Tiger Woods League - Week 3: Michigan Open

MJ4H · 08-18-2003, 05:26 PM

Our third event will be held at Joshua Ridge a beautiful course design by well known cyber-course-designer, Steve Opfer. The conditions for the tournament will be light rough, wet greens, gusty winds, with moderate pin placements. The purse for this event is rather small compared to the first two weeks, but $600,000 is nothing to sneeze at. Friday is the deadline for entries. Download the course ASAP and get some practice in. Report experience and discuss strategies in this thread. If you need help downloading or installing custom courses, please let me know. Ill be glad to help. If you've never played a custom course, you are in for a treat. Some of them are better than the stock courses.

GOOD LUCK.

RainRaven · 08-18-2003, 05:48 PM

Just a quick blurb on how to install the course would be helpful, I have never messed with the custom ones in Tiger so far and have no doubts that they can be even better then the stock courses.

MJ4H · 08-18-2003, 06:37 PM

Go to the Notapro site and download the course. Also download the "Jorg Installer" from the Notapro site (you will find a link on the left menu). Once you have the course downloaded, open the file (just open it zipped up, Jorg installer can deal with that) and then accept the default path to install it. It will then tell you which libraries it needs that are not installed on your computer. You can get the libraries on Notapro's too. Follow the same procedure with the Jorg installer with each library. Beside the course name on Notapro's site it lists all the libraries you will need for the course, but if you've downloaded some in the past, you may already have some or all installed. Thats why I recommend letting the Jorg Installer tell you what is missing.

Notapro's site:

http://www.sportplanet.com/tigerwoods/

RainRaven · 08-18-2003, 09:44 PM

Well I installed the course plus the two libaries it needed but TW won't intialize the course giving me a error message.. any idea as to what I did wrong.. I already made sure they were installed correctley since Jorg told me i already had installed them...

thealmighty · 08-18-2003, 10:03 PM

I cannot get it to work, either.

MJ4H · 08-19-2003, 08:29 AM

Try uninstalling the course and libraries using the Course Utility that comes with Tiger and then reinstalling each using the Jorg. You can also use the Course utility to check to see if the libraries you need are actually installed (it lists all installed libraries and all installed courses). Also, I would use the Jorg program to open the courses/libraries while they are still zipped. Just open the zip file directly from within the Jorg program. It really sounds like one of the libraries didnt get installed properly to me. Not sure why. Ive never had a problem with the program and I have around 60 courses Ive installed.

RainRaven · 08-19-2003, 03:09 PM

Did all of that and it still won't let me.....

thealmighty · 08-19-2003, 06:36 PM

I tried, but it says I need 'Desert Library' or something that I cannot find on the Course disk or on Notapro website.

thealmighty · 08-19-2003, 07:27 PM

Ok, I found the Desert Library in notapro's Tiger 2002 library section and now the course works. Yea...

...NOT. That thing is brutal. I had my best putt ever, a 26 YARD eagle. WooHoo. It was all downhill from there. You know it's not good when you hear "This to save double bogey."

For some reason I would like explained if possible, I could not hit the ball straight at all. Almost every shot was a 'toe' or some other bad thing. Is this course somehow different, swing wise, or are all special made courses set-up differently with the swing? I can't have gotton this bad overnight. I DID NOT BREAK 80 on my first practice round.

MJ4H · 08-19-2003, 09:03 PM

Yeah that course is pretty stout. Holes 4, 7, and 10 routinely eat my lunch. As for the hitting it straight thing, I think some textures like specific types of rough and/or fairway are tougher to hit out of. Slight mishits are magnified out of some textures. My guess is that some of the textures in this course are those rougher types. I cant imagine this being the case of the tee, though coupled with the gusty winds, this might account for most of what you noticed. But, no, custom courses arent harder to play than stock courses.

RainRaven · 08-19-2003, 09:33 PM

I had a horrible front 9 for practice.. went to the turn at 7 over... but I then proceeded to have a soild back 9 going one under for a total of 6 over for the practice round. thealmighty I can feel your pain.. what I find is just like regular golfers.. we can get into a rut mouse swing wise and just can't fix ourselves. Also like Matt said some textures are harder to hit out of. Just remember a bit of patience exp. after one of those mishit shots or you will countinue to hit the same type of the shot over and over again

MJ4H · 08-20-2003, 12:22 AM

bonehog and I just played a practice round together online. I shot about -2 which is my best score on that course by about 6 shots

I actually birdied my nemesis, hole 7. Some of the tee shots off of "Joshua Ridge" are a bit tough to judge. There's one in particular somewhere on the front 9 where its 20 yards downhill. I always hit either too long into the bunkers or over-compensate and hit way short. The gusty winds for this round dont help.

