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Re: Suggested Rule/Programming Amendments

Sat, Mar 21 2020 3:19 PM (8 replies)
  • Tony08888
    639 Posts
    Tue, Mar 17 2020 6:08 AM

     

    1.    A ball hit into the rough should be automatically placed in the fairway at a point equal to the distance it carried or rolled in the rough. Such veering right or left frequently results from the VEM’s interpretation of friction between the face of the club and the cover of the ball. The player should not be penalized for erratic behavior of the ball resulting from a perceived uncontrollable mechanical phenomenon.


    2.    A ball hitting a tree should be deemed not to have hit the tree. Hitting a tree is simply bad luck and has no place in a computerized game. The game should estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and place the ball on the fairway from there. 100’ wide fairways seem easy to miss, while a 2’ wide tree is hit 95% of the time a ball travels in its general direction. The trees in the game should be for athletics only.


    3.    There shall be no such thing as a lost ball. The missing ball is on or near the course somewhere and eventually will be found by WGT and recycled back to the Proshop for another player to buy. It thus becomes a stolen ball, and the player should not compound the stealing of a ball by being charged a penalty stroke.


    4.    If a putt passes over the hole without dropping, it is deemed to have dropped. The law of gravity holds that any object attempting to maintain a position in the atmosphere without something to support it must drop. The law of gravity supersedes the law of golf.


    5.    Same thing for a ball that stops on the brink of the hole and hangs there, defying gravity. You cannot defy the law. Same thing goes for a ball that rims the cup. A ball should not go sideways. This violates the law of physics.


    6.    A putt that stops close enough to inspire such comments as "You can blow it in" may be virtually blown in (some programming will be required here for the avatar to kneel and blow). This rule should not apply if the ball is more than three inches from the hole, because no one wants to make a travesty of the game.

     

  • MarchieB
    1,530 Posts
    Tue, Mar 17 2020 6:46 AM

    + 1,000,000,000   🤣😂🤣

    Spot on Tony!!!

    WGT should implement this immediately but with one “slight “ change.  In order to get all these benefits you must purchase a complete set of special clubs...

    Introducing the NEW - WGT Ultimate GOAT Performance Club Set !! 

     

     

  • Tony08888
    639 Posts
    Tue, Mar 17 2020 7:25 AM

  • alosso
    21,070 Posts
    Wed, Mar 18 2020 3:13 AM

    7.  One-click HIO - every shot should hit the hole, regardless of the distance.

    8.  Free money for everyone - double for you.

    to be continued...

  • Gogreen99
    9 Posts
    Wed, Mar 18 2020 12:26 PM

    Don't play real golf with me. You'd be frustrated. :)

  • callaghan159
    6,351 Posts
    Wed, Mar 18 2020 6:23 PM

    Tony08888:
    You cannot defy the law.


    You defied the law by escaping your cage. lmao

  • LEDzZzEPP
    501 Posts
    Wed, Mar 18 2020 7:15 PM

    Tony08888:

    You cannot defy the law. 

    ohhhh they ''can''... :)

    http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=7868bd1f-349d-46ec-9b95-a97001778fb8

     

    Anyway, the only ''real'' in this game are the environment..

    If you really want a game to ''simulate'' Golf, two choices: Links2003 & TGC19

  • callaghan159
    6,351 Posts
    Thu, Mar 19 2020 3:24 AM

    LEDzZzEPP:
    If you really want a game to ''simulate'' Golf, two choices: Links2003 & TGC19


    Thanks for the tip. Cheers

  • Dad2147
    1,745 Posts
    Sat, Mar 21 2020 3:19 PM

    Found It!!!

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