[Seymour Scagnetti]

Quote: Originally Posted by kerosene31

This is exactly what is killing the game for me. I get that pros never hit a straight shot, but the angles are totally extreme. I don't understand it. I get if you are trying to bend some crazy shot around a bend or something, but a tiny little fade shouldn't be such a low percentage shot. My thumb simply can't do it with any consistency. I can't even get any kind of a smooth swing going with the thumb. Basically, what I will have to do is turn the controller and try to swing with two fingers. The past few years I just can't find a good difficulty to play with. Tour pro is mostly too easy, unless I try to draw or fade a shot. Anything above that and I don't think I can ever break par, even with practice. The demo only has perfectly easy conditions. Wait until the wind cranks up and the greens become lightning fast.

I have found that following the swing line is just a simple 7-1 swing and you will get a slight fade or draw, its nothing really extreme unless you want to swing 8-2 or even more. Yes its hard to perfectly replicate that line but the swing plane is only little bit off a north/south swing. Just keep practicing and it should get easier. If you get the historic edition then you will have the practice range to tinker with it as much as you want.

The key, just like real golf, is to not to swing too hard because that's when everything can go bonkers. It's all about tempo. Take an easy swing back and forth until it becomes second nature and when you get comfortable increase your speed but you still don't need to flick it really hard to get good distance. This swing is meant to be measured as well as accurate. Flicking it hard forward will hurt your tempo and makes it more difficult to have a diagonal straight line and the devs have stated that tempo is a factor with accuracy, its less forgiving when your tempo is bad.