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Re: Incorrect green readings on Alt-Shot

• MagicBlueberry 156 Posts

  Mon, Jun 27 2011 9:42 AM

  Alt-shot games recently have seemed to default to tourney greens. A couple days ago, it said tourney green but was in fact standard green. This is at St. Andrews. And tonight, it said tourney greens again, but was either fast/v.fast but def not tourney.

   

• bigdaddie1 2,694 Posts

  Mon, Jun 27 2011 1:02 PM

  MagicBlueberry:

  Alt-shot games recently have seemed to default to tourney greens. A couple days ago, it said tourney green but was in fact standard green. This is at St. Andrews. And tonight, it said tourney greens again, but was either fast/v.fast but def not tourney.

   

  Not just ALT -SHOT games. There are at least 4 different speeds for tourney and very fast greens, maybe less for slower speeds.

  I believe that there should be a stimp meter speed posted for all rounds to eliminate using 2 or 3 holes to acquire the proper green speeds. They post the speed for the OPEN rounds, why not all rounds?

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Jun 27 2011 1:27 PM

  AS game green speeds default to the highest tiered player in the group. If you're playing with a TM or a Legend you will see this with the Legend speeds being slightly faster even though they're both called Tournament.

  I like your idea of posting the speed in AS matches. Even just a permanent statement on the start screen about the default speed would save some players a little aggravation.

• MagicBlueberry 156 Posts

  Mon, Jun 27 2011 5:41 PM

  I see. Thank you for your postings. I'm surprised how much a difference there was in speeds. It was equivalent to standard speed. Is this possible?

  Also, I support you idea that they should accurately post the speed of the greens: 1) Alt-shot is for fun and not aggravation, LOL. 2) Real professional golfers (TM/Legend types) usually have an idea of green speeds before teeing off.