Stay tuned for an announcement, the thread title will also be updated. I’ll be finalizing the current season later tonight and then we’ll be in the off-season with some test events with different difficulty settings.
Right now plan on Feb 5 as the start date for the first event of the new season.
1st Place: @ChuckV247 ($100 shop credit)
2nd Place: @bert ($75 shop credit)
3rd Place: @btwat ($50 shop credit)
Low Gross: @BlakeG left no doubt in the gross division, I’ll be in touch to get you a custom handmade ballmarker.
Please allow the tournament committee some time to get everything in order, and someone should be in touch to go about getting you all your winnings.
For now, it is the off season. The plan is to run two test events using Pro Am swing difficulty, but leave everything else the same. We’ll be running two venues we played this past season with the exact same course setup and scores will be compared. The goal is to have the field spread be a bit less, and hopefully it will allow the LPCP flight to be more competitive. I don’t foresee the top players going much lower than they already are, but I guess we’ll see. If we’re happy with the results, that will be the setting moving forward.
February 5 is the start date for the new season. As it was this year it will be 10 weeks/10 events, and will end with the annual Hello Friends event that takes place at an anonymous golf course in Georgia.
Info post with the new spreadsheet to follow.
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I would like to thank my sponsors and the committee for this amazing honor.
Thanks for another great season!
PRE-SEASON INFO
For the next two weeks (1/17-1/24 and 1/24-1/31) we have two TEST events using the Pro Am swing difficulty setting. Previously we have been using Pro. The two test events are on the Schedule in the Season 21 sheet. I ask that we get as much participation as possible, if you played last season your scores will be especially helpful to determining if this new setting is worth keeping. If you did not play last season but want to get a feel for things, please post your scores in the Qualifiers tab which is on the far right. I will be able to compare scores here vs what they were in last season’s events.
The overall goal is to allow the players in the bottom flights to be more competitive and hopefully reduce field spread. Remains to be seen if the top players’ scores change that much - the hope is that it won’t have that much of an effect there since they are already so consistent.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Welcome new and returning players, this will be the information post for our fifth season on 2K23, the 21st overall since the beginning. The new season is scheduled to begin on 2/5. This season will run through mid-April and will culminate with a small event in Georgia.
This is the new spreadsheet, if you are a NEW player please sign up by adding your Refuge handle to the Flight Status-Player List tab. The first event of the season will be your qualifying (if you played/signed up last season, you are still on there and assigned to your flight):
(course setups are coming soon to the schedule)
Prizes for the podium places of the Butt Cup are TBD. I will make something happen one way or another.
*NOTE: The Commissioner (Jeff_M) is not eligible for prizes. If he places on the podium of the playoff, the prize will be pushed to the next eligible player.
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@ChickPhilA can we please get another thread title edit, (thank you for the continued help!) to the following:
PGA 2K23 Refuge Tour - Info Post #8746 - S21 Begins 2/5
As someone who the esteemed Charles Barkley would describe as “turrible” and “not really an athlete”, I appreciate the chance to recalibrate!
Can’t wait to some how over estimate my ability and shoot worse than I did with the pro swing
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update, when -8, -7 in the first 2 rounds, compared to 2, -7 in week 7 of s20 (if I counted the schedule correctly).
Also I had I think a 4 or 3 putt in each round after puting it to like 10 feet.
R1 pin on hole 10 is BS, specifically.
Good info. Do you feel that Pro Am is making it easier to hit good golf shots, while still being at least a bit of a challenge to hit perfect?
For sure easier, still had some pushes and fasts like I normally do, but it wasn’t punished quite as much while still clearly not being on target… Course obviously forces you to shape it a bit and I was still able to do that pretty well.
Trying to get some rounds in this week as well…we got my kids a switch for Christmas and it’s all up in my video game space right now.
nvm
ok…maybe this was too easy…is this how the Young hitters feel every week? Cuz that was pretty intoxicating
(I’ve also been playing on the TGCTours a bit so I’ve been on Master swing a lot)
Pitch and Putt at the Hooters off Washington?
This is provocative. If we make this change the next season will be very experimental with the flights. I’m gonna give the small shop a break and just make custom ballmarkers for winners so we avoid any shenanigans with possible new settings and “money” on the line.
I will play the test event as well and hopefully be a good data point for the YH crew
No test event for Xbox?
