SimGolf Tour

[ram]

While playing simgolf recently, I remembered about the league wig ran about this time last year. After doing a search of the forums, I saw and remember the problem he ran into. The problem was how to get the same golfers in each time so all FOFC golfers would be in each tournament. After experimenting with the pro golfer file I realized there is no set amount of golfers needed. If there is less the game just copies a golfer to fill in the spots. I will only put 35 golfers in the file so every golfer will be in every event. Seeing that I have some free time I have decided to try to run a 16 tournament tour.

Player Ratings:
In the original the player cap was 480 points and it seemed to be good so I will stay with that to start. This allows for varied golfers and hopefully a competitive field.

Tournaments:
I propose a 16 tournament schedule with every 4th being a major. A regular tournament will be 2 rounds with no cut. A major will be 4 rounds and there will be a cut after 2 rounds. (I’m not sure about a cut, its open for debate.)

Tournament Prizes:
Instead of going with the designed simgolf payouts, I’m thinking about using a point system. With the top half getting points decreasing in value from 1st on down. Also for scoring low round of the day you get a bonus point. Majors would be worth double the points. Who ever has the most points at the end of the 16 tournaments will be the tour champion.

Choosing Courses:
I’m not sure exactly how to decide what courses to play on and when. I figure no course should be played on more than once a season so will need 16 courses. If anyone has any ideas on how or what courses to choose, let me know? My only idea is the a winner of a regular tournament get to choose a course for a future regular tournament.

Major Courses:
I am thinking about following the PGA Tour and a set course for the FOFC Masters. Then rotating courses for British and US Opens . Maybe even allow the defending champion to pick were the event will be held the following year. The final major, the Players Championship, will be decided by a vote each year. In the first year, I figure will choose all major courses by a vote.

Sim Schedule:
I figure I can get at least 1-2 tournaments a week if not more. This all depends on my schedule and free time.

Post your golfers in this format: (max of 480 points)
* name,
* body type: 0-long sleeves, 1-knickers, 2-short sleeves, 3-short pants,
4-female long sleeves and pants, 5-female short sleeves and shorts, 6-female short sleeves and pants, 7-female tank top and skirt
* Skin: 0-caucasian, 1-asian/tanned, 2-latino/very tanned, 3-black
* Hat: 0-black, 1-l.blue, 2-blue, 3-l.green, 4-green, 5-orange, 6-red, 7-yellow, 8-lt. yellow, 9-white
* Shirt: 0-white, 1-Yellow, 2-orange, 3-peach, 4-red, 5-green, 6-teal, 7-blue, 8-purple, 9-black
* Pants: 0-black, 1-blue, 2-l.blue, 3-green, 4-l.green, 5-brown, 6-red, 7-tan, 8-yellow, 9-white
* - Power Hitter
* - Long Driver
* - Accurate Driver
* - Accurate Irons
* - Accurate Putter
* - Draw Shot (R to L)
* - Fade Shot (L to R)
* - High Backspin Shot
* - Recovery Skills
* - Luck

Note: 0=0, 1=10, 2=20..... A=100, B=110.....Max is 150

Player Example:
Hacker,2,2,0,4,0,7675466386

Any comments/suggestions/courses?

*Forgot to add, you do NOT need the game to participate.

[ram]

Ram,1,0,5,9,0,52AAA00623

[korme]

The Hose,1,1,7,6,9,5586F22221

[Vince]

I'm in --

Hackman,1,0,0,0,0,A666811154

Let me see if I can dig up an old course or two of mine.

[ram]

Golfers above have been added.
I forgot to mention this in the original post, you do NOT need to have the game to participate.

[mrsimperless]

Gary Playa,1,3,7,8,8,A55F800020

[jshipman2]

Payne Stewart,1,0,9,9,9,A666711155

[ram]

Both Gary and Payne have been added.

*Gary's point total is only 450 and you're allowed 480. If you (mrsimperless) want you can add the 30 points, but you don't have to.

[thealmighty]

The Pistol,1,0,4,5,3,6599911233

[bullman]

bullman, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 2, 2, 8, 8, A, 5, 5, 3, 5, 0

[mrsimperless]

Both Gary and Payne have been added.

