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Sat, Jun 30 2012 10:46 AM (6 replies)
  • gusser67
    30 Posts
    Tue, Jun 19 2012 5:35 AM

    say you have 20 mph wind in ur face in general how would you calculate the yards you would have to add say on a 195 yard shot also wind blowing away from you with same yards and wind mph   just a round-a-bout figure or use your own yards and wind something to be able to use and i could build on i've heard several different equasions    thanks gusser67

  • GerryTS
    122 Posts
    Tue, Jun 19 2012 6:42 AM

    I always thought you add 50% for wind factor. In your case I would add 10 yrds. Wind at your back would subtract 10 yrds. 100 yrds and less wind as less effect. 25 % and less.

     

  • chrisironsbones
    3,524 Posts
    Tue, Jun 19 2012 6:59 AM

     

     

    This is a rough scale i use and is used with the R11 irons, these have a high loft so wind might effect medium loft clubs differently.

    There's a lot of factors which come in to play when calculating a specific shot in wind.  There's extra yardage which you should get from say Nike balls,using spin and different irons get effected by wind differently:  This is a rough guide and is what i go by:

    10 mph wind (add/subtract yards)

    60 yard wedge=3 yards, 80 yard wedge=4, 100 yard wedge and 120 PW = 5, 9i = 5,. 8i = 6, 7i=6.5, 6i=7, 5i=8 4i=9 or 10 (depending on hole or if on tee) 3i=10 or 11, wood= 10

     so i will give a few different shots i might use for a 195 yard shot in headwind and tailwind

    If it was 20 mph tailwind i might use 180 iron with full spin & full power (175 yards with full spin) and knowing it will get effected by 7 yards per 10 mph wind, therefore i add 14 yards so i should get 189 yards. Because this still leaves me a few yards short i would lift the spin dot up a fraction to get the extra yardage required.

    Knowing i get 188 yards from my 180 iron with no spin (due to nikes), if i was on a green where a roll on approach is o.k (kiwah#6) i would choke down 180 yard iron so instead of 188 yards i get 181and adding the 14 yards wind effect i would get the 195 required.

    Headwind, i might use my 210 iron with 3/4 spin or use no spin and choke it down because 10 mph wind effects this by say 9 yards every 10 mph wind so 195 yards + 18 (2x 9=18) 213 

    I would use 210 iron either by choking it down a touch or using 3/4 spin and full power. But all this is on the presumption i should get 220 yards from it due to the extra yardage from nikes

    A safer option (just in-case wgt decides not to give me the extra yardage from balls) would be to use the 225 iron with full spin (223 yards) and choke it down until i have say 215 yards (a few yards longer than 210 iron as wind might effected it by a yard extra)

    It all takes a bit of practice, and knowing "roughly" how much wind effects a different club, as was mentioned above, my 9i is going to get effected less by 20 mph wind than what the 5 iron does.

  • Subtle
    17 Posts
    Tue, Jun 19 2012 10:31 AM

    This chart works great for me.

    http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/57783.aspx

  • alosso
    21,073 Posts
    Sat, Jun 30 2012 1:45 AM

    Thx for the explanation, Chris!

    It only leaves the question open if the wind will have any effect at all.

    More often than I like it the wind seems to die off, on approach shots but also with driver. Hitting more than the design length into heavy headwind ain't rare, making judgement very difficult. E.g. @STA18, I don't account for 0° wind.

    Maybe it becomes more consistent at TM level but I ain't sure.

    Any thoughts or advice on that?

  • bhacd
    29 Posts
    Sat, Jun 30 2012 10:33 AM

    WGTadmin2 posted a few weeks ago that wind is not a fixed number.....but a range with gusts and swirls....so...it's just a guessing game.

  • pjctas0822
    4,609 Posts
    Sat, Jun 30 2012 10:46 AM

    On approach shots (since I am a grip it n rip it type player) I club up 1 club with wind in face but I dont hit 100% on meter usually 80 to 90% and the opposite for tail wind.

    Always have to keep elevation in mind though . Thats where I either add or subtract spin on the ball. Not the most accurate way but I dont have time to look at charts ,rulers etc etc .

    Like I said Grip it n Rip it :)

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