I am brand new to the APBA Golf game and community. I just received my first order from APBA about a week ago. It consisted of the base game, the All-Time Greats set, and twelve golf courses. My name is Troy a.k.a. Washmeister. I am 58 years old and live in Salt Lake City. I […]
Revised Chipping Tool
Scott recently updated the game boards to more accurately align with APBA’s boards. This post updates an earlier one about this tool by incorporating these changes and adding Sand lies to the table. When pins are located at the very edges of greens (less than a full square away), the user may also want to […]
Nicklaus Takes Lead in ATG Tourney
Almost two years ago, I began a four-round tournament using all 144 players in the APBA All-Time Greats (ATG) card set. During this past week’s hiatus, I finished round 2 at Badger Links with Jack Nicklaus (1975) atop the leaderboard at -10. Round 1 at Yatch Club was completed in the spring of 2021 with Lee […]
GC Tip: Playing with LPGA Golfers
The APBA Golf Master Game has two optional rules for playing with lady golfers. These are fairly easy to implement using the Game Caddie, as I’ll show you in this post. The first optional rule affects the flight of Wood and Iron shots. The carry on all Woods is reduced by 30 yards. For a […]
GC Tip: Tap-In Tool
From a gameplay standpoint, one of the most frustrating moments is when you are left with a tap-in. This can occur in one of two ways: (1) the result on the Putting Board is “TI” or (2) the result is “P” or “B” but your player doesn’t meet the criteria necessary for the putt to […]
GC Tip: Adding Extra Putt Distance
Sometimes, when determining your lie on either the first dice roll or second from a green-side bunker you get a result (e.g., +8) that adds extra distance to your initial putt if your ball ends up on the green. In this post, I’ll show you how to handle that scenario using the Game Caddie. Let’s […]
Greatest Putters of All-Time?
Who better to ask about the greatest putters of all-time than Brad Faxon? And that’s exactly what Golf.com did about a year ago. I decided to take his list and apply some APBA metrics to it. I took the All-Time Great (ATG) APBA card for each player on Faxon’s list and calculated the percentage of […]
Putting Inside 10 Feet
Although long putts on the final holes occasionally win tournaments, it’s usually consistently good putting at closer range that makes the difference. That got me to wondering how well APBA putters perform from 7 to 9 feet compared to the real pros. What I found surprised me. I decided to look at the 2021 PGA […]
GC Scoring Definitions
I am in the process of automating the GC Scorecard, so that users can play faster and not have to worry about how to record certain scoring details. Because some users may not be familiar with all the scoring terms*, I thought it would be useful to describe them here. Here is an example of […]
Strategic Club Selection
Which three clubs you pick to add to your bag at the beginning of a round can make a big difference in how you score. At this point, I don’t have an algorithm I can recommend, but I do have some basic questions you can ask yourself that might make the selection process a bit […]