*Gary's point total is only 450 and you're allowed 480. If you (mrsimperless) want you can add the 30 points, but you don't have to.

Please add two to luck and one to recovery. (A55F800032)

[Airhog]

Airhog 3,0,5,5,5,

4,8,8,6,2,2,2,5,5,6

[ram]

All golfers have been added and Gary was fixed.

[Travis]

Rolin Bya, 2/0/0/9/9
4/4/A/A/A/2/2/2/2/2

[Groundhog]

Groundhog,0,0,1,6,0,8782832424

[ram]

2 golfers above have been added, bringing the total to 10.

[ntndeacon]

Here is another player
Deke Prosser---1,0,0,1,7,6,6,6,7,A,1,3,6,2,1

[tucker342]

AJ Tucker, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0,4676755341

[daedalus]

If you still have room for a participant:

Daedalus,0,1,0,0,0,3168966711

Thanks. :)

[mrkilla22]

Slacker,2,0,0,5,7,4577755260

[ram]

The 4 new golfers have been added. Still plenty of room for others to join. I am also thinking of having the 1st round of the 1st tournament on Wednesday night. Still not sure what course it will be on so if anyone has courses let me know.

[mrsimperless]

Dagnabbit, I wish I had more time to make a course before then. It would be fun to create one that plays to Gary's strengths and Airhog's weaknesses. =D

[Coffee Warlord]

Rob Nielsen, 2, 9, 0, 9, 0, 757B631431

[KWhit]

Ty Whitt 2,0,0,4,0,6299A00723

[ram]

Both golfers have been added. There is no deadline on submitting courses so take your time. There will be plenty of opportunities for it to be used.

[bullman]

Now that I have already signed up, what is simgolf?

[StanGunner]

Post your golfers in this format: (max of 480 points)
StanGunner, 2,0,5,7,7,5786922252

[John Galt]

I'll give it a go:

John Galt, 2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0F00F000F3

Since I've never played the game and have no idea what is strategically wise, I just decided to go extreme. I'm a long driver with no accuracy who putts well and sure knows how to recover. I could probably use more luck.

[korme]

I'll give it a go:

John Galt, 2, 0, 4, 5, 7, 0F00F000F3

Since I've never played the game and have no idea what is strategically wise, I just decided to go extreme. I'm a long driver with no accuracy who putts well and sure knows how to recover. I could probably use more luck.
Yer screwed. http://dynamic.gamespy.com/%7Efof/forums/images/smilies/wink.gif

[ram]

I have added both Stan and John. I will begin the 1st round in about 15 minutes.

[ram]

The inaugural tournament in the SimGolf Tour will be held at scenic El Burro in Spain. The relatively easy Burro is a par 71 and should provide some low scoring rounds.


http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3481/b17yb.th.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b17yb.jpg)

The inaugural field contains the following 18 golfers:
Hackman
The Hose
Ram
Gary Playa
Payne Stewart
The Pistol
bullman
Airhog
Rolin Bya
Groundhog
Deke Prosser
AJ Tucker
Daedalus
Slacker
Rob Nielsen
Ty Whitt
StanGunner
John Galt

[ram]

Gary Playa, Deke Prosser, and The Pistol get off to fast starts as they birdie their first holes.

[ram]

Gary Playa eagles the second and leads by 1. Deke quickly falls back with a double bogey on his second hole.

[ram]

AJ Tucker hits a hole-in-one to move within 1 of our new leader Pistol. John Galt with the low light of the round so far with a 7 over on the par 3 8th.

[ram]

After 9 holes Ram and The Pistol are tied for the lead at -6. Eight others are at/or under par including AJ(-4) and Daedalus(-3). Slacker(+9), Ty Whitt(+10), and John Galt(+19) are the only ones without a real chance to get to even par.

[Vince]

The hole at the South end of the course is pretty sweet by the lighthouse, and it looks as if the one just northwest of the really tall structure near the middle of the course looks pretty sweet too. I like holes with greens over water :)

[Vince]

Dola -- any chance for a Hackman update?

