fekyu: is anyone else finding a great deal of inconsistencies from game to game? not the jumpy slider thing (something to do with android devices apparently), but things like clubs hitting 20% further than they're supposed after allowing for wind and heights (and losing balls etc) or having a tail wind and the ball falls short by a long way, or 10mph winds moving the ball more than 20 mph winds, or hitting the ball straight (ie, 'excellent') with little to no wind and it still goes crooked, etc etc, blah, blah, blah...
and then other games nothing can go wrong - (to exagerate) you could hit it towards the next hole on the course and it will still go in, but you can see your opponent struggle with easy shots
is there a trick to understanding something that's deliberately put into the game to try to imitate real golf (ie, just simply bad days); maybe a bias given to differently ranked players; is the game sensitive to internet connections in this way. i can't work it out.
Looks like my edit bar has gone AWOL, so may need to edit manually, but here goes.
In that initial post, you had 2 questions, neither asking for advice, Perhaps the latter of the two could be loosely construed as asking for advice, but the "tone" was still deflection until you said that you can't work it out. Even the title was typical of the tin foil hat brigade.
The game is not easy, it is not designed to be earned within days like some of the prior competition - that is what keeps some player playing and drives some away.,p>
Your path follows mine.....I simply played for fun and set my own targets......and they were not pretty lol.I refused to learn, I would rock up, hit the ball and I was clueless what I was doing......I did not do anything to help myself improve....I too had zero friends and did not even know the forum existed. That lasted about a year.
My stats were far worse than yours.......and I only used starters kit as I thought people must have rocks in their heads to buy clubs when you never actually own them (I am a golfer, not a gamer, maybe their is a difference there, maybe not). I would try using shots like I would in real golf......whereas the short game in particular is very different....this game you need to earn what type of shot works and what doesn't......I was a really slow learner lol! But I would always card every score...a few 100 plus rounds lol. There are variances built in, but are minor compared to the issues you are having....once you learn how to play, they will pale into insignificance
Them I made masters tier and the game got incrementally harder, so after a month or so, I bit the bullet and upgraded, I also found the forum and asked for advice and learned. As a result, but stats have always been skewed, but I have enjoyed the journey, I have never been a slave to the game, I do not play daily and never took notes (which would have helped) and I play more by feel only doing rough calculations in my head.
But I did map my clubs (use the search box on how to do this) but be aware, these vary with each set/ball combo. You will soon learn the variance of distance is wide depending on the spin used (higher level balls even more so).
I learned the different type of shots - and discovered punch among others - less variance in strong winds and like another set of clubs in your bag. Then dialed in pitch, chip and flop (all useful on different courses or even holes).
The other thing I did was to play with other players, and higher tiers - be a sponge and they will give you tips and advice....and you will improve.
There is a ton of great advice in the forums, on how to improve your meter to mapping to how to putt and chip well. The rest is up to you.