I upped it from the default 50% to 75%. This solved how the cursor would annoyingly run into the top/bottom of the screen edge on my swings (and then skate left/right).
Now I can swing comfortably with the cursor never touching the edges.
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An ugly round of golf, A combination of poor course management and switching to pro clubs before the event. 
It can only get better. 
Why does it say Iām -4 on your screen?? I shot a -6.
Not sureā¦ 
I just checked the Beaumont crossing event and you are down as -6 as you said.
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I missed out on the sale. Now you guys have played for awhile, what are your thoughts on the game? Worth the full price? Do you all anticipate playing for some time to come? Just wondering if I should jump in. Iām not a golf player IRL, but in the past I have quite enjoyed playing various computer golf games (I think the one I played most was Microprose Golf back in the early 90ās) .
Iāve been playing console and PC golf games since the mid 1990s. My experience with TGC 2019 began a bit mixed. Unlike quite a few golf games from my past, itās mechanics are not something where āaccuracyā on clicks on a meter plays a factor in making good shots. TGC19 is more like playing Wii Sports Golf, or Tiger Woods Golf on the Nintendo Wii, where power, swing plane, and fade/draw are input by āfeelā. TGC19 gameplay (for me, anyway) has a lot of guessing. Many of things either arenāt documented, or arenāt obvious at all (again, for me).
After my last 10 to 15 rounds, Iām to the point where the mechanics are decently comfortable. Especially for driver, wood, and irons Iāve come to a good sense of āfeelā and usually can hit the greens with a room for a 1 or 2 putt par or birdie chance. Where my game breaks down, is putting. How much to correct for the break of the green, how much power to add (or even how to add that much power!) are leaving me with 3 and even 4 putts.
I think my issue is that on the driver, woods, and irons, there is little (or even zero) need to make a shot with less than 100% power. The clubs in the bag are designed such that their shot modes (normal, chip, pitch, lob, flop) cover most distances I encounterā¦ most ALL with a 100% shot power. So this means all my attention is on making that shot straight and well timed. Never needing to guess at the power level Iām using, just make sure Iām hitting 100%.
With putting, the varying the shot power is fully half of the mechanics. And the only indication of putt power is watching your golferās animations. Guesstimating from trial and error how far back the golfer animation relates to how far the ball will travel, and that of course being completely variable depending on up or down slope.
At some point, the putting will probably come together for me. Maybe there is something Iām missing there, too.
Overall, yes. TGC19 is a really nice golf experience for me. Something Iāll keep playing for a good while I think. The best aspect for me is that TGC19 doesnāt keep āupgradingā my golferās power or abilities as I progress. Heās a capable golfer right from the start, with everything coming down to my own skill as the player.
I really disliked that aspect of my Tiger Woods games, where I had to ārank upā my golfer to being able to hit a ball a decent distanceā¦ then tragically ranking up further to the point where I was making many par 4 greens in one super-ampāed up drive.
Hope those are useful thoughts.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts adlabs6 ! Very much appreciated. Hmmm. Iāll have to give it a bit of thought. A nice relaxing game sounds quite appealing. Something to play late at night with a nice glass of scotch maybe.
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Iām enjoying it and think it will be something I play for quite a while. It is a nice break when I want to sit and watch TV out of one eye, and play a round with my other. And I can play it on my laptop in the pilot lounge at 3AM since it works great on my laptop and an X-Box controller. I donāt know that it is $50 worth it thoughā¦it was a really good deal on sale.
I like the game mechanics at this point, and even with the pro clubs Iām perhaps finding a stroke pace that works most of the time. Sometimes the rails fall offā¦which is sort of how real golf worksā¦hahaā¦ I havenāt explored all the options yetā¦like I donāt know how many courses are included, and I donāt know how many user created courses are out there, but so far Iāve seen a great variety of beautiful and challenging tracks.
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Thatās weird. I donāt remember playing either of those courses
I have no idea what happened to this leaderboardā¦ beach dropped to -5, adlabs went from +15 to +10ā¦ I donāt get it. Cygon_Parrot apparently is a wizard. Congrats!
Only thing I cna think of is maybe that I had turned the handicap scoring on for that tournament? When I go look at the society statistics, it shows very different scores (Cygon shot a -3 for example lol). Technically Beach got robbed of a win here. haha. Hope I didnāt set the others up that way!
Yeahā¦I think it is a handicapped event maybe? No worriesā¦it is still fun stuff!
Iām not sure about the current one but the next event and the following one do not have handicapped scoring on
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Haha, no ruffled feathers, donāt worry!
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So, second society eventā¦ first round was a relative shamblesā¦ terrible drives and approaches. Putting was the only thing keeping the score in check at all, and even then finished +2.
Second round, much much better and more consistent. -10 on the day to bring event total to -8 with 2 rounds to go.
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Two rounds, such potential for chaos. 
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Iād like those first 4 holes backā¦ managed to hit 2 flagsticks this round, which saved me from some looooong putts and resulted in birdies. 
1 round left!
Some missed opportunities on the front 9 kept my score down a bit, but the back end was pretty good.
Event stats for me: 75% FIR, 76.39 GIR, 51.39% one putts, 56% birdie conversion rate, only 1 eagle, which is disappointing, as I had a few chances. But pretty solid 4 rounds altogether.
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Yeahā¦if you are hitting 75% FIR and near that for GIRā¦you are pretty much guaranteed a good score.
The game is fun because I never know what kind of round Iām going to play. I missed the cut on the last FedEx Cup event with a +6, then started the next event and finished 36 holes in fourth placeā¦a respectable show. I really seem to play poorly in winds greater than 10mphā¦
Steam put this title on a 40% off sale todayā¦ so I took the plunge. Not as good a price as you guys paid, but still a decent saving!
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