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cem_ea_id.EA_ChristianBrandt wrote:

Here's a head start for you, listed the shortest par 4's from the black tees.

PAR 4
Course, Hole, Yardage
Oakmont CC, 8, 288
Oakmont CC, 17, 313
St Andrews Links, 12, 316
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 4, 327
Harbour Town Golf Links, 9, 332
Oakmont CC, 2, 340
Hazeltine National GC, 14, 352
St Andrews Links, 9, 352
TPC Sawgrass, 12, 353
Turnberry, 1, 354
St Andrews Links, 18, 357
Oakmont CC, 14, 358
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 13, 364
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 5, 365
TPC Boston, 1, 365
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 16, 372
Harbour Town Golf Links, 13, 373
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 11, 373
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 3, 374
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 2, 376
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 1, 376
St Andrews Links, 1, 376
Oakmont CC, 11, 379
St Andrews Links, 10, 379
Pinehurst, 13, 380

How about the longest Par 5's
PAR 5
Course, Hole, Yardage
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 12, 570
Hazeltine National GC, 7, 570
Harbour Town Golf Links, 15, 571
Torrey Pines GC, 18, 571
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 14, 572
St Andrews Links, 14, 581
TPC Sawgrass, 9, 582
East Lake GC, 9, 584
TPC Boston, 7, 600
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 12, 603
Hazeltine National GC, 11, 606
Bethpage, 13 608
Oakmont CC,, 4, 609
Wentworth ,17, 610
Pinehurst, 10, 611
Torrey Pines GC, 9, 613
Hazeltine National GC, 3, 633
Hazeltine National GC, 15, 642
Firestone CC, 16, 667
Oakmont CC, 12, 667

Would it be impossible to have one downloaded course in the random holes for Extreme mode? I understand why you could not have more than one downloaded course but it seems if you had the one course that was downloaded as the logo for Extreme mode that day, it would not be a problem.

Also, can you please give us a update about the fantasy courses we voted on back in July between Highlands, Greek Isles and Central Park?

Di

cem_ea_id.EA_ChristianBrandt wrote:

xbox.TRC Solo wrote:How about a course where every hole is a driveable or almost driveable par 4? Winds random and gale force. Some holes wouldn't be reachable but others would be easily reachable. I don't have time at the moment, but some examples are the short par 4 on the back 9 at Hazeltine the short par 4 at pebble with the narrow neck in front of it and the short par 4 at bay hill where the green is over water but downwind is reachable etc. Anyone else think a course like that would be fun and want to draw one up?

Here's a head start for you, listed the shortest par 4's from the black tees.

PAR 4
Course, Hole, Yardage
Oakmont CC, 8, 288
Oakmont CC, 17, 313
St Andrews Links, 12, 316
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 4, 327
Harbour Town Golf Links, 9, 332
Oakmont CC, 2, 340
Hazeltine National GC, 14, 352
St Andrews Links, 9, 352
TPC Sawgrass, 12, 353
Turnberry, 1, 354
St Andrews Links, 18, 357
Oakmont CC, 14, 358
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 13, 364
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 5, 365
TPC Boston, 1, 365
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 16, 372
Harbour Town Golf Links, 13, 373
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 11, 373
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 3, 374
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 2, 376
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 1, 376
St Andrews Links, 1, 376
Oakmont CC, 11, 379
St Andrews Links, 10, 379
Pinehurst, 13, 380

How about the longest Par 5's
PAR 5
Course, Hole, Yardage
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 12, 570
Hazeltine National GC, 7, 570
Harbour Town Golf Links, 15, 571
Torrey Pines GC, 18, 571
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 14, 572
St Andrews Links, 14, 581
TPC Sawgrass, 9, 582
East Lake GC, 9, 584
TPC Boston, 7, 600
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 12, 603
Hazeltine National GC, 11, 606
Bethpage, 13 608
Oakmont CC,, 4, 609
Wentworth ,17, 610
Pinehurst, 10, 611
Torrey Pines GC, 9, 613
Hazeltine National GC, 3, 633
Hazeltine National GC, 15, 642
Firestone CC, 16, 667
Oakmont CC, 12, 667

I think TPC Boston #4 is around 300, one of the shortest holes in the game.

