The Golf Thread

Cliffy6745

Big JT fan but pulling for Westwood here. Would be a very cool win for a great career 

Cliffy6745

Welp...not gonna happen

Cliffy6745

Also, was a little drunk on my sawgrass comment. I generally stick to the take but this is fun

bootlegger10

I like this better than a US Open grind at Shinnecock.  Very exciting.  Hoping Westwood has a birdie still in him on 17 or 18.   He knows he has to be aggressive.

bootlegger10

Wow, lucky bounce on that drive on 18.

Wobbie

I keep waiting for someone to back into the water.

looks like JT has this.

The Juggler

bbiggs said:

The Juggler said:

I’ve always liked Sawgrass. Reminds me of the original Tiger Woods game. Played Sawgrass on that nonstop back in the late 90’s

Haha. Same exact thing here. PlayStation 

Nothing like skipping an Econ class in the morning to play a quick 18 at Sawgrass....

mrussel1

The Juggler said:

bbiggs said:

The Juggler said:

I’ve always liked Sawgrass. Reminds me of the original Tiger Woods game. Played Sawgrass on that nonstop back in the late 90’s

Haha. Same exact thing here. PlayStation 

Nothing like skipping an Econ class in the morning to play a quick 18 at Sawgrass....

I downloaded the PGA 2k21 last night because it was half off.  I haven't played a golf game in years.  

Cliffy6745

mrussel1 said:

The Juggler said:

bbiggs said:

The Juggler said:

I’ve always liked Sawgrass. Reminds me of the original Tiger Woods game. Played Sawgrass on that nonstop back in the late 90’s

Haha. Same exact thing here. PlayStation 

Nothing like skipping an Econ class in the morning to play a quick 18 at Sawgrass....

I downloaded the PGA 2k21 last night because it was half off.  I haven't played a golf game in years.  

It's pretty hard. I played it a bit last summer.

mrussel1

Cliffy6745 said:

mrussel1 said:

The Juggler said:

bbiggs said:

The Juggler said:

I’ve always liked Sawgrass. Reminds me of the original Tiger Woods game. Played Sawgrass on that nonstop back in the late 90’s

Haha. Same exact thing here. PlayStation 

Nothing like skipping an Econ class in the morning to play a quick 18 at Sawgrass....

I downloaded the PGA 2k21 last night because it was half off.  I haven't played a golf game in years.  

It's pretty hard. I played it a bit last summer.

Great... it will be like real life. I can't wait to unload a raft of doubles. 

Indifference71

I really like PGA 2K21  Putting is really hard at first and takes a bit to get used to.  But once you get that figured out it's really fun.  They've added a few more courses since it first came out so I think it's up to almost 20 actual courses in the game.  The only downside is that you can't play as any of the actual players that are "featured" in the game....can only play as your own player that you create.

Ledbetterman10

I like PGA 2K as well. I used to play the hell out of the Tiger Woods EA games. One thing that is weird about 2K is the three courses that were on EVERY Tiger game (Sawgrass, Pebble, St. Andrews) aren't on it. But the courses they do have are great (including some make-believe courses) and the game is pretty good. Once it gets too easy, you can adjust settings to make it harder. When I play career mode, I set the opponent difficulty so that they shoot about 10 or 11 under. I wish online play was better though. Tiger used to have a "simultaneous stroke" mode where you and your opponent would play the hole at the same time and you'd just see the ball streak of your opponent. In this game, you have to sit and watch your opponent hit his shot. No thanks. I'll just stick to career mode.

Also, to follow up on Sawgrass, you guys ever hear of the "Worst Golfer in the World" competition that Golf Digest had in the 80's? They took four avid (but terrible) golfers and put them on Sawgrass. The "winner" shot 257. He took a 66 on #17. After hitting countless balls in the water, he gave up trying to hit the green, and began just chipping up the path to get to the green. 

mrussel1

I read that you can go online and there are hundreds of fan made courses that are replicas of Augusta,  Andrews, etc. So even though they're not licensed,  you can play them anyway. Anyone try that?

Ledbetterman10

mrussel1 said:

I read that you can go online and there are hundreds of fan made courses that are replicas of Augusta,  Andrews, etc. So even though they're not licensed,  you can play them anyway. Anyone try that?

I haven't but maybe I'll check it out. Other than career mode, I haven't explored much else. 

