Was looking stuff up on the internet about something from a long time ago. Noticed this old wind movement chart I had figured out back then.
This was before they rigged the game and clicking excellent now may go wonky. Clicking excellent now may also negate any forward view triangle movements. If you move the triangle and click excellent, it behaves as if it was on the flag. So your compensation doesn't work.
They didn't have many courses at the time. I got these calculations by doing a practice round on Bethpage back 9, that's very flat. Would keep restarting until the wind was directly behind, or in front. Set a practice round to low, medum, high winds.
Then you watch how far it would go, depending on whatever wind. Now you've got some numbers of what's going on. Then you can calculate how it might be for whatever other wind speed and distance. At the time it seemed to be pretty accurate.
What I'd do is click the spacebar for forward view. Move the triangle directly away or towards you, to see how far a distance looks like, Then you move it whichever way that much, to compensate for the wind. Was able to get a lot closer to the pin. But in recent years I just eyeball it and didn't need the chart anymore.
wind offset chart
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260yd, 5mph wind = 7.59yd
250yd, 5mph wind = 7.29yd
240yd, 5mph wind = 7yd
230yd, 5mph wind = 6.71yd
220yd, 5mph wind = 6.42yd
210yd, 5mph wind = 6.13yd
200yd, 5mph wind = 5.83yd
190yd, 5mph wind = 5.54yd
180yd, 5mph wind = 5.25yd
170yd, 5mph wind = 4.96yd
160yd, 5mph wind = 4.67yd
150yd, 5mph wind = 4.38yd
140yd, 5mph wind = 4.08yd
130yd, 5mph wind = 3.79yd
120yd, 5mph wind = 3.50yd
110yd, 5mph wind = 3.21yd
100yd, 5mph wind = 2.92yd
90yd, 5mph wind = 2.63yd
80yd, 5mph wind = 2.33yd
70yd, 5mph wind = 2.04yd
60yd, 5mph wind = 1.75yd
50yd, 5mph wind = 1.46yd
40yd, 5mph wind = 1.17yd
30yd, 5mph wind = 0.88yd
20yd, 5mph wind = 0.58yd
10yd, 5mph wind = 0.29yd
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260yd, 7mph wind = 10.62yd
270yd, 7mph wind = 10.2yd
240yd, 7mph wind = 9.8yd
230yd, 7mph wind = 9.39yd
220yd, 7mph wind = 8.98yd
210yd, 7mph wind = 8.58yd
200yd, 7mph wind = 8.16yd
190yd, 7mph wind = 7.75yd
180yd, 7mph wind = 7.35yd
170yd, 7mph wind = 6.94yd
160yd, 7mph wind = 6.53yd
170yd, 7mph wind = 6.13yd
140yd, 7mph wind = 5.71yd
130yd, 7mph wind = 5.30yd
120yd, 7mph wind = 4.9yd
110yd, 7mph wind = 4.49yd
100yd, 7mph wind = 4.08yd
90yd, 7mph wind = 3.68yd
80yd, 7mph wind = 3.26yd
70yd, 7mph wind = 2.85yd
60yd, 7mph wind = 2.4yd
70yd, 7mph wind = 2.04yd
40yd, 7mph wind = 1.63yd
30yd, 7mph wind = 1.23yd
20yd, 7mph wind = 0.81yd
10yd, 7mph wind = 0.40yd
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260yd, 10mph wind = 15.17yd
250yd, 10mph wind = 14.59yd
240yd, 10mph wind = 14yd
230yd, 10mph wind = 13.42yd
220yd, 10mph wind = 12.84yd
210yd, 10mph wind = 12.25yd
200yd, 10mph wind = 11.67yd
190yd, 10mph wind = 11.09yd
180yd, 10mph wind = 10.5yd
170yd, 10mph wind = 9.92yd
160yd, 10mph wind = 9.34yd
150yd, 10mph wind = 8.75yd
140yd, 10mph wind = 8.17yd
130yd, 10mph wind = 7.56yd
120yd, 10mph wind = 7yd
110yd, 10mph wind = 6.42yd
100yd, 10mph wind = 5.83yd
90yd, 10mph wind = 5.25yd
80yd, 10mph wind = 4.67yd
