DAZZA501:Can't believe i missed this :-(
Is there going to be 1 every month Corwyn?
Hi Dazza!
Sorry you missed it... (DaveD also put a post in the Wooden Tee General Discussion forum about it. You mean you don't read every post in your own cc, lol!)
Yes, it will be every month. This from the opening post (emphasis added):
Corwyn: After the success of the holiday special,
A Bandon Hope, we're going to offer
a monthly tourney running parallel to the VT. This month (since the VT is on a CCTH course), we're doing our Starters-only test on our 'bumpiest' course, Royal St. George's (which is not in the VT line-up).
In general, I will try, with Shoe's help, to schedule it for the first half of the month (week 1&2, or week 2&3) so that it's well clear of the single-play round of the main Virtual Tour. I know it's hard for players who are serious about doing well in these to switch back and forth from starters to 'fancy clubs', as it can wreck your timing. One suggestion is to play R1 late, in the last day or so, and R2 early, in the first day.
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@Pierm: so sorry to hear about your disconnect and DQ issue. With all the issues going wrong with the site right now, I was truly hoping no-one would suffer problems in this event.
@Dave: thanks for chipping in with the answer to Tamsach's question. Yes, these are restricted-equipment events. Shoe sets them up in the system in such a way that no-one can enter without the right gear already in the bag. When you hit the Play Now button on the Tournament link page (and you're not properly equipped), you get this pop-up in your game client (it doesn't actually tell what clubs you need, but that's on the Tournament Leaderboard and Info page).
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A word on the Special Prizes, which also came up. To clarify, Shoe is offering a sleeve from WGT to the top 5 on the leaderboard, but is not involved in the special prizes. Screenshots are needed for the latter (if we have sponsors). I'll post a spreadsheet shortly showing where people are at in the running for those...
... however, my hope with these tourneys was to offer up my time to get them established and to create a Tour out of them. And also to provide a spreadsheet for each event tracking the key stats.
I would like to offer year-end prizes in particular stats categories for those that stick it out for the duration.
... but I can't offer many sleeves every month. Are there any willing sponsors out there who might be able to offer a sleeve or two for any of our suggested categories (see below):
For this February event, I will sponsor Best GIR and Closest Ave.Distance to the Pin awards.
Corwyn: PRIZES:
WGTdbloshoe will award a sleeve to the top 5 on the final leaderboard
In addition... we will have some Special Prizes, to be announced below.
If anyone wants to be sponsor, or has a particular prize they think should be offered, please let me know.
Possible prizes on offer (to be confirmed):
1) Low score level 70 or lower (level at conclusion of tourney).
2) Longest putt made.
3) Number of saves.
4) Highest overall percentage of Greens in Regulation
5) Greatest overall total distance made putts.
Other possible ideas include: ctth on a particular hole, holes-in-one, Least Number of Bogeys or Worse, Most Number of Birdies, etc, etc.
Remember: To be in the running for special prizes, please note you will need to share screenshots of your scorecard and stats.