[ram]

With 5 holes to go it is down to a 2-man race between Daedalus and AJ as Ram and The Pistol have fallen apart.

Hackman is at +7.

[Vince]

+7?!!? Preposterous! We'll have to hit the driving range a little more before the next event.

[ram]

With only 3 holes to play, Rob is trying to mount a challenge to AJ(-5) as he eagled to move to -3. Daedalus has fallen with a bogey followed by a double bogey.

[ram]

In an unexpected finish we wound up with a 3-way tie for first at 3 under. AJ had back to back bogeys opening the door for Daedalus and Rob. All but John's round are below as he finished at +30.

http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/7006/b25uo.th.jpg (http://img315.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b25uo.jpg)

The course played much harder than I thought it would. When I ran a test on the course earlier this week almost 2/3 of the players were under par and I think I few were almost 10 under. I guess the few changes I made had more of an impact than I expected. The final round at El Burro will be Friday night at 9 pm est.

If anyone has any questions or comments about the presentation of the round let me know. Also we need to work out a way to settle ties.

[tucker342]

DAMN! I just had to fall apart at the end...:(

Oh well, I'll take tied for first:)

[Travis]

If Rolin bogies 14 instead of taking a 10, he wins the tourney by one stroke. Holy crap, talk about self destruction.

[mrsimperless]

If Rolin bogies 14 instead of taking a 10, he wins the tourney by one stroke. Holy crap, talk about self destruction.

:eek:

[Vince]

The 9 on hole 2 killed Hackman.

Oh, who am I kidding, it took a lot more than just that to get my stellar +10.

[ntndeacon]

+1 is not tragic... only three behind the leaders

[daedalus]

Badass! Not a bad opener. Too bad I fubar'ed the 15th and 16th.

Thanks ram. :)

[John Galt]

I am the greatest golfer ever!!!!!!

:)

[John Galt]

BTW, since my results aren't posted, did I birdie a single hole?

[ram]

John I do not remember a 100%, but I do not believe you birdied a single hole.

[MacroGuru]

I want to try and get a golfer on tour....

Macro Guru,2,1,0,9,7,37553307A

[MacroGuru]

One thing to think about, I would love to design a course for this, but what kind of rules should we follow?

[ram]

Macro only totals 430 points. Indoorsoccersim you can add another fifty points to him.

One thing to think about, I would love to design a course for this, but what kind of rules should we follow?

There are no restrictions on course design. You can do it in either mode and the course can be as easy or as hard as you want.

[Mr. Wednesday]

If I may submit my golfer from wig's tour,

Mr. Wednesday,2,0,9,6,7,2578614825

It should add up to 480 points.
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[Mr. Wednesday]

Dola, do you have Wednesday River Resort & CC? If not, I should be able to dig it out and resubmit.

[MacroGuru]

Macro only totals 430 points. Indoorsoccersim you can add another fifty points to him.



There are no restrictions on course design. You can do it in either mode and the course can be as easy or as hard as you want.
Sorry about that...

Macro Guru,2,1,0,9,7,37554408C

[ram]

Dola, do you have Wednesday River Resort & CC? If not, I should be able to dig it out and resubmit.
Mr. Wednesday and Macro will be added to the next event and I do still have Wednesday River Resort.

[Mr. Wednesday]

I played it again tonight, and I had some trouble with the pros playing one of the holes incorrectly, as well as a TV tower location issue. I may submit a minor revision to correct these issues.

[ram]

Round 2 begins with the tournament still wide open. There is a three-way tie atop the leader board between Daedalus, AJ Tucker, and Rob Nielsen. Gary Playa is only one shot back.

[ram]

Daedalus starts the final round with an eagle to take a 2 shot lead. Gary Playa birdies to move to 3 under.

Gary Playa birdies the second and Daedalus bogeys creating a tie at -4.

[ram]

With back to back birdies, bullman has pulled within two of the leaders. The Pistol and Deke Prosser have pulled to even par and are only 4 back.


Daedalus birdies to retake the lead. He follows the birdie up with an eagle to take a 3 shot lead.

[Karlifornia]

Can I please join in?

