Swings and Shots in PGA Tour

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@7AnimalMother wrote:

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@ELF014 wrote:
@7AnimalMotherI don't disagree with you that the game is easy. And dispite how bad the RNG is in this game, we can all shoot well under par.

I said in another post some time ago, who hasn't shot a sub 59 in this game. I've done it on the most difficult settings, including disabling all the aids (ie. swing meters, elevation difference etc..).

The point is people want to be rewarded for the good execution of shots. There are many times during play I will execute what I believe to be a good shot, only to see it land well outside the dispersion zone. Some these shots can't be explained as they move opposite the lie angle as well as the wind direction.

And when your dispersion for a drive exceeds the width of the fairway... well...

I am lobbying for tighter controls on your shot execution (meaning make it more difficult to hit a straight shot)... and tightening up some of the dispersion on some shot types (not all, some are reasonable, like chipping...).

In 2K I can feel when I have made a bad shot, I don't need to see the result. And I know where the ball will end up.

In this game I have no clue... the ball can end up just about anywhere.

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I think stats bear out the fact that people ARE generally rewarded for executing good shots.  Sure -some- shots that are seemingly perfect don’t go exactly where you want them, but that just like real golf.  

When your dispersion circle is bigger than the fairway, you could always drop to a 3wood… Theres really no advantage to having a 60-70 yard approach as opposed to 100 yards…  your hitting the same club either way.  Or heck, just hit the driver and play from the rough.  It’s not like there’s much penalty for that in this game.

Whatever they do I hope they don’t implement something similar to  the 2k swing.  I hate 2ks downswing timing.. That’s one of the the worst mechanics I’ve ever played in a video game.  

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Maybe I'm just an old, cranky, retired golf pro. But I'm tired of this whole "pleasing everyone" concept. I used to play Links golf on my computer before consoles existed. It was the best golf simulation I can remember. If you want arcade golf, go buy Mario golf. But jeez... this is an incredible simulation of golf. That is what we want from technology, is it not? More realistic representation of things we cannot do in real life? For some of us it's too east, for some of us it's too hard. Some people make me laugh. They say the water is a magnet for a golf ball. Lol, how many people have said that in real life? This is a golf simulation. And my favorite in a very long time. Oh, and since it's necessary to say these days, that's just IMHO.