Earlier this year Craig Carothers started playing APBA Golf. He reached out to me this past summer for a copy of the Game Caddie, which at the time was version 6.2.1. (Version 6.5 will be released shortly.) He told me about the short tournament format he uses, and I invited him to share the details […]
Category: Tournaments & Replays
2023 PGA Championship Replay: How Realistic is APBA Golf?
This post examines how realistic APBA Golf is by comparing certain statistics between the actual 2023 PGA Championship and my replay of it. For the replay setup and results, please consult the Recent Posts section. The 2014 Master Game rules were followed with two exceptions: Balls landing on tree squares were subject to a “homebrew” […]
2023 PGA Championship: R4 Results
This post summarizes the results from the final round of my 2023 PGA Championship Replay at Oak Hill (Acorn Hill). Previous posts have discussed the history of the event, day conditions in 2023, and results for rounds 1, 2, and 3 for both the replay and actual tournament. Acorn Hill is a tough par 70 with a 7-Iron club restriction […]
2023 PGA Championship Replay: R3 Results
This post summarizes the results from round 3 of my 2023 PGA Championship Replay at Oak Hill (Acorn Hill). Previous posts have discussed the history of the event, day conditions in 2023, and results for rounds 1 and 2 for both the replay and actual tournament. Acorn Hill is a par 70 with narrow fairways and a 7-Iron club restriction […]
2023 PGA Championship Replay: R2 Results
This post summarizes the results from round 2 of my 2023 PGA Championship Replay at Oak Hill (Acorn Hill). Previous posts have discussed the history of the event, day conditions in 2023, and round 1 results for both the replay and actual tournament. By way of recap, Acorn Hill is a par 70 with narrow […]
2023 PGA Championship Replay: R1 Results
This post describes the results of the first round of my 2023 PGA Championship Replay at Oak Hill (Acorn Hill). Previous posts have addressed some of the specific challenges of playing this course, setting up the day conditions, history of the event, and the tournament outcome in 2023. As always, I will summarize what happened […]
2023 PGA Championship Replay Setup: Part 2
This is the second of two posts on setting up my replay of the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill (Acorn Hill). The first post described the Day Conditions as well as some of this course’s particular challenges. This one will recap the actual tournament results and give a bit of history on the event. […]
2023 PGA Championship Replay Setup: Part 1
This is the first of two posts describing the setup of my 2023 PGA Championship replay. In this one, I cover the usual factors pertaining to Day Conditions as well as some of the specific challenges of playing Acorn Hill (Oak Hill Country Club – East Course). The actual tournament took place May 18 – […]
2022 Women’s PGA Championship: Replay Analysis
This post is the last in a 6-part series on my replay of the 2022 Women’s PGA Championship at Metro D.C. (Congressional Country Club’s Blue Course). The initial post detailed the day conditions, the rationale for choosing pin locations, and hole-length adjustments. All of these were chosen in order to more closely match the actual tournament. Later […]
2022 Women’s PGA Championship Replay: R4 Results
This post summarizes the final round of my APBA Golf replay of the 2022 Women’s PGA Championship at Congressional Country Club (Metro D.C.), par 72. Previous posts described the replay setup based on conditions for the actual tournament and the results for rounds 1, 2, and 3. The entire replay is being conducted using Game […]