Bandito Verde 2,2,4,5,3 6648A33233

[ram]

Bandito has been added for the next event.

[ram]

Gary Playa hit’s a short birdie putt to move within 1 of Daedalus. AJ Tucker has collapsed with a 10 on the par 3 14th. Bullman has fallen back to even after a double bogey. The surprise of the round so far is that John has back to back birdies.

[kingfc22]

David Gonzalez, 2,2,0,4,7, 6589A00370

[ram]

David will begin play in the next event.

Updated leader board after 9 holes is coming soon.

[ram]

Leaders after 9

Daedalus -8
Rob Nielsen -5
Gary Playa -1
Deke Prosser E
The Pistol +1
Bullman +1

[ram]

Daedalus and Rob with back to back birdies to pull even further away from the field.

Daedalus with another birdie to take a 4 shot lead.

Daedalus' lead grows to 6 after another birdie and a Rob bogey.

[ram]

It is official, Daedalus runs away with the title. Rob is the only other under par today and finishes comfortably in 2nd.

http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/8035/b30lq.th.jpg (http://img310.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b30lq.jpg)

[ram]

Below is the final standings of the 1st tournament. As you can see I had problems with everything lining up unless the names were short so I had to shortened everyone's name. I will total up the points tomorrow. As of now, I am thinking of giving the top half of the field points. If anyone has any better ideas about the point system let me know.


Name 1st 2nd Total Score
Daedalu 68 62 130 -12
Rob 68 67 135 -7
Playa 69 71 140 -2
bullman 71 71 142 0
Ram 73 71 144 2
Deke 72 73 145 3
Pistol 72 73 145 3
Bya 73 72 145 3
StanG 75 73 148 6
Whitt 78 72 150 8
Airhog 77 77 154 12
AJ 68 86 154 12
Hose 75 80 155 13
Stewart 74 82 156 14
Hackman 81 77 158 16
Slacker 82 78 160 18
Ghog 79 89 168 26
Galt 101 93 194 52

[Airhog]

Well, at least I was consistent :D

[Karlifornia]

John Galt-You're numbers look like the final score of a Rockets/Jazz game :)

Everyone, get ready, for BANDITO VERDE HAS ARRIVED!!!

[tucker342]

ouch...

[vex]

Vex,2,0,0,4,7,9885512523

[daedalus]

Yay! :)

[ram]

Vex has been added.

The next tournament will begin Tuesday night. After this event I will post the point standings.

[John Galt]

It is official, Daedalus runs away with the title. Rob is the only other under par today and finishes comfortably in 2nd.

http://img310.imageshack.us/img310/8035/b30lq.th.jpg (http://img310.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b30lq.jpg)

Thanks for the write-in results. I may think about withdrawing from the tour and reconfiguring my golfer. I'll give a couple more tourneys to see if he can do something crazy.

[John Galt]

John Galt-You're numbers look like the final score of a Rockets/Jazz game :)

Everyone, get ready, for BANDITO VERDE HAS ARRIVED!!!

:)

[Mr. Wednesday]

My updated course is available here (http://www.hal-pc.org/~enigma/files). I included the associated pictures with it.

[ram]

Thanks for the write-in results. I may think about withdrawing from the tour and reconfiguring my golfer. I'll give a couple more tourneys to see if he can do something crazy.

If you want I will allow you to reconfigure your golfer before the next event. I do not think he is going to get any better.

My updated course is available here (http://www.hal-pc.org/~enigma/files). I included the associated pictures with it.

I will use your course for the upcoming tournament.

[MacroGuru]

My updated course is available here (http://www.hal-pc.org/~enigma/files). I included the associated pictures with it.
I would be interested in seeing a full blown screen of the entire course....Do you have one?

[moriarty]

I'd be interested in getting in if there's still time:

Moriarty 2,0,0,4,0 5679523641

[Mr. Wednesday]

I would be interested in seeing a full blown screen of the entire course....Do you have one? I don't... I'll see what I can do when I get home. I'm not sure that the pictures I included actually do anything for you in-game, but I figured I might as well package everything just in case.

