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Post by kenw on Sept 28, 2010 22:07:53 GMT -5
When in TPX mode, we get yardage markers. What do they mean and what is with the different colors? Check out this picture for a visualization. This is a 2 part question..... Now, there are 4 markers. 3 of them are white and the 4th is blue. a.) what does that mean regarding white and blue. Part 2: in each of the 3 white ovals, there is a colored dot to the left of the number. They are blue,white, and red. a.) does that mean anything, and if so, what? - ken
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Post by zachf31 on Sept 28, 2010 23:05:09 GMT -5
The markers filled in with blue (the 321) say how far away your ball is from that spot...so if you hit a 320 yard drive, you'll be in the FW just in front of the rough. (I actually hit it over the ridge on that hole).
The white markers tel you how far away the hole is from that spot--so the red 100 says that the hole is 100 yards away from that spot, the white 150 says the hole is 150 yds from that spot, etc. These are useful if you like to give yourself a SW approach or something like that. The colors (red/white/blue) on these markers correspond to the actual color of the markers on a real course. (There is a red bumper on the cartpath that marks 100 yards on a real golf course.)
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Post by pythagoras345 on Sept 29, 2010 12:33:59 GMT -5
(I actually hit it over the ridge on that hole). Grrrr, now wonder I could not birdie this dam hole!
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Post by pythagoras345 on Sept 29, 2010 12:41:36 GMT -5
Ken, be careful around the greens. You get the distance markers, but they are rarely directly front or back, usually off to the side a bit. Consider if you have a very wide green and the oval says 30 yards and is pin high but on edge. You might really only have 25 - 27 yards direct to the pin. Geometry skills are often needed to triangulate the exact distance.
As it turns out, I would recommend the Pythagorean theorem and the 3-4-5 right triangle for these calculations (sorry could not resist).
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Post by kenw on Sept 29, 2010 19:03:30 GMT -5
Thank you for clarifing this guys!!!! Boy I certainly look like an idiot I was under the impression that all those markers were the distance from the tee, but couldn't figure out why they were so different. Like in the picture the 200 is really close to the 321. I thought maybe it had something to do with using a wood or an iron off the tee. If it wasn't clear to all, it is obvious I am not a real golfer. @ 345 I have noticed the markers by the green seem to be a little off. I try to draw and imaginary line from the marker to the pin and make an educated guess. Or when I really don't care too much, I add a little loft and smack the day lights out of the defenseless ball. For unknown reasons, I like to hit and hack my way through after a horrible hole I find this more entertaining and fun then shooting a good round Like last night when I shanked one left and under a tree. I thought I could clear it on my next shot, but couldn't. So, thinking i just opened a space by knocking some limbs and leaves off, I could get it on my third shot. Nope. It turns out that tree was made of steel As it turns out, I would recommend the Pythagorean theorem and the 3-4-5 right triangle for these calculations (sorry could not resist). LOL and there is the quote of the day - ken
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Post by mrruck on Sept 30, 2010 19:41:38 GMT -5
Boy I certainly look like an idiot - ken That's ok your still my golf Hero....
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Post by kenw on Sept 30, 2010 21:56:41 GMT -5
Boy I certainly look like an idiot - ken
That's ok your still my golf Hero.... [/size][/quote] Well, I wouldn't go that far Ruck your posts are always quite unique and from a different perspective! keep them coming Wait a minute! Is this a well placed trap to get me that much closer to surpassing the all time post leader giacomo I think my philosophy of "read everything and respond to 60%" is paying off BTW ruck, we just need 29 more members to join and you will make the WOODS club!!! Woohoo. I can't wait for that and look forward to it - ken 1204 and counting
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Post by jturner125 on Oct 1, 2010 4:09:05 GMT -5
So THAT's why mrruck greets all the new visitors! I thought he was just being courteous and friendly....silly me. btw - I use the COMTVS technique for determining yardage. aka - the center of my tv screen! With absolutely no markers at all - the center of the screen is the distance of the selected club....am I wrong?
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Post by cosmicsheep on Oct 1, 2010 8:55:47 GMT -5
So THAT's why mrruck greets all the new visitors! I thought he was just being courteous and friendly....silly me. btw - I use the COMTVS technique for determining yardage. aka - the center of my tv screen! With absolutely no markers at all - the center of the screen is the distance of the selected club....am I wrong? I agree....I do not use the yardage markers on the greens. I guage my distance by moving the cursor back and forward and waiting till the distance changes and then either loft or deloft my club to add or reduce the distance slightly...then hit 100%.