Tasan · 08-20-2003, 02:13 AM

#4 is EVIL. That low hole surrounded by water is hard to judge by itself, throw in the wind and I see lots of swimmers this tourney.

MJ4H · 08-22-2003, 08:23 AM

Dont forget, today is the final day I will be accepting entries into this week's event! Only one received so far.

SirFozzie · 08-22-2003, 12:25 PM

I'll try to get one in (Just got the game today), but the next event is looking more and more likely

klayman · 08-22-2003, 01:03 PM

I'll have to miss this one. I'm in the middle of moving and haven't even downloaded the course yet.

Travis · 08-22-2003, 01:50 PM

I'm hoping/assuming that one was my entry?

MJ4H · 08-22-2003, 04:05 PM

you are indeed the one

thealmighty · 08-22-2003, 06:24 PM

Sent in my round. Did pretty well (I think) but very strange. Only had 5 pars for the whole round, either hit or miss most of the time with all the stupid ass trees in my line of sight to the pin.

SirFozzie · 08-22-2003, 06:30 PM

I'm feverishly trying to get everything setup so I can do it

SirFozzie · 08-22-2003, 08:04 PM

Got it done, but I bounced all over the place.. birdie bogey birdie bogey bogey bogey bogey at one stretch :/

SirFozzie · 08-22-2003, 08:06 PM

Double Dola:

I see we're at Muirfield Village next. Is that the Muirfield Village v2 on Notapro?

MJ4H · 08-23-2003, 08:16 AM

MJ4H · 08-23-2003, 10:02 AM

The leaderboard for the Michigan Open is posted.

http://www.cox-internet.com/pwatts14/tiger.htm

Next week is our first major. We need a full field for this one. We had so few entries for the Michigan Open you actually allowed ME to finish in the money

Desnudo · 08-23-2003, 03:08 PM

I'd like to join in for the next match. Someone has to stop TA from running away with it.

MJ4H · 08-23-2003, 03:59 PM

OK just submit your round and youre in. Theres no signup procedure. Every event in season 1 is open to all FOFC members. Season 2 may have some restrictions if it becomes popular, but that will require a lot more participation than we currently have. I expect it to be the same next season.

08-18-2003, 05:48 PM	#2
RainRaven High School JV Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Baltimore, Maryland	Just a quick blurb on how to install the course would be helpful, I have never messed with the custom ones in Tiger so far and have no doubts that they can be even better then the stock courses. __________________ "It can't rain all the time"-The Crow

08-18-2003, 10:03 PM	#5
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	I cannot get it to work, either. __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

08-19-2003, 03:09 PM	#7
RainRaven High School JV Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Baltimore, Maryland	Did all of that and it still won't let me..... __________________ "It can't rain all the time"-The Crow

08-19-2003, 06:36 PM	#8
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	I tried, but it says I need 'Desert Library' or something that I cannot find on the Course disk or on Notapro website. __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

08-19-2003, 07:27 PM	#9
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	Ok, I found the Desert Library in notapro's Tiger 2002 library section and now the course works. Yea... ...NOT. That thing is brutal. I had my best putt ever, a 26 YARD eagle. WooHoo. It was all downhill from there. You know it's not good when you hear "This to save double bogey." For some reason I would like explained if possible, I could not hit the ball straight at all. Almost every shot was a 'toe' or some other bad thing. Is this course somehow different, swing wise, or are all special made courses set-up differently with the swing? I can't have gotton this bad overnight. I DID NOT BREAK 80 on my first practice round. __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

08-18-2003, 06:37 PM	#3
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Go to the Notapro site and download the course. Also download the "Jorg Installer" from the Notapro site (you will find a link on the left menu). Once you have the course downloaded, open the file (just open it zipped up, Jorg installer can deal with that) and then accept the default path to install it. It will then tell you which libraries it needs that are not installed on your computer. You can get the libraries on Notapro's too. Follow the same procedure with the Jorg installer with each library. Beside the course name on Notapro's site it lists all the libraries you will need for the course, but if you've downloaded some in the past, you may already have some or all installed. Thats why I recommend letting the Jorg Installer tell you what is missing. Notapro's site: http://www.sportplanet.com/tigerwoods/

08-18-2003, 09:44 PM	#4
RainRaven High School JV Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Baltimore, Maryland	Well I installed the course plus the two libaries it needed but TW won't intialize the course giving me a error message.. any idea as to what I did wrong.. I already made sure they were installed correctley since Jorg told me i already had installed them...