And while TPC Bostopn #17 is listed over 400, with a 15-20MPH tailwind most people could carry it to the green as well.

cem_ea_id.EA_ChristianBrandt wrote:

xbox.TRC Solo wrote:How about a course where every hole is a driveable or almost driveable par 4? Winds random and gale force. Some holes wouldn't be reachable but others would be easily reachable. I don't have time at the moment, but some examples are the short par 4 on the back 9 at Hazeltine the short par 4 at pebble with the narrow neck in front of it and the short par 4 at bay hill where the green is over water but downwind is reachable etc. Anyone else think a course like that would be fun and want to draw one up?

Here's a head start for you, listed the shortest par 4's from the black tees.

PAR 4
Course, Hole, Yardage
Oakmont CC, 8, 288
Oakmont CC, 17, 313
St Andrews Links, 12, 316
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 4, 327
Harbour Town Golf Links, 9, 332
Oakmont CC, 2, 340
Hazeltine National GC, 14, 352
St Andrews Links, 9, 352
TPC Sawgrass, 12, 353
Turnberry, 1, 354
St Andrews Links, 18, 357
Oakmont CC, 14, 358
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 13, 364
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 5, 365
TPC Boston, 1, 365
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 16, 372
Harbour Town Golf Links, 13, 373
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 11, 373
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 3, 374
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 2, 376
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 1, 376
St Andrews Links, 1, 376
Oakmont CC, 11, 379
St Andrews Links, 10, 379
Pinehurst, 13, 380

How about the longest Par 5's
PAR 5
Course, Hole, Yardage
Bay Hill Club & Lodge, 12, 570
Hazeltine National GC, 7, 570
Harbour Town Golf Links, 15, 571
Torrey Pines GC, 18, 571
Pebble Beach Golf Links®, 14, 572
St Andrews Links, 14, 581
TPC Sawgrass, 9, 582
East Lake GC, 9, 584
TPC Boston, 7, 600
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, 12, 603
Hazeltine National GC, 11, 606
Bethpage, 13 608
Oakmont CC,, 4, 609
Wentworth ,17, 610
Pinehurst, 10, 611
Torrey Pines GC, 9, 613
Hazeltine National GC, 3, 633
Hazeltine National GC, 15, 642
Firestone CC, 16, 667
Oakmont CC, 12, 667

How about an 18 with the shortest par 4s and the longest par 5s!

Either 9 holes of short par 4s and 9 holes of long par 5s..or a mix and match. Something like this.

1. TPC Boston #1
2. East Lake GC #9
3. St. Andrews #12
4. TPC Sawgrass #12
5. Firestone CC #16
6. Bethpage #13
7. Oakmont CC #17
8. Bay Hill #12
9. Pebble Beach #3

10. TPC Boston #7
11. Oakmont CC #12
12. St. Andrews #1
13. Hazeltine #14
14. Pinehurst #10
15. Oakmont CC #8
16. Pebble Beach #14
17. Doral #2
18. Hazeltine #15

But with a catch, get this.. winds 40-90 mph on EVERY hole. That would be an extreme challenge. On Firestone #16, make the winds go with the player.

I know some people didn't like those high winds that one day, but I enjoyed them, it was very challenging. I would like to see another one like that. I think it would be great fun.

40-90 mph winds are great once or twice a round but not for an entire round.

xbox.TRC Solo wrote:40-90 mph winds are great once or twice a round but not for an entire round.

Agree 98% with you. For 59 out of 60 Extremes I think that assessment is fine. Keep the winds manageable, but maybe throw in a crazy wind 3 or 4 times a week.. no more than once a round.

But I would think having a completely crazy wind Extreme like we had at Pebble Beach is ok once every other month or so. Four or five more like that by the end of '10's cycle.

