HandyMcNab:
This is because they have paid money and continue to do so. How many top players are there using starter clubs?
You are at level 80, which means you are around 80K to 90K in XP's from level 85. Compare the specs between your starter irons and any of the irons including the level 85 Callys. There is a huge difference in precision, forgiveness, and spin.
Now use the search box and look up how precision and forgiveness work. They are designed to build variation into the game, just like in real life. No golfer has a perfect result every time with every shot and club. Same thing here, Otherwise people eventually get bored with it and leave because there was no challenge..
The starter irons are 0.5 precision compared to the L85 Callys having 4.5 precision. The spin is 3.5 compared to 0.5. Do you expect your starter irons to play as well as the Callys? To stop the ball on a dime and give a nickel in change? The top level clubs are even better than those L85 irons.
WGT says you can play for free. That's true. It doesn't say you can play well with the free stuff. Yet by your post that's what you appear to be saying, that even though you hit a "perfect" shot, you got bad results. It's called variance.
You have options, just like anyone who plays here. Either get better clubs, or learn to live with your results. Or quit and go do something else. But you seem to think that your "perfect shots" should give you perfect results every time and that's not going to happen.
good luck,
phred952