Golf Sim Clubhouse Forum

Indy Anna Jones wrote:Are you talking about TOTAL 4 round scores of -30-40?? .

Yes!
However, don't forget, I'm still playing at the Standard Level (which means I'm being out driven by 50 yds off the tee and out clubbed on the following shots by 3 or 4 clubs; so, in the hope of occassionally being competative in a tournament, I stick with moderate/normal conditions short rough and no wind, except with some courses where I have noted the designer made the default greens really fast. Those I detune to slow (which then play as moderate). I think this allows the computer players to beat the heck out of the courses because, to them, the setup is really really easy.
Dave

Hmm, that could be. As I said before I've never been able to figure out how the AI works. I do know that when I actually play with the comp player, 90%+ of the time they play pretty lousy "live." I got to where at the end of last year I'd try to have an uneven number of players so I could play solo and not affect their games. Still it seemed the higher up the leader board they were (ie, the number of "live" holes they played) the higher their score, generally speaking (excepting the first round, which didn't seem as affected for some reason.)

Indy Anna Jones wrote:Hmm, that could be. As I said before I've never been able to figure out how the AI works. I do know that when I actually play with the comp player, 90%+ of the time they play pretty lousy "live." I got to where at the end of last year I'd try to have an uneven number of players so I could play solo and not affect their games. Still it seemed the higher up the leader board they were (ie, the number of "live" holes they played) the higher their score, generally speaking (excepting the first round, which didn't seem as affected for some reason.)

Do you mean "live" if the AI player is playing with you? If so, I noticed that also. Depending on the course, the guy I'm playing against is usually within (+ or -) a couple of strokes of my score, however, unfortunately, there are usually 20 or 30 of the unseen "simulated" players out there beating the course up. Also the scores for those "background" players appears to be adjusted arbitrarily. So sometimes players who were not in contention suddenly show up in the lead or close to it, even though the original leader maintained his stellar play.
Cheers Dave

Yes, I consider "live" those players I'm actually playing against visibly for the round. Then there are those I'm not playing against but are actively playing their round at the same time I am (the 17 groups before and after I tee off); those who play closest to 17 holes during that time seem to have higher scores than those whose results are strictly "quick" play before or after my round begins/ends. They're the ones that seem to get the -10s.

Thought I'd post an update on my current season. I'm about to play the final 2 events. First up The Tour Championship being played this season at North American Woods then The World Championship Being played this season at both Machete & Albatross Golf Club.
Nine players are still mathmaticly able to win the World Title and player of The Year award. Forty one qualified for the Tour Championship with a minamum of 27 points needed to make the field. That number will be cut in half next week where 20 plus ties will qualify for the World Championship tournament. Here's the field

Rory McIlroy 122 points
Steve Horn 102
Luke Donald 100
Webb Simpson 91
Martin Kaymer 90
Phil Mickelson 86
Bubba Watson 76
Steve Stricker 70
Matt Kuchar 61
David Toms 55
Dustin Johnson 54
Gary Woodland 50
Alvaro Quiros 49
Joost Luiten 49
Simon Dyson 45
Aaron Baddeley 44
Earl Edwards 44
Lee Westwood 44
K.J. Choi 43
Hunter Mahan 42
Sergio Garcia 41
Steve Guest 38
Jim Furyk 38
Nick Watney 37
Charley Hoffman 36
Chris Couch 35
Spencer Levin 35
Briney Baird 35
Ryuji Imada 34
Brendon de Jonge 32
Brian Gay 32
Adam Scott 32
Alexander Noren 31
Anders Hansen 30
John Sendin 30
Ben Crane 29
Mark Wilson 29
John Merrick 28
Martin Laird 28
Bo Van Pelt 27
Pat Perez 27