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Re: Black-Balled from Tour Legend?

• lkennedy 194 Posts

  Wed, Dec 12 2012 8:33 PM

  Not sure what's going on.  Have a good WGT bud who's been at 60.01 for 2 days.  He shot 13 under over two 9 hole rounds and stayed at 60.01.

  When I was at 61 my average dropped faster than a Kardashian's panties.

  Another player has been at 56 for a long time and won't be admitted to Tour Legend status because of some sort of WGT ruling.

  Is there some sort of new formula or are the rules not the same for everyone?

• jakestanfill7 949 Posts

  Wed, Dec 12 2012 9:21 PM

  Not sure what  the deal is but I've been seeing a bunch of  "Legends" with sub 58 averages and some with 70+ averages.  Who the fluck is coming up with these guidelines?   Mine changed to Tour Legend as soon as I dropped under 61 avg.

• geraldlarousse 1,986 Posts

  Wed, Dec 12 2012 9:28 PM

  Very simple answer, a legend need 500 ranked rounds at legend tier and average below 60 to move up. I myself have average below 60 but still need another 250 rounds or so. I made legend in 154 ranked rounds, so need 654 total to move up. Hope that helped.

  Gerald

• alosso 21,043 Posts

  Wed, Dec 12 2012 11:02 PM

  lkennedy:

  Not sure what's going on.  Have a good WGT bud who's been at 60.01 for 2 days.  He shot 13 under over two 9 hole rounds and stayed at 60.01.

  I'm sorry, more questions than answers from your question...

  Franky, this is the most unprecise way I've ever seen to name scores with respect of the average.

  "xy under" means nothing because only the gross score counts. "xy under" on which course, which half? -7 may be a 27 on OLY or a 29 on KIA. Doubled for average, this results in a 4 stroke difference!

  -13 over two rounds is an even bigger riddle. How is it partitioned? -6 / -7 or -15 / +2 ?

  Next question, how many Legend rounds has this guy played? More than 500? What scores are in the mix?

  If less rounds, how many?

  Which is his precise average, giving three decimal digits?

  Then, do some math. Close to saturation, almost 500 rounds make up the average. Dropping one shot modifies the average by 1/500 = .002. It takes 3/500 to be safe to see it in a two digit display.

  And don't be upset when his average will show 60.00 and he doesn't move.

  - It may be 60.004,

  - he may be missing some of the 500 rounds.

• lkennedy 194 Posts

  Thu, Dec 13 2012 4:51 AM

  St. Andrews.  7 under on the front and 6 under on the back.  Even if he wasn't granted Tour Legend status his average should have moved.  Mine went down when I had a 61 average and posted a 64.

  Thanks for the E=MC2 formula, but I still think something sucks.

• alosso 21,043 Posts

  Thu, Dec 13 2012 5:38 AM

  You leave many questions unanswered - no solution this way.