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Re: bye bye ball in the water

• whooshdangit 1,246 Posts

  Thu, Dec 6 2018 3:02 PM

  Hi

  el3n1:

  To me, this shows WGT is capable of acknowledging some weird or odd things can occur that may not be reflective of normal game play.  While it doesn't get those strokes back I lost, at least I am not out the lost ball as well. 

  Thank You WGT CS for listening and your prompt reply.

  I agree, 100% . I'd first like to say though, out all of those balls that I've washed only four or five were my fault!

  Yeah right! It was going in the hole, no doubt about it, 'till I hit it. . .

  Which brings me back to the original post, we all love those WGT WTF moments. I have many, the one I really wanted though was a full blooded Big Bertha launch which came down almost vertically onto one of those plates at KIawah. I couldn't see through the tears, but apparently it was nearing 470yds and still climbing as it went OOB.

  Very rarely have I seen a ball washed because of a random WTF WGT "event" . Most of mine have been poor maths, very poor maths, over confidence, plain stupidity and bad maths. "I hit, therefore I am" . Never have I thought of contacting CS because of a 100% H2O incident. A rant would come over even worse. As I said, I've been washing fewer of late, are my maths getting better? Who can say, I've just stopped hitting balls into the stuff. That seems to be the easiest solution to the problem.

  Rich I am, though only in name. I do have a sense of humour though, which is priceless. You have to be able to laugh at yourself after washing one through bad maths, finger flatulence or whatever. The original OP was up in arms after washing what looked to be his first, well multiply that anguish by 176. or nine hundred and something or whatever. . .  the ball is wet, we move on. Doesn't mean it didn't hurt, we made a mistake and paid. It's how you deal with it that makes the difference.

  Cheers!

  Rich

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Thu, Dec 6 2018 10:26 PM

  johnaland:

  A free ball [...] does not replace an expensive bought ball does it?

  Your choice: Take less expensive balls => pay less green fee!

  And, BTW, you only buy a license with termination conditions attached for the balls: No. of hits or loss of ball.

  johnaland:

  shady 'let's grab a bit more of their cash' practice

  Nope: It's capitalism, and it's a deal which you agreed to.

  You don't have the power to re-assess the balls, but you have the power to change the deal: Buy less expensive balls, or don't buy any.

  It's a free country - have fun!

• TyMacni 1,573 Posts

  Fri, Dec 7 2018 10:00 AM

  hpurey:

  What happens if I run out of balls during a round?

  When you reach the hit limit for the ball you are using it will be replaced automatically with a new ball of the same type and color. If you do not have any more of the ball type and color in your inventory then the Basic ball will be inserted.....

  What happens if I lose a ball Out of Bounds or in a Water Hazard?

  If you hit a ball OB or into a Water Hazard that ball will be removed and will be replaced with a new ball of the same type and color if you have one. If not, it will be replaced with the Basic ball.

   

  Hello All,

  I am a Laptop only player. When I have been in the above positions the Starter Ball was not automatically inserted. I was given the option to Purchase a sleeve of the same balls with which I started. I purchased them, and they were immediately equipped for continued play.

  Does the no option insert, in quote above, apply to Mobile Play ? 

  Just curious,

     TyMacni

   

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Fri, Dec 7 2018 11:05 AM

  TyMacni:

  Hello All,

  I am a Laptop only player. When I have been in the above positions the Starter Ball was not automatically inserted. I was given the option to Purchase a sleeve of the same balls with which I started. I purchased them, and they were immediately equipped for continued play.

  Does the no option insert, in quote above, apply to Mobile Play ? 

  Just curious,

     TyMacni 

  Yes, that option is also available on the mobile platform. 

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Fri, Dec 7 2018 2:11 PM

  quadrock123:

  Example, on hole#17 at Kiawah, you go in the water, they put the ball in the weeds at the edge of the tee. So not fair. Any one know of a reason for this anomaly?

  A weakness of the game: "drop areas". They are quite random, partly unfortunate to bad, partly illegal by the RoG.

  el3n1:

  I am with you on this aspect.  I have even tried to hit out backwards back onto the tee box to avoid losing another ball because there is no way to hit forward over the water that I know of.  It wouldn't even let me hit a wedge out of the junk back onto the tee box, so I WD just not worth losing more balls.

  Another option may be to max out on said hole with a putter. You might not lose a ball, but it may take 15 strokes off your ball and the round's score will be ruined - probably better to quit.

• DonCaron 5,502 Posts

  Fri, Dec 7 2018 2:20 PM

  alosso:

  ?A weakness of the game: "drop areas". They are quite random, partly unfortunate to bad, partly illegal by the RoG.

   

  Kiawah #17 comes to mind in Drop areas. Quadrock is right on

• HackWilson1930 1,437 Posts

  Sat, Dec 8 2018 5:49 AM

  There are numerous drop areas that one would not encounter in real golf. These are dependent on where the ball crossed into the hazard area. Congressional #11 has some interesting ones.

  But what I find strange is that on St Andrews #1 it is possible to end up with an unplayable lie against the short wall along the burn. WGT says that you get a free drop and you get to continue the game without penalty. The drop area is right on the edge where the ball came to rest.

  I have found that burn several times and have managed to roll off the green and into the burn once that I remember. But only one time have I gotten that free drop because of an unplayable lie.

• TyMacni 1,573 Posts

  Sat, Dec 8 2018 12:33 PM

  A few months ago I experienced my first free drop in my time with WGT. Frankly, until that point  I did not know they existed. It was on Royal Saint George's, facing The Suez Canal. For the Heck-of- It I tried to land the fairway and roll across the bridge. I came close, but part way across the bridge my ball went off the edge. Imagine my surprise when I saw I was receiving a Free Drop. Upon looking at the replay I saw that while the ball did go into the Canal, it did not go into the water.

• alosso 21,070 Posts

  Sun, Dec 9 2018 12:21 AM

  I haven't come across this one, but there's two more issues in that area.

  STA #17, if you hit far right of the green, it says, "GUR", which should give you a free drop in that area. Alas, you end up shooting from the fairway (?last position?) with a penalty shot.

  On STA #18, the road crossing the FW is part of the course according to real life local rules, but you get a GUR relief when hitting it in the game.

  One more:

  CCC #10, the "dropping zones" when hitting the water are different from the different tees. Some repeat from the tee, as a reasonable golfer would proceed, and some are closer to the hole, from less favourable lies.

  You named CCC #11 already, and CCC #6 also poses some ???

  Alas, these may stem from "easy solutions" sought by the programmers in the early days, and I deem them to have minor relevance, as the conditions apply to all players alike.