08-19-2003, 08:29 AM	#6
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Try uninstalling the course and libraries using the Course Utility that comes with Tiger and then reinstalling each using the Jorg. You can also use the Course utility to check to see if the libraries you need are actually installed (it lists all installed libraries and all installed courses). Also, I would use the Jorg program to open the courses/libraries while they are still zipped. Just open the zip file directly from within the Jorg program. It really sounds like one of the libraries didnt get installed properly to me. Not sure why. Ive never had a problem with the program and I have around 60 courses Ive installed.

08-19-2003, 09:03 PM	#10
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Yeah that course is pretty stout. Holes 4, 7, and 10 routinely eat my lunch. As for the hitting it straight thing, I think some textures like specific types of rough and/or fairway are tougher to hit out of. Slight mishits are magnified out of some textures. My guess is that some of the textures in this course are those rougher types. I cant imagine this being the case of the tee, though coupled with the gusty winds, this might account for most of what you noticed. But, no, custom courses arent harder to play than stock courses.

08-19-2003, 09:33 PM	#11
RainRaven High School JV Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Baltimore, Maryland	I had a horrible front 9 for practice.. went to the turn at 7 over... but I then proceeded to have a soild back 9 going one under for a total of 6 over for the practice round. thealmighty I can feel your pain.. what I find is just like regular golfers.. we can get into a rut mouse swing wise and just can't fix ourselves. Also like Matt said some textures are harder to hit out of. Just remember a bit of patience exp. after one of those mishit shots or you will countinue to hit the same type of the shot over and over again

08-20-2003, 12:22 AM	#12
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	bonehog and I just played a practice round together online. I shot about -2 which is my best score on that course by about 6 shots I actually birdied my nemesis, hole 7. Some of the tee shots off of "Joshua Ridge" are a bit tough to judge. There's one in particular somewhere on the front 9 where its 20 yards downhill. I always hit either too long into the bunkers or over-compensate and hit way short. The gusty winds for this round dont help.

08-20-2003, 02:13 AM	#13
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	#4 is EVIL. That low hole surrounded by water is hard to judge by itself, throw in the wind and I see lots of swimmers this tourney. __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

08-22-2003, 08:23 AM	#14
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	Dont forget, today is the final day I will be accepting entries into this week's event! Only one received so far.

08-22-2003, 12:25 PM	#15
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	I'll try to get one in (Just got the game today), but the next event is looking more and more likely __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

08-22-2003, 01:03 PM	#16
klayman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edmonton	I'll have to miss this one. I'm in the middle of moving and haven't even downloaded the course yet.

08-22-2003, 01:50 PM	#17
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	I'm hoping/assuming that one was my entry? __________________ "I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it." - Rogers Hornsby

08-22-2003, 04:05 PM	#18
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	you are indeed the one

08-22-2003, 06:24 PM	#19
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	Sent in my round. Did pretty well (I think) but very strange. Only had 5 pars for the whole round, either hit or miss most of the time with all the stupid ass trees in my line of sight to the pin. __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

08-22-2003, 06:30 PM	#20
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	I'm feverishly trying to get everything setup so I can do it __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

08-22-2003, 08:04 PM	#21
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Got it done, but I bounced all over the place.. birdie bogey birdie bogey bogey bogey bogey at one stretch :/ __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

08-22-2003, 08:06 PM	#22
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Double Dola: I see we're at Muirfield Village next. Is that the Muirfield Village v2 on Notapro? __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

08-23-2003, 08:16 AM	#23
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	yes

08-23-2003, 10:02 AM	#24
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	The leaderboard for the Michigan Open is posted. http://www.cox-internet.com/pwatts14/tiger.htm Next week is our first major. We need a full field for this one. We had so few entries for the Michigan Open you actually allowed ME to finish in the money

08-23-2003, 03:08 PM	#25
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	I'd like to join in for the next match. Someone has to stop TA from running away with it.

08-23-2003, 03:59 PM	#26
MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	OK just submit your round and youre in. Theres no signup procedure. Every event in season 1 is open to all FOFC members. Season 2 may have some restrictions if it becomes popular, but that will require a lot more participation than we currently have. I expect it to be the same next season.

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