World Tour season#12 update

[SteveHorn]

I've completed the first nine events of season #12 and still have nothing to show for it. A BIG FAT 0 POINTS.! However after hitting MANY BAD Shots I made some changes with the mouse motion speed and moved it to the fastest setting and in the game options have the golfer detail on (low - fast). I also changed my swing a tad and I've had very few bad shots with the truswing method since. If I can start putting better I'm hopeful I can get out of this funk soon. Here are the results to date.

PGA WORLD TOUR 2015
SEASON #12 WINNERS & INFO

HYUNDAI TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS – (ELITE)
Course – Mai Nui ‘ekahi – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Jordan Spieth - (-14)
ABU DHABI HSBC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP – (STANDARD)
Course – Hawksey Memorial – (9.4 B)
Winner – Hennie Otto – (-15)
HUMANA CHALLENGE (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH) CLINTON FOUNDATION – (STANDARD)
Course’s – Howbowdizden – (9.45 B+) La Lorraine – (9.45 B+) PGA West – (9.4 B)
Winner – Jim Furyk – (-15)
OMEGA DUDAI DESERT CLASSIC – (STANDARD)
Course – Corona’s the Gold Course – (9.55 A-)
Winner - Jordan Spieth – (-13)
MAYBANK MALAYSIAN OPEN – (STANDARD)
Course – Les Grandes Ambitions – (9.45 B+)
Winner – Brandt Snedeker – (-16)
AT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO AM – (STANDARD)
Course’s - Pebble Beach – (9.6 A-) Ocean Side – (9.7 A) Boulder Beach - (9.4 B)
Winner – Tomas Bjorn- (-14)
NORTHERN TRUST OPEN – (STANDARD)
Course – Bull’s Eye C.C. – (9.7 A)
Winner – Greg Chalmers – (-20)
HONDA CLASSIC – (STANDARD)
Course – Sugarbrook – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Adam Scott – (-14)
WGC CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP – (ELITE)
Course - North Tampa Golf & C.C. – (9.5 B+)
Winner – Steve Stricker – (-19)

PLAYER POINTS SEASON #12 2015

POINTS THRU WGC CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP

POS NAME POINTS
#1 Jordan Speith 45
#2 Steve Stricker 40
#3 Tomas Bjorn 25
#4 Adam Scott 18
T#5 Zach Johnson 14
T#5 Matteo Manassero 14
T#7 Graeme McDowell 12
T#7 Phil Mickelson 12
T#7 Rory McIlroy 12
T#7 Chris Kirk 12
#11 Jimmy Walker 11
T#12 Hennie Otto 10
T#12 Jim Furyk 10
T#12 Brandt Snedeker 10
T#12 Greg Chalmers 10
T#16 Jeff Overton 9
T#16 Billy Horschel 9
T#18 Sergio Garcia 8
T#18 Matt Kuchar 8
T#18 Brooks Koepka 8

[sandwedge]

after hitting MANY BAD Shots I made some changes with the mouse motion speed and moved it to the fastest setting and in the game options have the golfer detail on (low - fast). I also changed my swing a tad and I've had very few bad shots with the truswing method since.

Any idea what caused the drop off in the first place? New computer or just too much time between teeing it up? Will be watching with interest - early money seems to be on Jordan Spieth in season 12.

[SteveHorn]

Sandwedge! Wish I knew what the problem is or was exactly. All I can say is all mouse's and computers are different when it comes to PGA2000. This is the second season with my new computer and mouse. Wasn't happy with last season but it wasn't terrible. Did find an old mouse pad that I switched to for this season but I really like it better. I did take a break from playing the game after last season and that surely doesn't help.

[SteveHorn]

The wackado season #12 continues with me finally getting my first points in the 15th event of the year. Not only was it a top 10 it was a victory at the RBC Heritage on a course sandwedge sugguested Franklin Lakes, "THANKS SANDWEDGE". After still struggling and after another disapointing showing at The Masters ,I switched back to the mouse pad I used last season. It's a softer mostly black pad, but has a light gray, black and yellow emblem of our Columbus Crew S.C. in the middle. What I'm doing different is I turned the pad sideways to help open up the light gray in the middle more and hope it helps with the optic mouse some. I still hit some mysteriously really bad shots, but hey I won and it feels better then the hard plastic muti colored pad I had switched to for the first 14 events.
Here are the results to date and top 20 in points. With my victory I'm only 4 points out of the top 20.

VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP – (STANDARD)
Course – Pines & Water 2 – (9.55 A-)
Winner – Charles Howell III – (-18)
ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL – (STANDARD)
Course – Pine Haven (West) – (9.7 A)
Winner – Thomas Bjorn – (-20)
TROPHEE HASSAN II – (STANDARD)
Course – Johanne G.C. V2 – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Alexander Levy – (-13)
SHELL HOUSTON OPEN – (STANDARD)
Course – Mentor Marsh #1 – (9.3 B-)
Winner – K.J. Choi – (-13)
THE MASTERS – (MAJORS)
Course – Augusta National 2005 ( 9.7 A)
Winner – Hennie Otto – (-18)
RBC HERITAGE – (STANDARD)
Course – Franklin Lakes – (9.5 B+)
Winner – Steven Horn – (-24)

PLAYER POINTS SEASON #12 2015

POINTS THRU RBC HERITAGE

POS-----NAME--------POINTS
#1 Jordan Speith 50
#2 Steve Stricker 49
#3 Thomas Bjorn 35
#4 Hennie Otto 34
#5 Brandt Snedeker 28
#6 Brendon de Jonge 24
#7 Zach Johnson 22
#8 Billy Horschel 20
T#9 Sergio Garcia 19
T#9 Keegan Bradley 19
T #11 Anirban Lahiri 18
T#11 Adam Scott 18
T#13 Chris Kirk 17
T#13 Jim Furyk 17
T#15 Matteo Manassero 16
T#15 Jimmy Walker 16
T#15 Matt Kuchar 16
#18 Phil Mickelson 15
T#19 John Merrick 14
T#19 Jeff Overton 14
T#19 Alexander Levy 14

[sandwedge]

Finally, a break thru Steve - congrats!

FWIW, my family are huge Sporting KC fans and were very sad to see Kei Kamara go to the Crew. Hope he does well for you guys and scores in double digits this year anyways - top notch footballer and even better guy. He regularly bought Chipotle for the fans in Kansas City after wins - real class!

Love these season replays and follow them with interest - I'm rooting for ya!

[SteveHorn]

Here I'm just finishing The Open Championship with nothing new to report as far as my game play. Still stuck at a measly 10 points as this horrible season keeps dragging on. I didn't use a mouse pad for my 2nd round at The Open Championship just my desk top and shot -1 (71). Not great but I only had one (BS) shot which is an improvement on the usual three or four on most rounds using a mouse pad. If your wondering what is a (BS) shot in my opinion is any shot from the tee's, fairway, fringe or green that goes 20% or more less in distance then the estimated distance that shot should have gone. Example no wind off the tee I avg. 265. If A tee shot with my driver goes 52 yards less (213 yards) or even less then that under those conditions its a (BS) shot. Hard to score when your scrambling to save par on 4 to 6 holes a round if not more. Anyhow I will continue for now not using a mouse pad and see how it goes. Here our the results to date and top twenty in points.

ZURICH CLASSIC OF NEW ORLEANS – (STANDARD)
Course – Tenacity @ Willows Marsh – (9.6 A-)
Winner – Anirban Lahiri – (-23)
WGC – CADILLAC MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP – (ELITE)
Course – Sierra C.C. - (9.7 A)
Winner – Rory McIlroy – (6 matches won)
THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP – (SPEICAL)
Course – TPC Sawgrass 2010 – (9.7 A)
Winner – Rory McIlroy – (-21)
WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP – (STANDARD)
Course – Pepper Hill – (9.35 B)
Winner – Dustin Johnson – (-20)
BMW – PGA CHAMPIONSHIP – (ELITE)
Course – Horseshoe Hills – (9.8A)
Winner – Simon Thorton – (-21)
IRISH OPEN – (STANDARD)
Course – Fishers Island – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Bryce Molder – (-18)
THE MEMORIAL – (ELITE)
Course – Muirfield Village – 2011 – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Adam Scott – (-18)
FED EX- ST. JUDE CLASSIC – (STANDARD)
Course – Lindeman Lakes – (9.6 A-)
Winner – Brendon Todd – (-18)
US OPEN – (MAJOR)
Course – Point Reyes National – (9.85 A+)
Winner – Rickie Fowler – (-19)
TRAVELERS CHAMPIUONSHIP – (STANDARD)
Course – Mohican Valley – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Gary Woodland – (-18)
THE GREENBRIER CLASSIC – (STANDARD)
Course – Pumpkin Ridge – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Matt Jones – (-21)
ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT SCOTTISH OPEN – (STANDARD)
Course – European Links – (9.8 A)
Winner – Bubba Watson- (-19)
THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP – (MAJOR)
Course – The Old Course St. Andrews 2010 – (9.6 A-)
Winner – Russell Henley – (-17)

