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I'm very streaky. It's frustrating because sometimes its because I'm playing bad, but other times its like I just run into bad luck and I'll be playing great, hit it within a couple yards on the shootouts and still lose. Yesterday I just played horrendous. Hopefully today is better because I'm going to try and get to the weekend rounds. I don't anticipate an issue really, but always nice to have a good opening round so you have the tiebreaker on the weekend. Tournament play is so different than 1v1. A single extra drop can make a huge difference in your position, especially if you're in a big group. I approach tournaments with the mindset that "Par" is -24 for 18 holes. Every hole should be a birdie and every par 5 should be an eagle (with the odd exception - I'm looking at you City Park) where the par 5 isn't reachable in 2. You'll find, at least in the weekend round that is typically the largest group of scores. There's a ton of good players and alot of them finish around -22 to -24. So if you can get to under par (-25 or better), you have a good chance of finishing pretty high. Get several under par and you have a chance at top 10 or a banner. For this tournament, I think most golds in Pro will be -28 to -30. The par 4s are all really good chances to make eagle. The par 3s are tough, but the par 5s are all reachable and all have Albatross possibilities. Expert will be -30 to -33 and Master will be -34 or better. That's all a guess on my part and certainly it will depend on the group you are in. I'm still playing pro in most tournaments with my main account because I'm still not consistent enough adjusting for the wind and hitting perfect to get a lot of extra drops. I'm usually very very close, but just miss on most of them. So my goal for this tournament is -28 and I'll be disappointed if I don't get to -26. That's one or two drops per side to get an extra eagle. I left 4 shots literally on the edge of the hole in the qualifier and didn't get anything to go in. So I ended up at -12 which was disappointing. Just one of those on each 9 holes would get a -26 and 2 on each side would get a -28. I had a -14 on my alt account in the qualifier, so hopefully I can repeat that again in the opening round and final round. That would likely be a banner finish with a chance at 1st. If I can get to -26 or better on either account I'll be happy with the results. The people who do well spend quite a bit of time really dialing in the shots to get those extra few eagles/albatrosses. They also hit perfect ALOT, especially on the shots that matter. There are a lot of resources on YouTube/Facebook to help, but it only identifies a good way to approach a hole to get into position to have a really good shot at the drop. You still have to execute it flawlessly to make it happen, and that is tough when you are talking about making ring adjustments to 0.1 and whether the wind is at 12:01 vs 11:59 when you pull the target to make the adjustment. It is crazy exact. If you want to see some good stuff, watch Fenzl, Damien GC, Dmac, or GC Tommy on YouTube. They have great walkthroughs and watching them play the tournaments is crazy because they routinely shoot -30 to -36 even in Master with the high winds. Ian Ballinger is also really good but less consistent - he shot a -38 I think a few tournaments back on a live stream. Occasionally someone will shoot a -40 which is basically an eagle on every hole with albatross on 4 of the 6 par 5s. Theoretically, -42 is the best round possible since the courses are set up with 3 par 3s, 3 par 4s, and 3 par 5s. But occasionally there are driveable par 4s that could be an Albatross as well. Toast of Golf Clash is very good for Rookie and Pro although a little quirky. Graham is a great player but an angry person so he's always ranting and certainly isn't for everyone. I randomly check the global rankings and Graham was No.2. One of Damien GCs accounts was number 3. I'm pretty sure I've seen Fenzl up there as well. For reference, I closed out Tour 10 and had 4,170 points and was ranked about 12,000. There's a lot of really, really good players out there.
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Once you play a tour for a while you'll get to know all the shootouts and get pretty good at them. Knowing how much to adjust for the wind will really help and becomes much more important in later tours.
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Horizon gets a bad rap, and certainly isn't a long term solution, but as an early club its fine. Ball guide is nice. The BD guide is brutal although you start getting better at estimating distances and spins. The problem is you can almost never hole anything out because the guide is so short of where the ball is actually going to end up.
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Welcome man. Kind of crazy the President just made me Pres last night. Completely unexpected. I joined that clan shortly after I started because he sent me an invite and we had played a couple fun matches. Other than that I don't really know him. I think he has a new baby and I think he doesn't want to have any "management" responsibilities for a larger team. I don't plan on changing much and there isn't much in the way of managing things. But I feel kind of bad that maybe he felt obligated to give up "his" team simply because I play a lot more and have been trying to get more players on the team. So we'll see. As an FYI for everyone, I set up houstonhorngc@gmail.com as a contact, so if anyone is interested in joining let me know. Clan is Bababooey! If he's cool with it, I might change the name to Hook This or something if we end up with a lot of Surlyites (Surleans?) on the team.
