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Re: Feel Question

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Thu, Dec 8 2011 8:47 PM (6 replies)
  • bazkitcase5
    86 Posts
    Wed, Dec 7 2011 9:16 PM

    I used the Unlimited ball for the first month or so, figuring I didn't need to spend any credits on balls until I learned how to play the game properly.

    Lately, I have begun trying out the WGT GI-2 S balls, so I could get a slower meter and just a touch of spin, to help transition to the eventual use of the Callaway ball

    What I have noticed since I started using this ball is I do indeed get a slower meter, but only maybe 75% of the time.  Occasionally, it appears as though the meter goes its normal speed, as if I was still using the unlimited ball.

    I have tried my best to pay close attention to make sure it wasn't just me, but it is very noticeable on putts.  I used the unlimited ball for a lot of rounds, so I have a good feel for how fast the meter was and I am curious if anybody else has noticed this problem?

    Has anybody else noticed this problem with any of the other balls? 

  • piztaker
    5,743 Posts
    Thu, Dec 8 2011 7:42 AM

    Vapor has no effect whatsoever on the capabilities of the ball.

  • LeonDelBosque
    1,551 Posts
    Thu, Dec 8 2011 8:30 AM

    Could be that your clubs have different meter speeds. The ball feel affects the meter proportionally to the club meter. That is, a "fast" club will be slower, but still faster than a "slow" club. You may not have noticed a difference with a fast ball, but slowing down the meter has heightened the effect. (Many people swear by matching club meter speeds throughout their sets to avoid timing problems). You can check and compare club meter speeds in pro shop; there's a gauge that looks like a speedometer under each club. 

  • bazkitcase5
    86 Posts
    Thu, Dec 8 2011 12:35 PM

    thanks for the replies, but please give me a little more credit than that - I have the (+32) R11-PW club set and I'm well aware that my wedges have a faster meter

    I specifically noticed it with my putter meter, which should be the same speed. Sometimes the putter meter moves so slow that I find myself waiting for it to get there and sometimes catch myself clicking too early - other times, the putter meter seems standard speed and gets there really quickly in comparison

    I'm certainly not a very experienced player in regards to this game, but I'd like to say that I can notice the difference in meter speeds with the same putter.

  • SOYEL1
    698 Posts
    Thu, Dec 8 2011 3:26 PM

    This is my opinion:

     I think that happens with every ball, though some have faster meters. Pay attention to the break, if you are putting with a left to right break, your meter will probably be faster, and even more if you don't move the arrow, but will be slower when you move it far enough or if you don't move it at all and plan to click before to compensate for that break. I think it also has to do with the scale you are using and how much power you are using with that scale.

    If the putt breaks from right to left, you can probably notice that meter is slower and you probably ding when you need a push or not push it enough if you want because the meter seems to be dragging a train. The putters are hard to ding, and the way WGT used for making it harder to ding is that one. When you have a left to right wind you can expect the meter to go faster and you end up pushing the shot, but with wind in the other direction or straight it can behave "normally". But in some cases, if you move the arrow close to a hazard, you can find that the meter does things differently. Say you aim close to the rough on the left and have a left wind, you expect the meter yo be faster as I said before... but nooooooooo.... it went at a normal or seemingly slower speed and you pull it and hit that rough anyway. With faster meters, left wind, you try to click before and sometimes you can't even get a ding, but a push. Next time, then you try to hit before, and you get a pull bigger than California. 

    These is what I think about the meter, it's all in the code. Maybe your best choice is to let the meter run before clicking to see how it will react and then take the shot. I may be wrong but this has helped me a lot and I get a respectable 89% GIR... but I could still be wrong.

  • LeonDelBosque
    1,551 Posts
    Thu, Dec 8 2011 8:47 PM

    bazkitcase5:

    thanks for the replies, but please give me a little more credit than that - I have the (+32) R11-PW club set and I'm well aware that my wedges have a faster meter

    I specifically noticed it with my putter meter, which should be the same speed. Sometimes the putter meter moves so slow that I find myself waiting for it to get there and sometimes catch myself clicking too early - other times, the putter meter seems standard speed and gets there really quickly in comparison

    I'm certainly not a very experienced player in regards to this game, but I'd like to say that I can notice the difference in meter speeds with the same putter.

    I didn't look at your equipment, and I've never noticed this before, with lots of different clubs and balls... Soyel seems to have this all figured, but if it happened to me I would use a stopwatch in practice and try to figure out a pattern. btw, there's another active thread on this

     

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