Wild & Wet

1-#1 St.Andrew par 4 windy-back
2-#16 Firestone par 5 windy-back
3-#3 Bay Hill par 4 super gale-side
4-#4 Harbour Town par 3 gale-back/angle
5-#18 Sawgrass par 4 gale-side
6-#6 Bay Hill par 5 windy-back/angle
7-#7 Pebble Beach par 3 hurricane/face
8-#8 Doral par 5 breezy-face/angle
9-#6 East Lake par 3 breezy-face/angle
Out-Par 36
10-#10 Doral par 5 windy-side
11-#8 Hazeltine par 3 gale-face/angle
12-#18 Doral par 4 gale-face
13-#16 Boston par 3 gale-side
14-#16 Sawgrass par 5 hurricane-back
15-#18 Bay Hill par 4 windy-back/angle
16-#16 Hazeltine par 4 super gale-side
17-#17 Sawgrass par 3 super gale-back/angle
18-#18 Pebble Beach par 5 calm
In-Par 36
Total-Par 72

Oh I forgot Very Fast Fairway/Greens & Hard Pins.

I am sorry, but the 8th hole at Oakmont is a Par 3, not a Par 4, so that wouldn't work for an all Par 4 and all Par 5 course.

xbox.TRC Solo wrote:1) Wentworth Hole 1 Par 4
2) TPC Boston Hole 2 Par 5
3) Hazeltine Hole 3 Par 5
4) Doral Hole 4 Par 3
5) Bethpage Hole 5 Par 4
*6) TPC Sawgrass Hole 6 Par 4
7) St Andrews Hole 7 Par 3
8) East Lake Hole 8 Par 4
9) Oakmont CC Hole 9 Par 4
10) Pebble Beach Hole 10 Par 4
11) Pinehurst No. 2 Hole 11 Par 4
12) Firestone CC Hole 12 Par 3
13) Torrey Pines Hole 13 Par 5
*14) TPC Boston Hole 14 Par 4
15) Harbour Town Hole 15 Par 5
16) Bay Hill Hole 16 Par 4
17) TPC Sawgrass Hole 17 Par 3
18) Hazeltine Hole 18 Par 4

Your course will be used for tomorrow's Custom Extreme Live Tournament (9/11). Thanks.

Ok I'm gonna go and create an extreme course thats slightly different:

1) Bay Hill Hole #1 Par 4 - Huge wind from left to right
2) Firestone Hole #5 Par 4 - Wind blowing at 8 O'clock
3) Oakmont Hole #8 Par 3 - Big wind blowing at 10 O'clock
4) Bethpage Hole #7 Par 4 - Big wind at your back
5) Harbour Town Hole #2 Par 5 - Wind blowing at 5 O'clock
6) Doral Hole #17 Par 4 - Wind blowing in your face
7) East Lake Hole #16 Par 4 - A wind blowing crooked at 5 O'clock
8 ) Pebble Hole #9 Par 4 - Huge wind at 2 O'clock from left to right
9) Pebble Hole 10 Par 4- HUGE wind at your back
10) Hazeltine Hole #16 Par 4- Big wind at 1 O'clock from left to right
11) Hazeltine Hole #14 Par 4- Big wind at 4 O'clock
12) Torrey Pines Hole #11 Par 3- Wind should be Big at 1 O'clock
13) Torrey Pines Hole #18 Par 5 - Big win at your back that could maybe even flirt with the water
14) Bay Hill Hole #2 Par 3 - Big wind at your back
15) Bay Hill Hole #13 Par 4 Preferable a huge helping wind at 2 O'clock
16) Harbour Town #12 Par 4 - Big wind at 3 O'clock
17) Pinehurst Hole #5 Par 4 - Big wind in the face
18 ) TPC Boston Hole #8 Par 3 - 60MPH wind lol to finish off at 5 O'clock

Conditions:

Tees: White (Seeing as I've never seen an Extreme from the Whites)
Pins: Expert
Green Speed: Average
Fairway Speed: Slow
Rough Length: Medium
Gale Force 25MPH+ and Sunny

The idea on this course is you could reach a lot of greens an go really low but you have great course management in order to do so.

A true test I think!

cem_ea_id.EA_ChristianBrandt wrote:
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Would it be impossible to have one downloaded course in the random holes for Extreme mode? I understand why you could not have more than one downloaded course but it seems if you had the one course that was downloaded as the logo for Extreme mode that day, it would not be a problem.