The Juggler

Ledbetterman10 said:

I like PGA 2K as well. I used to play the hell out of the Tiger Woods EA games. One thing that is weird about 2K is the three courses that were on EVERY Tiger game (Sawgrass, Pebble, St. Andrews) aren't on it. But the courses they do have are great (including some make-believe courses) and the game is pretty good. Once it gets too easy, you can adjust settings to make it harder. When I play career mode, I set the opponent difficulty so that they shoot about 10 or 11 under. I wish online play was better though. Tiger used to have a "simultaneous stroke" mode where you and your opponent would play the hole at the same time and you'd just see the ball streak of your opponent. In this game, you have to sit and watch your opponent hit his shot. No thanks. I'll just stick to career mode.

Also, to follow up on Sawgrass, you guys ever hear of the "Worst Golfer in the World" competition that Golf Digest had in the 80's? They took four avid (but terrible) golfers and put them on Sawgrass. The "winner" shot 257. He took a 66 on #17. After hitting countless balls in the water, he gave up trying to hit the green, and began just chipping up the path to get to the green. 

I think it would be cool to see a tournament made up of regular weekend warrior amateur golfers attempt to play Sawgrass or Augusta or something. 

tempo_n_groove

The Juggler said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

I like PGA 2K as well. I used to play the hell out of the Tiger Woods EA games. One thing that is weird about 2K is the three courses that were on EVERY Tiger game (Sawgrass, Pebble, St. Andrews) aren't on it. But the courses they do have are great (including some make-believe courses) and the game is pretty good. Once it gets too easy, you can adjust settings to make it harder. When I play career mode, I set the opponent difficulty so that they shoot about 10 or 11 under. I wish online play was better though. Tiger used to have a "simultaneous stroke" mode where you and your opponent would play the hole at the same time and you'd just see the ball streak of your opponent. In this game, you have to sit and watch your opponent hit his shot. No thanks. I'll just stick to career mode.

Also, to follow up on Sawgrass, you guys ever hear of the "Worst Golfer in the World" competition that Golf Digest had in the 80's? They took four avid (but terrible) golfers and put them on Sawgrass. The "winner" shot 257. He took a 66 on #17. After hitting countless balls in the water, he gave up trying to hit the green, and began just chipping up the path to get to the green. 

I think it would be cool to see a tournament made up of regular weekend warrior amateur golfers attempt to play Sawgrass or Augusta or something. 

Bethpage black eats golfers too.  First time they had the tourney there only Woods was under par.

Ledbetterman10

The Juggler said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

I like PGA 2K as well. I used to play the hell out of the Tiger Woods EA games. One thing that is weird about 2K is the three courses that were on EVERY Tiger game (Sawgrass, Pebble, St. Andrews) aren't on it. But the courses they do have are great (including some make-believe courses) and the game is pretty good. Once it gets too easy, you can adjust settings to make it harder. When I play career mode, I set the opponent difficulty so that they shoot about 10 or 11 under. I wish online play was better though. Tiger used to have a "simultaneous stroke" mode where you and your opponent would play the hole at the same time and you'd just see the ball streak of your opponent. In this game, you have to sit and watch your opponent hit his shot. No thanks. I'll just stick to career mode.

Also, to follow up on Sawgrass, you guys ever hear of the "Worst Golfer in the World" competition that Golf Digest had in the 80's? They took four avid (but terrible) golfers and put them on Sawgrass. The "winner" shot 257. He took a 66 on #17. After hitting countless balls in the water, he gave up trying to hit the green, and began just chipping up the path to get to the green. 

I think it would be cool to see a tournament made up of regular weekend warrior amateur golfers attempt to play Sawgrass or Augusta or something. 

That would be cool. Or even a celebrity tournament like the Lake Tahoe one, but at championship course under championship conditions. 

Indifference71

mrussel1 said:

I read that you can go online and there are hundreds of fan made courses that are replicas of Augusta,  Andrews, etc. So even though they're not licensed,  you can play them anyway. Anyone try that?

Yeah there are plenty of replicas out there online you can play.  I've done a couple Augusta replicas that were pretty spot on.  I should check out some others but I've mainly been sticking to the career mode.  

Jumb0

Playing the Seaside Course at Sea Island on Wednesday. Just hoping not to embarrass myself. 

The Juggler

Wow, how's this for timing? We were just talking about Tiger Woods Golf

https://golf.com/news/tiger-woods-2k-games-video-game/