+1  73



Had even par on the last hole and overshot the green by a hair into a bunker , but this is 1 better than my last golf contest score. going to play a few more rounds this week and see if i can break par for the first time

I've been playing gyruss a little bit, shooters are not my type of game. hopefully I'll start to get the hang of it. As for golf I'll give it a couple more goes in the next day or two to see if I can break par or not

I have had a few eagles in my day, you usually need a strong wind in your favor to help get some extra yards off the tee or blowing towards the green on the second shot on a par 5

 

Thanks for blowing up my predictions already. Never know if you're gonna show up or not  

My high in Gyruss is around 150k after a few tries, but I'm expecting high scores of close to a million and higher.


I never tried to do it, but it seemed like point racking is possible on the bosses if you keep shooting the enemies that come at you and not destroy the boss.
 

The games I am good at are few and far between and usually involve many hours played over 30 years ago . Golf happens to be one of them. 

A bunch of my friends and I would play 2 player match  play in a  tournament style 
 

Just missed participation... huge improvement from my first try!  

This game is easier once you get used to the clubs and putting.

(I wrote this 5 hours ago)

I just had the most storied round of Golf

Birdied the first three holes, which is not uncommon, since they seem to be the easiest of the course.  Double bogey'd something in the first ten, which isn't great, but is also pretty common.  Pretty good round at that point as I was just really trying to have a shot at beating my +2.

Then I  got a hole-in-one on Hole 11.  It was a thing of beauty.  I want to say the wind was blowing pretty heavily to the west or southwest (West being to the left in my mind).  So I set up a risky high slice shot and let loose on a prayer.  The ball dropped in on a rope.  I was in disbelief.

So now I'm on hole 12, at -6, and starting to realize this could be the round that takes first place.  Its never good when I think that; especially with lots of game left to play.  I have a history of botching rounds like that because the nerves gradually get to me, BAD.  It happened in Battletoads and Ghost n Goblins.   It was really, really bad in Super Mario Bros. and Double Dragon.  And I knew it was probable for golf.  Hell I usually meltdown on the last 5 holes even when there aren't any nerves.

But I did fine.  Think I double bogey'd one and birdied two others  Missed another birdy by a sprite at most.  Everything was coming up Brock.

Then I arrived at the dreaded hole 18.  I don't know what it is about that hole, but +5s and +6s are the norm.  OoB shots with regularity.  I considered pulling out one of the irons and just baby'ing my way down the course.  I could live with shooting a 6.

But I'm a go-big-or-go-home sort of guy, so of course I went with a full power 1W.  My ruler and the wind said I could land between the trees and the pit with just the right amount of hook, so I went for it.  And it was perfect. 

It’s the next shot that will kill you though.  You've got a small green surrounded by OoB, with a large trap in front, and the water everywhere to the right.  So I had two options;  sail it towards the water and give it massive spin and hope that and the wind are just enough to land it fair, or sail it over the trees and hope you can thread the needle between the OoB and the pit.  I went with option 2;  the sand pit was perfectly acceptable at this point considering the alternatives. 

So I let fly and what do you know, it landed just south of the green, and just outside of the trap.

Or was it?  One super frustrating thing about this game are the traps, and how they don't seem to be accurately confined within the yellow (teknoskan touched upon this).  I appeared to be on the fairway, but I'd waste a shot if I tried to use the PW and I was actually in sand.

I decided to hedge my bets and use the SW.  I'd give it a medium power shot, ensure I clear the trap (if I was in one) and hopefully make it to the green.  So I let fly and…. sailed it over the green into the OoB

Okay, not great.  But I must not be in the trap at least.  So let's try again with the PW.  Give it medium-low power and… sailed it over the green into the OoB again.

Now the panic is at running at full pitch.  I don't have the heart to look at my strokes and see how badly I just screwed the pooch, but I know that desperate times call for desperate measures.  I'm going to have to putt this thing across the fairway and up onto the green.  I've done that before when I'm a few feet off into the fringe, but nothing like this.  I had to be at least 10 yards from the green's edge.  So I say prayer and lay into it, and thank god it rolls in the vicinity of the hole.  Nice save

Of course I then missed that putt because I was still in shock and didn't properly take my time


Score on 18 = quadruple bogey
Final score = -2

Three way tie, lol.

You should totes write a book. That was an amazing story, and now you're hanging out with the cool kids. Good job Brock!

This is a Golf game,so with that said I was hoping to see a bunch of this:

And this wonderful piece of cinema.

I can't even do anything golf related at all without thinking of Happy Gilmour ahahahahhahhaha

I love me some Golf game!  Suck it dudes!  I'll hopefully get back into form.  I used to love playing this game.  I think I got a -19 or something like that once for a competition on here.  Gotta know your clubs homies.  I've been averaging around a -6. 

Damn Tusk!
 

I wouldn't be surprised if people started playing "perfect" games.....it wouldn't be hard to figure out.

Is there some sort of formula for the wind? For example if the Wind starts on hole 1 as 5MPH-S would you already know what the rest of the winds will be like on the next holes?

Oh yeah, nice to see you playing Golf Tusky! I remember you winning a Golf contest years ago.

I just checked and it was in 2010 with a score of -16 : http://vintage.nintendoage.com/fo...

Robin kept throwing jabs at you but never posted a score in the whole week, lol.

Yeah, thanks for throwing these competitions!  I love em. Just don't check all the time.  Figured I could throw down a score.  It came back pretty quickly.   Just shot another -9 and screwed myself on like 3 birdie attempts. 

I have no idea how to control the wind.

One key is to putt instead of use a wedge when you're close.  Gets you really close. 

I can't wait to see some more scores!  I'll get a -10 or better before the week is over!

 

Holy hell. Might as well award him first place right now and get it over with.

EDIT: OTOH, Brock the grinder will probably be around this score or lower by Sunday.
 

I second Tusk's comment on using the putter when you are close to a green instead of the pitching wedge. You can usually get close if you power it up all the way.

YOU'RE GONNA DIE CLOWN!!!

I'll third the putting near the green proposition. In fact, when you are lucky and your aim is aligned with the hole, you can putt right in the hole from off the green.

I'll fourth it, I've been putting from the fringe this whole time. Once I sunk it to save par.

What's funny is that said 'fringe' goes beyond fairway/rough in that game. You can putt from anywhere around the green and the ball goes through and straight, haha.

I was testing some shots, and found that eagles are do-able, but require highly accurate curved shots on most holes. I still have yet to master a hole-in-one.. at this point, I don't think it's possible. Maybe on one specific hole, we'll see if that is the case.

I've hit hole in ones on par 3s,like the 11th. Gotten close a couple of times.