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Post by pythagoras345 on Oct 1, 2010 10:45:38 GMT -5
So THAT's why mrruck greets all the new visitors! I thought he was just being courteous and friendly....silly me. btw - I use the COMTVS technique for determining yardage. aka - the center of my tv screen! With absolutely no markers at all - the center of the screen is the distance of the selected club....am I wrong? I don't think so! I think the club selected is based on distance to the pin. (meaning they always give you enough club to get there). So if your 7I reads 185 and you are 186 away, it will give you your next highest club which might be your 5 Iron and listed at 207 (even if pin is way to the back of green). Additionally, my 7 Iron goes 190 and my 5 Iron goes 211, so this can be a real mess (25 yards past pin) if you are just a yard past a club's listed distance and you don't adjust! I believe this from pitching. Move the arrow up and back while pitching so you can see it and the pin at same time. You will see when it jumps clubs. It seems to jump to the higher club as soon as you pass the distance of the lower club, than stays on that club until you reach its max listed distance and than jumps. I will also spin the arrow and put it right a yardage marker when I see a yardage marker that matches one of my clubs max distances. Helped me verify this. Can't tell you how many times it gives me my 21 yard pitch club, and I pull arrow back, and it changes to 15 yard club, 1 inch short of pin (so I deduce I am 15.1 yards away). Further evidence of this is if you jump to pitch, punch, flop options. In the above example, I have a flop option of 23 yards and 17 yards, but it would give me the 17 yard club, since that has the distance to the pin. So if EA was calculating to the center of green the 23 yard would more closely match the 21 yard pitch and it would have given me 23 yard flop option, not the 17.
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Post by pythagoras345 on Oct 1, 2010 11:37:21 GMT -5
One last thing JTurner. You really need to know how far your clubs actually go! If you mess with tuner, specifically spin and loft it will have an affect on distance and not an even affect.
For example, my PW - 7I go about 2 yards more than listed distance My 8I-5I about 4 yards more than listed distance My 4I-2I about 6 yards further.
This is because these clubs all have the same loft / spin tune, but since some are already lofted clubs, the tune has different affect on distance.
This is huge around the green. My SW PITCH goes 5 yards further than the list...this is 20+% more! But my HLW goes exactly the list and my GW only goes 3 yards further. So my tune seems to maximize distance for the loft angle of my SW.
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jturner125
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Post by jturner125 on Oct 7, 2010 2:12:48 GMT -5
Thankyou pythagoras! I know what you mean about club selection. I hope I did not confuse anyone. I do not mean to say that I choose my club because it is at the center of the screen or that my club will only hit to that point precisely. ;D What I use that center of the screen for is as a yardage marker - a distance measurement to assist my club selection. For example, if I select a full iron shot and the flag is at the center of my screen then I know the exact yardage to the pin, without having to use the yardage markers posted on the edges of the green. Or if the flag is just below the center then I know the yardage is slightly less than the distance of the selected club. I will then select my club and loft/spin based on any number of factors. Up/down hill lie, wind, green conditions, slope etc. I am not so good with the math department, but I know from experience with my clubs how far the ball will travel under differing conditions. The center of the screen is used only as a measuring stick for yardage - not for determining precise ball distance travel. Thank you again for your response - I am always trying to learn. jt
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Post by mrskrabs on Oct 13, 2010 13:40:47 GMT -5
Hey guys, MK is trying TPX play too with his new creation: MrVioline In offline modus it works well (lvl11 currently) But, I have some serval problems. First, I don't find my sensor always. It means, when I point down the remote it takes sometimes very long to do my strike. With Frenchys help I checked my sensor bar and fixed it. In offline modus it was better but not perfect. So, then I went online to check it out but after a few holes I got some penalties and finally I was kicked out the game because my shotclock was running down and I couln't make my strike. The reason was I didn't found the sensor again What can i do? ? greetings MK
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jturner125
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Post by jturner125 on Oct 14, 2010 1:13:01 GMT -5
Hey guys, MK is trying TPX play too with his new creation: MrVioline In offline modus it works well (lvl11 currently) But, I have some serval problems. First, I don't find my sensor always. It means, when I point down the remote it takes sometimes very long to do my strike. With Frenchys help I checked my sensor bar and fixed it. In offline modus it was better but not perfect. So, then I went online to check it out but after a few holes I got some penalties and finally I was kicked out the game because my shotclock was running down and I couln't make my strike. The reason was I didn't found the sensor again What can i do? ? greetings MK Hey MK, Don't know if any of this will help - but I had quite a bit of the same troubles at first. Here are my suggestions of things to consider: Battery check, remote calibration, point the wii down and pause momentarily before pressing the button to help speed up the strike, the backswing I used to swing too fast and lose the strike - would sometimes have to swing 4-5 times to get a strike - so I had to slow down the backswing and keep from "twisting" the remote too much. I have also discovered that too much direct sunlight hitting the sensor can make my remote go nuts. When the sun sets in the window I have to block out the sun. Hope something here helps! Jim
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