[Mr. Wednesday]

I will use your course for the upcoming tournament.I advise you to check the TV tower locations on the back nine before anybody tees off -- there may be one that needs to be deleted. I've played tournaments with and without it in the way. I think the problem hole is either 15 or 16.

[Mr. Wednesday]

PNG image (http://www.hal-pc.org/~enigma/images/WR_R&CC.PNG)

[ram]

Moriarty has been added.

The 1st round at Wednesday River Resort & CC will begin in about 30 minutes.
Wednesday River Resort & CC is a 6875 yard, par 72 course. Mr. Wednesday has provided a picture.

The FOFC golfers:
Hackman
The Hose
Ram
Gary Playa
Payne Stewart
The Pistol
bullman
Air hog
Rolin Bya
Groundhog
Deke Prosser
AJ Tucker
Daedalus
Slacker
Rob Nielsen
Ty Whitt
Stan Gunner
John Galt
Macro Guru
Mr. Wednesday
Vex
Bandito Verde
David Gonzalez
Moriarty

[ram]

Rolin and Airhog birdied their 1st two holes to take a 1 shot lead over 5 golfers.

[ram]

Through 4 holes, there is a 6-way tie. The surprise of the group is John Galt.

At the other end of the spectrum are Ty Whitt and Groundhog who are both at +4.

[ram]

Rolin Bya(-5) has a 1 shot lead over The Pistol and Ram. As expected John has fallen back down the leader board with a double bogey.

Macro and StanGunner are at +3 and surprisingly the course designer is at +5.

[ram]

Ram (-5) leads through 9 holes. Rolin and Pistol are a shot back. Moriarty and Rob are lurking 3 shots back. The Hose, David Gonzalez, and Airhog are 4 shots back.

Last weeks champion, daedalus is in last at +6.

[ram]

Through 12 holes, The Pistol(-7) leads by 1 over Rolin and 2 over Ram.

[ram]

With 3 holes to play Rolin and the Pistol are tied at -7. David Gonzalez is only 1 shot back.

[ram]

Rolin leads David and the Pistol by 1 after the 1st Round.

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1206/b47rh.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b47rh.jpg)

*I do not have every golfer's scorecard. When I realized I need a few scorecards, the golfers had already completed their rounds and I could not get their scorecard.

The 2nd round will be Thursday night.

[daedalus]

Last weeks champion, daedalus is in last at +6.All that luck was bound to catch up to me SOMETIMES. :D

[Mr. Wednesday]

I don't know if it's having a significant effect on the scores, but I think WRRCC is friendlier to shorter hitters than El Burro -- at least, my (possibly muddled) recollection is that there were a couple of holes I had trouble reaching with my saved Mr. Wednesday golfer (which is not necessarily the same as my entry) when I played it. In contrast, I'm pretty sure I can reach everything on WRRCC except #4 in regulation, and that's only because #4 is explicitly designed to play longer than its yardage, and they won't let me enforce using it as a par 5 when I save it as championship (it automatically gets converted to par 4).

Speaking of which, WRRCC should play as par 71 for championship play for that reason.

[John Galt]

Rolin leads David and the Pistol by 1 after the 1st Round.

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1206/b47rh.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=b47rh.jpg)

*I do not have every golfer's scorecard. When I realized I need a few scorecards, the golfers had already completed their rounds and I could not get their scorecard.

The 2nd round will be Thursday night.

Wow. Three 7's to finish the round. Ouch.

I think I'm going to stick with my golfer for at least a few more tourneys - it is fun routing for the underdog.

[Vince]

+1 -- that's much better. :)

[moriarty]

I got crushed on hole 13 whatever that was. Took a 6 and almost everyone on the board ahead of me had a 3!

[ram]

Speaking of which, WRRCC should play as par 71 for championship play for that reason.

It does to play to a par 71, but before starting the championship it says par 72 so I did not realize until the end of the round.

[Mr. Wednesday]

I got crushed on hole 13 whatever that was. Took a 6 and almost everyone on the board ahead of me had a 3!13 is a dogleg left with a tee shot across the river and a tricky landing area that starts out flat and slopes away. I've seen a long hitter try to cut off the dogleg and get in a lot of trouble -- it was in a match against me and up until that point, I was thinking he might challenge the course record of 52. Most likely, your tee shot went into the trees and then you missed the green left and went down the hill in the rough.