70yd, 10mph wind = 4.08yd
60yd, 10mph wind = 3.50yd
50yd, 10mph wind = 2.92yd
40yd, 10mph wind = 2.33yd
30yd, 10mph wind = 1.75yd
20yd, 10mph wind = 1.17yd
10yd, 10mph wind = 0.58yd
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260yd, 12mph wind = 18.2yd
250yd, 12mph wind = 17.5yd
240yd, 12mph wind = 16.8yd
230yd, 12mph wind = 16.1yd
220yd, 12mph wind = 15.4yd
210yd, 12mph wind = 14.7yd
200yd, 12mph wind = 14yd
190yd, 12mph wind = 13.3yd
180yd, 12mph wind = 12.6yd
170yd, 12mph wind = 11.9yd
160yd, 12mph wind = 11.2yd
150yd, 12mph wind = 10.5yd
140yd, 12mph wind = 9.8yd
130yd, 12mph wind = 9.07yd
120yd, 12mph wind = 8.4yd
110yd, 12mph wind = 7.7yd
100yd, 12mph wind = 7yd
90yd, 12mph wind = 6.3yd
80yd, 12mph wind = 5.6yd
70yd, 12mph wind = 4.89yd
60yd, 12mph wind = 4.2yd
50yd, 12mph wind = 3.5yd
40yd, 12mph wind = 2.79yd
30yd, 12mph wind = 2.1yd
20yd, 12mph wind = 1.4yd
10yd, 12mph wind = 0.69yd
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260yd, 15mph wind = 22.77yd
250yd, 15mph wind = 21.87yd
240yd, 15mph wind = 21yd
230yd, 15mph wind = 20.13yd
220yd, 15mph wind = 19.26yd
210yd, 15mph wind = 18.39yd
200yd, 15mph wind = 17.49yd
190yd, 15mph wind = 16.62yd
180yd, 15mph wind = 15.75yd
170yd, 15mph wind = 14.88yd
160yd, 15mph wind = 14.01yd
150yd, 15mph wind = 13.14yd
140yd, 15mph wind = 12.24yd
130yd, 15mph wind = 11.37yd
120yd, 15mph wind = 10.5yd
110yd, 15mph wind = 9.63yd
100yd, 15mph wind = 8.76yd
90yd, 15mph wind = 7.89yd
80yd, 15mph wind = 6.99yd
70yd, 15mph wind = 6.12yd
60yd, 15mph wind = 5.25yd
50yd, 15mph wind = 4.38yd
40yd, 15mph wind = 3.51yd
30yd, 15mph wind = 2.64yd
20yd, 15mph wind = 1.74yd
10yd, 15mph wind = 0.87yd
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260yd, 17mph wind = 25.78yd
250yd, 17mph wind = 24.8yd
240yd, 17mph wind = 23.8yd
230yd, 17mph wind = 22.81yd
220yd, 17mph wind = 21.82yd
210yd, 17mph wind = 20.82yd
200yd, 17mph wind = 19.83yd
190yd, 17mph wind = 18.85yd
180yd, 17mph wind = 17.85yd
170yd, 17mph wind = 16.86yd
160yd, 17mph wind = 15.87yd
150yd, 17mph wind = 14.87yd
140yd, 17mph wind = 13.88yd
130yd, 17mph wind = 12.85yd
120yd, 17mph wind = 11.9yd
110yd, 17mph wind = 10.91yd
100yd, 17mph wind = 9.91yd
90yd, 17mph wind = 8.92yd
80yd, 17mph wind = 7.93yd
70yd, 17mph wind = 6.93yd
60yd, 17mph wind = 5.95yd
50yd, 17mph wind = 4.96yd
40yd, 17mph wind = 3.96yd
30yd, 17mph wind = 2.97yd
20yd, 17mph wind = 1.98yd
10yd, 17mph wind = 0.98yd
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260yd, 20mph wind = 30.34yd
250yd, 20mph wind = 29.18yd
240yd, 20mph wind = 28yd
230yd, 20mph wind = 26.84yd
220yd, 20mph wind = 25.68yd
210yd, 20mph wind = 24.5yd
200yd, 20mph wind = 23.34yd
190yd, 20mph wind = 22.18yd
180yd, 20mph wind = 21yd
170yd, 20mph wind = 19.84yd
160yd, 20mph wind = 18.68yd
150yd, 20mph wind = 17.5yd
140yd, 20mph wind = 16.34yd
130yd, 20mph wind = 15.12yd
120yd, 20mph wind = 14yd
110yd, 20mph wind = 12.84yd
100yd, 20mph wind = 11.66yd
90yd, 20mph wind = 10.5yd
80yd, 20mph wind = 9.34yd
70yd, 20mph wind = 8.16yd
60yd, 20mph wind = 7yd
50yd, 20mph wind = 5.84yd
40yd, 20mph wind = 4.66yd
30yd, 20mph wind = 3.5yd
20yd, 20mph wind = 2.34yd
10yd, 20mph wind = 1.16yd
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