POS------NAME--------POINTS
#1 Jordan Speith 72
#2 Steve Stricker 70
#3 Adam Scott 57
#4 Brandt Snedeker 52
#5 Thomas Bjorn 52
#6 Rory McIlroy 49
#7 Anirban Lahiri 48
#8 Chris Kirk 40
#9 Matteo Manassero 35
#10 Charles Howell III 35
#11 Jim Furyk 35
#12 Hennie Otto 34
#13 Sergio Garcia 33
#14 Zach Johnson 32
#15 John Merrick 31
#16 Brendon de Jonge 31
#17 Dustin Johnson 31
#18 Matt Kuchar 30
#19 Alexander Levy 30
#20 Phil Mickelson 29
#21 Russell Henley 29

[sandwedge]

How are you doing Steve? Have you managed to get a few more points out of the mouse yet?

[SteveHorn]

Sandwedge! A little to early to say if not using a mouse pad is helping. So far I'd say yes but yesterday I had the strangest shot ever. On the 18th tee of Elysium Fields I set up to hit a high fade off the tee over the water (#18 Pebble Beach). Make my swing and the ball goes backward 14 feet. Now that's one hell of a shot I just had to laugh it off because I was plus 7 for the tournament on the 72nd hole. I'll never figure that shot out. Made a good swing, not perfect but a good swing. I've had some mysterious stinky shots but that one tops the charts.

[sandwedge]

I have never experienced that before!

[SteveHorn]

I've reached the 1st players cut portion of the season and a record 129 players had at least 1 point to make that first cut. Unfortunately I'm still stuck at an embarrassing 10 points for the season. Tied for 71st place, which means if I don't pick up some points very soon I won't make the 2nd cut of the top 70 in points. I know making it to the World Championship tourney is almost impossible but I'm still trying. One good thing about this season is it's a tight race for the World Championship. Much tighter then previous recent seasons and that's something I've wanted to see for awhile now. I truly believe there's 20 to maybe even 30 players that still have a chance to win that big prize and be named World Champion. Here's the most recent results and the current top 20 in points.

OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS – (STANDARD)
Course – Jezebel – (9.7 A)
Winner – Charley Hoffman – (-18)
QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL – (STANDARD)
Course – Blackwolf Run (River Crs.) – (9.8 A)
Winner – Brandt Snedeker – (-23)
WGC BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL – (ELITE)
Course – Elysium Fields – (9.75 A)
Winner – Bubba Watson – (-18)
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP – (MAJOR)
Course – Whistling Straits – (9.6 A-)
Winner – Marc Lieshman – (-21)
WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP – (STANDARD)
Course – Inspiration Point – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Brooks Koepka – (-14)
3 THE BARCLEYS – (ELITE)
Course – Medinah C.C.#3 – (9.6 A-)
Winner – Louis Oosthuizen – (-21)
DEUTSCHE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP – (ELITE)
Course – Internatinal Links (Black) – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Brian Harman – (-21)
KLM – OPEN – (STANDARD)
Course – Moreta Park G.C. – (9.4 B)
Winner – Graham DeLaet – (-21)
BMW CHAMPIONSHIP – (ELITE)
Course – Cheyenne County C.C. – (9.65 A-)
Winner – Jim Furyk – (-18)

POS-----NAME-------POINTS
#1 Jordan Speith 76
#2 Steve Stricker 70
#3 Jim Furyk 67
#4 Brandt Snedeker 66
#5 Anirban Lahiri 59
#6 Adam Scott 57
#7 Thomas Bjorn 53
#8 Chris Kirk 52
#9 Rory McIlroy 49
#10 Henrik Stenson 47
#11 Sergio Garcia 45
#12 Alexander Levy 44
#t-13 John Merrick 40
#t-13 Brendon de Jonge 40
#t-15 Hennie Otto 39
#t-15 Zach Johnson 39
#t-17 Dustin Johnson 38
#t-17 Bubba Watson 38
#19 Matt Jones 37
#t-20 Matteo Manassero 35
#t-20 Charles Howell III 35