Community Discussion On Chipping and Putting
i get why some people put up some stupid scores on the daily/weekly tournaments, they're to scared to putt on the greens and choose to chip or use the pitch shot, learn to putt and be good
EA_Blu...
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@EA_Blueberry there are times you need to use a chip or pitch on a green and those are ok, and few and far between. if there is no obstruction from your lie to the hole it should always be putted.
putting is a big part of this game and should be learned by all.
putting is a big part of this game and should be learned by all.
EA_Blueberry
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@davefv92 wrote:
@EA_Blueberry there are times you need to use a chip or pitch on a green and those are ok, and few and far between. if there is no obstruction from your lie to the hole it should always be putted.
putting is a big part of this game and should be learned by all.
@davefv92
Sounds like we're on the same page. There's the old saying, "Drives for show, putts for dough." The putts is where you separate yourself from the rest of the leaderboard.
Let's tee off some ideas here.
Suppose you were in the position to make changes to the game around this. What would you do? I for one, would love an online competitive mode where you only putt. All players start on the green at the same spot. Putts can range from uphill, downhill, slight breaks, and very drastic breaks. Could be fun to have a putting leaderboard and if enough golfers play that it could help encourage them to putt more from the green at long distances in the regular games?
- @EA_Blueberry I played another title JNPG and on that game, it was set up so you had to putt on the green, I never let it bother me much and thought it was a fair way to play it just as long as all had to play it the same.
Whatever you do with this, can you at least leave career mode well alone?
Rather than thinking in terms of the whole game and that one size should fit all and that every situation should be the same, please instead at least pause and think of those who can't fully enjoy everything due to disability, and don't screw us over, please.
One way to think over the suggestion that everybody should be born an expert at putting, go play for a few days with one eye covered, and then tell me how we should all be experts if we have any kind of vision issues.
I play the game with putts as best I can, but when you lack depth perception, it can be a challenge to say the least. I know my limitations, and avoid online stuff 99% of the time, except for the free 4 hole arcade when that comes up, because between the lack of depth perception, and the muscle issues that mean I can't use a gamepad, most content is locked out of reach anyway... So please, with that in mind, leave career mode as is.
Not everybody can be an elite gamer...
I say leave this game as it is also, just because I use a putter on the green does not mean I have anything against others that do not
maybe the best thing is for people to remember this is a game and not take it or make it so serious, relax and have fun.
As long as there is no obstruction in the way, you should be forced to putt
Chipping on the greens shouldn’t be allowed. Period
Whilst we’re here please fix the situations where the ball goes “over the hole” . I’ve had so many putts that either should have lipped out/in
- EA_Blueberry
@Noya_Wesa wrote:
Whatever you do with this, can you at least leave career mode well alone?
Rather than thinking in terms of the whole game and that one size should fit all and that every situation should be the same, please instead at least pause and think of those who can't fully enjoy everything due to disability, and don't screw us over, please.
Thank you for jumping in with your thoughts and perspective with challenges that can come from putting due to disability @Noya_Wesa. I searched our PGA Tour boards for a discussion around putting and Accessibility and didn't see anything what you describe brought up. These conversations are important to EA as we do try our best to champion ways to make the games as accessible as we can to everyone. It does require some feedback from the community to get a better understanding on how the teams should look at designs in the future. If you're able to craft up a post with some details on this in these forums we'll try our best to pass it along. We can't make any guarantees on the submissions here but as Forum Community Managers we're here to champion for the Community and pass along requests.
It sounds like @-Roasted513- is more concerned about the online competitive modes when there are rewards at stake. If anyone here has great tips on how to set up a consistently great lag putt I'm sure we can all benefit from it.Sometimes all you need are those 1 or 2 tips you never really think about that drastically improve your game.
Anyone want to chip in with advice on putting?I think the simple answer is to just make better approach shots . No one would be worrying about chipping from anywhere on the green if they hit a better approach shot. Landing on a sloped green is just part of the game and so if everyone is allowed to chip on the green….everyone will just forget about putting in general in any type of competition. Ea, don’t forget that players use legal exploits like this to get ahead of everyone else . I’m not saying anyone here does that, but we all know the reality of gaming.