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Apparently as of tonight I'm president of our team. That was completely unexpected. Anyways, if anyone is interested in a fun, low pressure team hit me up.
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I'm sure people can hole out with it early on. Players aren't used to a ball guideline in the early stages and the wind is almost nothing. But chipping is king once you start moving up and having top spin and being able to see where the ball is going its the most important thing once you get to tour 8+. Keeping it in the fairway is very important early in because the rough clubs completely suck. The Nirvana changes that and the distance becomes more important because the players mostly hit the fairway and you won't be able to compete on the longer holes in later tours. I try not to use over power much to make sure I hit the fairway. A big part of that is also understanding how much you need to adjust for wind. Even if you don't use the ring method, knowing how many rings to move the target still let's you be quite accurate and know where you can miss it.
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F. Just typed out a long post on club upgrades and hit some combo of buttons that closed Firefox and completely lost it. Abbreviated version Driver - EM is king until you get Apoc 4 or Thor's Hammer 5. Even then it will probably be your main driver until Apoc 5 or TH 6. Big Topper, Rock, and QB are worth upgrading as well for certain shots in tournaments but won't get much, if any, use in 1 v 1. Wood - Big Dawg will be the most useful until you get the Sniper to level 6 or 7. It has the distance you need, despite the terrible Ball Guide. You won't hole out many shots with it, but you'll have the distance to reach Par 5s. The Viper is your second choice early on and should also be upgraded. Once the Sniper gets to 170 yards (Level 7 I think) it will be your primary wood in about 95% of cases until you get the Cat upgraded to level 6 plus and you're playing T11. The Guardian is worth upgrading a little, as is the Horizon for specific tournament uses (Backspin for the Guardian, Distance/Ball Guide for the Horizon). But you won't use them other than that for the most part and even at level 3 or so they are good enough until you have enough coins to upgrade more. I wouldn't spend valuable coins on the others early on. Long Iron - The Backbone will likely upgrade the fastest and is a decent club. The Grim Reaper is decent if you get it early and better than the BB unless you need a better ball guide for tournaments. Upgrade the Goliath and Grizzly as you will switch to one or both of them once they reach Level 6 or 7. Saturn is supposed to be good, but I've never played it. I guess if you get a lot of Saturn cards then its worth upgrading. The rest are either useless or very long term, e.g., Tsunami/B-52. Short Iron - The Thorn. That's it. The only other one worth upgrading is the Hornet in case you need a little more topspin for rough bumps which are mostly tournaments or occasionally in 1v1. Not worth taking over the Thorn, though. I wouldn't upgrade the others at all. The Falcon becomes a great club much later on. Wedge - The dart is worth upgrading a little if its all you have - . If you get the Firefly, switch to that, much better topspin and ball guide and accuracy. Upgrade the Rapier and the Endbringer. These will be your wedges - the Endbringer is one of the best clubs in the game at level 5, but the Rapier will upgrade faster and is also a really great option. NEVER EVER EVER use the Down in One. Worst club in the game, bar none and I laugh when I see people using it. The key to chipping with a wedge is to get it on the ground and running towards the hole to minimize the wind. The most important factors are Accuracy, Ball Guide, and Topspin. Rough Iron - just don't hit it in the rough because they are all garbage until you get to the Nirvana which will change the game for you. I use the Machete on my baby account for distance and backspin but I hate it. I have a maxed out Nirvana on my main account and its an excellent short iron and long iron all in one and from the rough. Great great club - Along with the Apoc/TH/Endbringer it is in the discussion for best club in the game. Sand Iron - Kind of like the Rough. Avoid it. But the Malibu is an excellent option once it gets to level 3 and you'll probably use it exclusively after that until you can upgrade to a level 4 Spitfire. The Sand Lizard is serviceable. The rest aren't worth upgrading. The Houdini is tempting, but really isn't that good. As a suggestion, i would stick with the basic ball exclusively through Tour 6. It will really help you develop a sense of how to play and target placement. That may cost you games early on but will pay dividends later on. I wouldn't use more than a Marlin through T7. Its too easy to become dependent on the ball spin instead of learning how to use the course contours and curl to control your shots. I've seen people in T10 playing with a basic ball, so it can be done. Finally, learn the ring system now, while you're starting. It will be painful, but with some practice you will get better and it will become second nature. It is much easier to learn on the first few tours than later on (trust me - I didn't learn until Tour 8). It is so superior to guessing and you really won't be competitive in tournaments without it. Search Golf Clash Notebook - it is a great resource. Also on your phone/tablet, get the Golf Clash Notebook app - it quickly calculates the ring adjustments and its only a few dollars. Search Erelic Ring method on YouTube and watch his tutorial. If you start playing tournaments, there are a lot of different streamers and some of them put out guides. My clan is Bababooey! Right now Fud is on the team as well - at least for the time being. Low pressure, no minimums, etc. Just looking for somewhat active players. Good Luck.
