneekor. you could play with it off it you want to