[moriarty]

13 is a dogleg left with a tee shot across the river and a tricky landing area that starts out flat and slopes away. I've seen a long hitter try to cut off the dogleg and get in a lot of trouble -- it was in a match against me and up until that point, I was thinking he might challenge the course record of 52. Most likely, your tee shot went into the trees and then you missed the green left and went down the hill in the rough.

That's probably what I get for being long. :D

Following this is making me want to fire up Sim Golf again. I can't recall how many times I've fired it up, put it away, repeat. I wish there was a followup vesrion that improved the game a bit.

[kingfc22]

Nice debut for me.

[ram]

Round 2 has begun.

Through 3 holes, Rolin Bya(-9) has increased his lead to 2 shots over the Pistol. David Gonzalez has dropped a shot and Gary Playa is lurking only 4 shots back.

[ram]

Rob Nielsen has started with 4 straight birdies to move to -6.
Gary Playa nails another birdie to move to -6.
Rolin bogeys to drop back to -8.

[ram]

Thru 6 holes, Rolin(-10) has a 1 shot lead over Pistol and Gary Playa is only 3 shots back. After 5 birdies to start his round, Rob has back to back bogeys to fall to -5.

For vexroid, Vex is +2 for the day and +5 overall.

[vex]

Not great, not bad.(Despite what my position says):)

[ram]

After 9 holes for Gary Golf we have the makings of an interesting finish.
Rolin(-11) leads by 1 shot over Gary Playa. Gary is -7 on the day through 11 holes. David Gonzalez is 3 shots back and Rob is 4 shots back.

[ram]

Rolin hits one into the drink and double bogeys the 13th. Rolin still holds a 2 shot lead over Gary Playa with 5 holes to play.

[ram]

I ran into a serious problem. For some reason no one would tee off from 18. I did not realize until real late in the round and could not find a fix for this. I will have to replay the round, but that probably won't be until sometime this weekend. I'm really sorry, and hopefully the next time I try not everybody gets stuck on 18.

[Mr. Wednesday]

I assure you, I can't remember ever encountering a similar problem when I've played on the course, although I mostly play (matches and tournaments) in game mode rather than championship mode.

[ram]

I assure you, I can't remember ever encountering a similar problem when I've played on the course, although I mostly play (matches and tournaments) in game mode rather than championship mode.
I don't know what caused this as it did not happen in the 1st round. Also the first few groups to play 18 had actually played the hole. When I was checking some scorecards, I realized a few groups had about 9 holes left when everyone else only had 3. When I swung over to 18 I saw a bunch of golfers and no one was teeing off.

[moriarty]

I don't know what caused this as it did not happen in the 1st round. Also the first few groups to play 18 had actually played the hole. When I was checking some scorecards, I realized a few groups had about 9 holes left when everyone else only had 3. When I swung over to 18 I saw a bunch of golfers and no one was teeing off.

Probably Roy McAvoy was playing the 18th hole and kept hitting the ball in the water. Rather than taking a drop and accepting his medicine, he repeatedly tried to hit the green ... backing up play for hours.

Suprisingly Renee Russo still went home with him.

[ram]

Sorry for the delay, but I have finally replayed the 2nd round. We have a tie between Rob Nielsen and AJ Tucker at -6. A lot of the leaders had horrible rounds and fell out of contention fast. If anyone has any ideas on how to break the tie post them. For now I will hold off on posting the scorecards until we figure out how to break the tie.

The only idea I can come up with, is for someone to pick a random hole number and whoever scored lower on that hole wins. Does anybody have better ideas.

[Mr. Wednesday]

Alternatively, if you can play with just those two players, you could let them start playing from (wherever) and do a sudden death that way.

[Huckleberry]

So I started playing SimGolf again.

Looks like we missed the 2006 rehash. Oh well.

[Huckleberry]

dola -

So, not that this is a long shot or anything, but does anyone happen to have the two course files I submitted to wig three years ago? I'm sure somebody's been saving them. :(