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holy shit, we can send coins through FB? I need to help some people out on our team. I have 300M right now. I will need all of it for T11, but I have a ton of the jewels so I can buy some 3x coin packages if I need to from T11 (and hopefuly T12 if I can open it up.
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Finally closed out Tour 10. I hate so many of the holes on that Tour. Nordic Fjords is garbage. Not sure I'm ready for T11, but will probably just drop back to T8 or T9 for a while. Getting close to an Apoc5 and Cat6 which will both be helpful in T11 since I believe it moves to the back tees. I'm at 4,170 trophies which is the first 10 tours closed out. I play more than I should, for sure, but there are some crazy mfers who have 10s of thousands of matches. I have about 6,000 between my two accounts. I saw one the other day that was 78k. I doubt they are the highest. At 5 mins/match, that is literally 270 days of playing. Tough to imagine. If anyone reading this is looking to join a clan, we're Expert II and will move up to Expert III but we need players to go much further. Low pressure, no minimums, just play when you can and try to play in tournaments if possible. Clan is Bababooey!
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I won this the other day. Talk about a kick in the nuts for that guy.
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Got it. I would like some Centurions. Noticed Beavis wasn't with Clashaholic the last time I played her a few days ago. I'm guessing she is on one of the other teams in the group.
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You talking about someone on our team passing you? That isn't going to happen. Although Sam and Nestor have been good recent additions. Zach apparently only plays T1 or T2, so even if he played 24 hours per day for the entire season he isn't going to be able to generate what I can in a day. I've completely dragged that team along with me to Expert II. Until last season we didn't have anyone else playing except for me and EMJ. The two guys with 0 points maybe have 100 points between them the last four or five seasons. He really should boot them. I have gotten 8k with the main account a couple seasons ago, then 6500 then 6000 last season and I'll probably beat that this season. The second account HHII has gotten more than a thousand the last couple seasons. I actually can't play it right now because it is about to get promoted to expert and I want to keep it in Pro so I don't look like a douche playing rookie tournaments. But the clubs are weak. I just got EM 6 a couple days ago and it has a Sniper 6 so I'm still playing with a Big Dawg because I can't reach Par 5s. I built up the main account quickly because I put a fair amount of money in it. I don't spend anything (other than this week by mistake when I bought the ball pack that I meant to buy for the main account) on the second account so I can't open the chests quickly, so why play with that account? On the plus side, when I accidentally bought the ball pack, the chest had the Apoc in it and the cards to upgrade my EM, so I decided to keep it instead of requesting a refund from PD. Oh well. Anyways, I've been >7k for 3 or 4 seasons now between the two and greater than 8k once. I don't know if I want to do any more than that and I don't want to be a "minimum" guy either. Unfortunately work doesn't allow for long grind sessions. I have to play a few games a few times per day when I get a chance and then I try to play for an hour or so at night. Work is getting crazier and the schedule is always different so its hard to commit to something. But keep me updated, if the timing works out I might be able to help out. So Clashholes are in M2 right now trying to move up to C100? How does that work as far as adding players? Seems like the people who work their ass off to get to the C100 would stick around for the reward of being in C100 and trying to stay there. Nobody's beating Rebel Outlaws for a while though. It hasn't been close for the last several seasons. I'm guessing they have multiple people playing accounts - no way they can do that consistently. I'd much prefer to be a part of a "clean" team than pay 4 play/multiple accounts/etc. I don't care about all that stuff too much since we're such a small team, but it would annoy me if I was on a team doing it right and saw other teams doing that stuff. I don't even know how all the teams are intertwined. 19th Family is pretty easy to figure out, same with WPFL. And I know other teams have "joined" together, but I don't run in those circles.
