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Yet again, WGT disappoint!

• KittyFanshaw 620 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 7:07 AM

  What a disappointment the new Congressional course turned out to be. I was under the impression we would have a new course open to us, for group play, club tourneys, etc....but NO...this is not the case at all. It turns out this is a promotional event for the USGA and...so it seems to me....if you enter the competition but don't make the cut, then you will only be able to play Congressional up to June 20th and, of course, if you hold out any hope of making the cut...then you are gonna have to move in the heady circles of the likes of AvatarLee, BolloxinBruge, Preistess et al, and that means...you're gonna have to shoot 10 under at the very, very least.

  I only hope that WGT may see sense and, when the promotion is over, open the course up to general usage by everyone.

  So what promise does Royal St. George hold for us? My guess is....just another short term promotional event.

• seanobrien 296 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 7:14 AM

  I'm afraid it is your impression that was wrong.

  What has happened the last 2 years (Bethpage, Oakmont) is that the course is available to qualifying and then the tournament itself only until both of these are finished.

  Sometime after that the course should be available to other formats of play as you have listed.

• GoodyChamp 595 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 7:18 AM

  KittyFanshaw:

  What a disappointment the new Congressional course turned out to be. I was under the impression we would have a new course open to us, for group play, club tourneys, etc

  IT IS!!!

  dont know what you're complaining about, it's the best update in WGT history!

• Soulcatcher 1,970 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 10:12 AM

  KittyFanshaw:

  What a disappointment the new Congressional course turned out to be. I was under the impression we would have a new course open to us, for group play, club tourneys, etc....but NO...this is not the case at all. It turns out this is a promotional event for the USGA and...so it seems to me....if you enter the competition but don't make the cut, then you will only be able to play Congressional up to June 20th and, of course, if you hold out any hope of making the cut...then you are gonna have to move in the heady circles of the likes of AvatarLee, BolloxinBruge, Preistess et al, and that means...you're gonna have to shoot 10 under at the very, very least.

  I only hope that WGT may see sense and, when the promotion is over, open the course up to general usage by everyone.

  So what promise does Royal St. George hold for us? My guess is....just another short term promotional event.

  Fail

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 10:22 AM

  Absolutely zero disappointment here. Just finished the smoothest AS match with 3 other Legends I've seen yet. As swamped as the servers and that course must be right now  the game went off flawlessly, to include 2 SD holes.

  A much different scenario for the Open this year. Now you can use multiplayer to share notes, strategies and shots on how to play the course. AS matches will be the order of the day.This wasn't available last year and will really make this Open great. 

  And then we get to do it all over again overseas!! Ya mon, good times.  :-)

• racoondad 322 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 10:22 AM

  Group play IS available. You can create or join a group under "Experience Congressional."

• Yoda79 697 Posts

  Thu, May 12 2011 10:25 AM

  KittyFanshaw:

  I only hope that WGT may see sense and, when the promotion is over, open the course up to general usage by everyone.

  It is open. Go to the Congressional page. Then under "Experience Congressional" choose either "join group" or "create group" and you can play it with your friends in either stroke, match, alternate, or blitz play. Enjoy!!!

• KittyFanshaw 620 Posts

  Mon, May 16 2011 6:21 PM

  OK everyone, Thank You....I was just having a blonde moment :))