Wind is just part of playing golf, and yes it can be hard to adjust to on the Links Courses on this game, but with practice you can improve. I have actually played St Andrews on three occasions, once there was hardly a breath of air, the second time it was hard to stand up let alone hit a golf ball, the third time was not too bad. As it is apparently set on random I think this is a fair mix. The alternative is to play on practice mode and set the conditions to your liking.
However this seems somewhat strange coming from someone who is a legend - how easy do you want the conditions?
I personally, like many others would like other factors to come into play, like rain, lies such as slope etc. For someone who played off 8, I would have thought you would be happy with a 61 average - would have been unattainable in your playing days! I'm no Legend but always like the challenge, if I could shoot sub 60 rounds constantly (never have) I would be bored as it would no longer be realistic.