WGT uses the appetite of anybody here setting up rounds of 18 holes unlimited. It makes good on a leaderboard to show a 55 or a 56, which is very makable for good players when you can play the same course in same conditions 10-15 times (3 to 5 sleeves)
Uneven lies challenge you all the time, you don't play automatic shots, it's less "robotic". My opinion is that the game reaches its best in these slopes.
Problem for wgt you play these rounds just once, even if they set up unlimited rounds, you would give a couple of tries at the most because scoring target changes. At a certain level, when you feel like playing an average round shooting 29 or even 28 (56 - 58 for 18 holes) on flat lies, you get easily more satisfaction shooting 30-31 (60-62 or even 63-64 on tough courses for 18 holes) on uneven lies.
Maybe WGT understands that you can put your ego on play on even lies and you don't on uel, so you'll play as much as necessary to satisfy yourself on unlimited even lies but get away with an "average score" on uneven lies at the 1st attempt. So less balls used, so less business for the website.
All is about consumable and here, it's the balls you use. When WGT talks about popularity, they don't mention a number of players but a number of rounds or attempts. They rather go with a tournament played 100 times by 1 person than a tournament played once by 50 guys.
Somebody will have to tell them that this strategy is great...on a short term (5-10 years) but we all know that in the modern economy, the short term is what counts.
I don't play those unlimited stuffs, waist of balls. Actually I don't care about showing on the leaderboards. I play uel weekly stroke or ready go's to challenge myself against the best players in this game (the honest ones!) like Mags, Konrad, Tess and lot of other big names here. I'm an average player who finds satisfaction in being in play with these guys and finally, have enough resources on uneven lies to play well enough to not use my card too often even if I had to put $20 yesterday lol
Now, I'm wondering if the range of players I'm part of (with less than 3,000 cdts in his purse) is not the target of this cancellation. For WGT, what's the point to send credits for "free" to players who don't have the amount of credits to play totally for free?
I wish I could think another way...when I'm talking about a GAME!