Also, can you please give us a update about the fantasy courses we voted on back in July between Highlands, Greek Isles and Central Park?

Di

CSO_SUB.DlhardUNCFAN wrote:

cem_ea_id.EA_ChristianBrandt wrote:
Would it be impossible to have one downloaded course in the random holes for Extreme mode? I understand why you could not have more than one downloaded course but it seems if you had the one course that was downloaded as the logo for Extreme mode that day, it would not be a problem.

Also, can you please give us a update about the fantasy courses we voted on back in July between Highlands, Greek Isles and Central Park?

Di

We currently don't have a way to prevent players from entering an 18 hole custom course where 1 of the holes is from a DLC course when the player doesn't have the course on their box. If a player enters a round then comes to a hole where they don't have the course, their round will end and they probably would have to reset the box.

The fantasy course survey was used to gather metrics on which courses players would like to see. We are using this data to help us decide on future courses. Thanks

cem_ea_id.EA_ChristianBrandt wrote:
We currently don't have a way to prevent players from entering an 18 hole custom course where 1 of the holes is from a DLC course when the player doesn't have the course on their box. If a player enters a round then comes to a hole where they don't have the course, their round will end and they probably would have to reset the box.

The fantasy course survey was used to gather metrics on which courses players would like to see. We are using this data to help us decide on future courses. Thanks

Thanks for the feedback Christian.

ps3.cubstooge wrote:Here is my 18 hole course

Hole 1 Pebble Beach Hole 1 (Par 4)
Hole 2 Pinehurst hole 2 (par 4)
Hole 3 Bay Hill hole 3 (par 4)
Hole 4 TPC Sawgrass hole 14 (par 4)
Hole 5 TPC Boston Hole 16 (par 3)
Hole 6 Oakmont Hole 12 (par 5)
Hole 7 Pinehurst Hole 7 (par 4)
Hole 8 Oakmont Hole 8 (winds 30+ mph in your face if possible) (par 3)
Hole 9 Pebble Beach 18 (par 5)
Hole 10 Torrey Pines 18 (par 5)
Hole 11 Doral hole 18 (Par 4)
Hole 12 Hazeltine 16 (par 4)
Hole 13 East Lake 6 (par 3)
Hole 14 Bay Hill hole 6 (par 5)
Hole 15 Bethpage hole 5 (par 4)
Hole 16 Bay Hill 18 (par 4)
Hole 17 Pebble Beach Hole 7 (par 3)
Hole 18 East Lake 9 (par 5)

Your course is set for tomorrow - 9/12.

ps3.DLW1964 wrote:Wild & Wet

1-#1 St.Andrew par 4 windy-back
2-#16 Firestone par 5 windy-back
3-#3 Bay Hill par 4 super gale-side
4-#4 Harbour Town par 3 gale-back/angle
5-#18 Sawgrass par 4 gale-side
6-#6 Bay Hill par 5 windy-back/angle
7-#7 Pebble Beach par 3 hurricane/face
8-#8 Doral par 5 breezy-face/angle
9-#6 East Lake par 3 breezy-face/angle
Out-Par 36
10-#10 Doral par 5 windy-side
11-#8 Hazeltine par 3 gale-face/angle
12-#18 Doral par 4 gale-face
13-#16 Boston par 3 gale-side
14-#16 Sawgrass par 5 hurricane-back
15-#18 Bay Hill par 4 windy-back/angle
16-#16 Hazeltine par 4 super gale-side
17-#17 Sawgrass par 3 super gale-back/angle
18-#18 Pebble Beach par 5 calm
In-Par 36
Total-Par 72

This course is set for Monday 9/14.

I would love to see a UK Extreme Weekly:

Round 1 - Turnberry, gale force w/ light rain, easy pins, slow/fast/long
Round 2 - Wentworth Gusty, medium pins, average/fast/long
Round 3 - St. Andrews Gusty +, hard pins, veryfast/veryfast/long
Round 4 - Custom, Breezy, expert pins, veryfast/veryfast/long
Turnberry 1-6, then St. Andrews 7-12, then WentWorth 13-18

Start off tough with some chance due to the rain, and slow greens, get a little easier but definately challenging, and finish with an opportunity to score well.