TW09 Too Easy?

[DivotMaker]

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I truly do not believe you can 3 putt a green.

I have...several times...guess that means I suck? LOL

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I've got two four-putt and one five putt green to my credit.... to add insult to injury, they all occured during multiplayer online! They were all done with "Lightening Fast" greens. However, I do agree that the putting is still way too easy overall.

[sroz39]

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I've got two four-putt and one five putt green to my credit.... to add insult to injury, they all occured during multiplayer online! They were all done with "Lightening Fast" greens. However, I do agree that the putting is still way too easy overall.

Hey Onlooker, this may just be a personal opinion and not reflect what is actually the case, but online I haven't noticed the difference between green speeds. For whatever reason, they seem to all play on Average, regardless of what you set it too.

Offline, I notice a HUGE difference between green speeds. Not quite the same online.

Having said that, just last night I played on the Expert pins at Wolf Creek and four putted twice in one round lol. Those are the toughest pin locations to putt at in the game, IMO.

[CarryTheWeight]

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Not sure about the 360 and PS3 versions, but the Wii version's hard as hell. I haven't finished a tournament under par yet. If there's one thing the 360 and PS3 doesn't have in this year's game, it's those tough putting mechanics. Toughest part of the game by far.

[sroz39]

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Not sure about the 360 and PS3 versions, but the Wii version's hard as hell. I haven't finished a tournament under par yet. If there's one thing the 360 and PS3 doesn't have in this year's game, it's those tough putting mechanics. Toughest part of the game by far.

Don't doubt it..but if past versions are any indication, the putting is tough because of poor putting mechanic design and not because it's actually tough.

Haven't played this year's version yet, so they may have improved the putting though..

[Brian Gee]

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Exactly. The flaw, IMO, in this series has always been the easiness of the game. Within an hour I'm wrecking every course and destroying the CPU (and I'm no arcade golf pro).

[Jeru3131]

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When I play, I close my eyes. Try it and get back to me. Still kinda easy though. See what you think.

I hope your kidding.

[packermatt]

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Onlooker, thanks for the suggestion to lower the sweet spots -- I'm at a 7.3 rating and lowering the sweet spots to the mid 20s made this game a lot more enjoyable for me. I like the fact that I will occasionally hit one into the rough!

If anyone is looking for an online game with these kinds of ratings, my PS3 name is PitVipers. Feel free to add me as a friend

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Onlooker, thanks for the suggestion to lower the sweet spots -- I'm at a 7.3 rating and lowering the sweet spots to the mid 20s made this game a lot more enjoyable for me. I like the fact that I will occasionally hit one into the rough!

I'm glad to hear it's working out for you. I'm hitting ~65% FIR's right now, and the game feels right. I had to adjust the sweetspot down to 19% to get that, but my accuracy keeps creeping up beyond my control. It's now at 8.4. The game feels so much more realistic and challenging with 65% FIRs and the 60% GIRs I currently see. It makes me appreciate a fairway and green hit in regulation, while opening up another dimension to the game that I'm not used to seeing out of Tiger Woods console games.

[UofMTigerFan]

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How are you guys controlling your accurancy & distance from going up? I have my sweet spots as low as I dare go but am now hitting 320 yard drives. I only want to hit 270-290 drives. Also, my accurancy is now about 8.2 & I was enjoying the game more when I could miss some greens. Do we just delete profile each time it creeps up?

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How are you guys controlling your accurancy & distance from going up? I have my sweet spots as low as I dare go but am now hitting 320 yard drives. I only want to hit 270-290 drives. Also, my accurancy is now about 8.2 & I was enjoying the game more when I could miss some greens. Do we just delete profile each time it creeps up?

I play the 6-hole stroke play Tiger Challenge in the Jim Furyk tree at TPC Boston. I've already completed that tree, but I left this challenge undone. Anyway, when my stats creep up too high, I go out and purposely stink it up in the challenge. I hit 180 yard drives, miss fairways on purpose, chili-dip pitch and chip shots, 5 and 6 putt greens on purpose. I've had my putting number drop from 7.8 to 6.4 in one session!

I hate that I have to do this to keep my player's skill where I want it for a realistic challenge, and it's really boring to have to go through that drill almost every day, but at least I have a way of keeping it down. I'm hoping that EA Sports is considering offering something in the Pro Shop to allow gamers to put caps on skills. I enjoy this game so much more with a player of believable skills.