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We're currently in 3rd in Expert II. Fud has been a huge help with over 1k so far. We won't catch 2nd, but we can hopefully hang on to 3rd. Will have to add people and/or poach some active players from other teams to go too much further I'm afraid. We have 5-6 pretty active players (I'm 2 of them with my main account being the primary reason we've made it as far as we have.) I'd like to make a push to Master I, but don't think we have enough to go further than that. Trying out Expert in the 9-hole tournament. Tried a couple times before and never made the weekend, but I'm in T10 now so I know the Oasis course really well. 9 is really the only hole that might keep me from shooting -12 or better. That hole is easier now that I can use a Guardian (as opposed to Tour play where I need to have a Sniper for the shootouts). But that drive is still a challenge and I am still underpowered with an Apoc 4. Not many good chances at extra drops, so if I can get one or two in each round I have a chance to make the weekend and have a chance for a pretty decent finish. Need to play ok in the Opening Round though. I'm guessing a -12 will get through in the Opening and that's what I shot in the qualifier, finished 5th. A -13 Opening Round, -14 Weekend over the next two rounds would be ideal and really the best I could hope for without spending more time trying to dial in a few of the shots. It's kind of amazing the difference in mindset between 1v1 and tournaments. I like both for different reasons. Definitely an addictive game though.
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Also PL3X on facebook is a good resource. To watch some crazy good golfers check out Fenzl. He and DMac are just awesome. Graham is also fantastic but may be an acquired taste for some. He's opinionated, to say the least. Note: All the references are to YouTube videos.
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Not sure you mean by the setup. The video is 4 months old so there could be some minor changes to how it looks from the latest version. What clan are you in? I'm in Bababooey!! Fud is currently with us for a temporary break from grinding. We're currently Expert II. Looks like we're in good position to move up. Always looking for players if your every want to make a switch. If you play tournaments I'd suggest watching some streamers to see how they dial in shots. For rookie Toast of Golf Clash is one of the best. He puts his guides out on facebook too for free. Also Erelic has some good tutorials on wind adjustments and the ring method. Get Golf clash notebook app. Very very helpful with the wind guide. They also have a very good website that has a lot of useful information. Good luck. I have a lower level account, HHII, so maybe I'll run across you. Currently playing T5 and 6 mostly.
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This is pretty spot on. The inconsistency on ribeyes is why I almost always have a strip or a filet.
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My dog has never done it, but he would absolutely do this. It's like he's fascinated by fireworks. I fucking love the chaos this causes though. Good thing it was just a fountain and not an M-80.
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Austin area Golf Membership costs?
HoustonHorn replied to Orange&White's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
Balcones (both courses is they still exist - I think they closed Spicewood? which was the better of the two) suck compared to Great Hills. We were members at both a long time ago and it wasn't even close. I didn't play much at Balcones but once we switched I played every day. You and your kid will want to play where it's enjoyable and Balcones is flat and boring. Great Hills has a really nice course with a lot of interesting holes and variations in elevation. -
Feel free to be a mercenary for our team while you find your way. [emoji16] Is not bothering me that much. Visually it's a little difficult to get used to which I think will get better over time. I didn't think they changed anything about the actual hitting area for perfect so it's just a mind thing. I will say it doesn't seem very smooth and consistent on Android, but I think that will always be a problem due to the nature of Android vs IOS. thinking about getting an iPad to play on though. As far as the changes to the spin meter I think it actually makes more sense, but the problem is you don't need Spin 4 and Spin 5 balls. Not at the expense of power or wind resistance. That's just a money grab. Don't care about the people who have shoes dialed in, should be an easy conversion to adjust. Can't wait to see what they do with the tournaments and see how the top players /streamers respond. Still having to select a ball despite getting rid of packs is a fireable offense. It's literally a waste of time and happens even after you go in and select a new ball in your bag before starting a round. wtf. Overall I think it's a step in the right direction overall but PD can't help but step on their own dick in the process. 8 do like the new course and how several more are released this year.
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Very nice looking watch. I'm on a hiatus until the end of the year. My wife got me an Oris Great Barrier Reef fire my birthday. I wish I hadn't seen the new Oris Cary fort that just came out - I might like that even more, but this GBR is gorgeous.
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Mings are extremely popular and I love the dial on the one you posted. Unfortunately, the size is just too small for me. If you like the Copper/Salmon Dual, check out the Baltic X Worn and Wound. They aren't in the same league as the Mings, but still a nice looking watch. Similar size. Not sure they have them available anymore but watch recon is your friend. Resale prices got a little crazy for a microbrand, but maybe they've come back down by now.
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Thoughts on the update and the new course?
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Deserves a Fucking In
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I managed to get 10k more at $.0625 today. Didn't have luck earlier this week though. Would love to see it break out though.
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