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Yardage Robbery

Sat, Jun 30 2012 12:37 AM (35 replies)
  • pb1711
    1,183 Posts
    Wed, Jun 27 2012 3:00 PM

    You got screwed, (on both) more so on the second shot though.

  • dflop
    1,877 Posts
    Wed, Jun 27 2012 3:20 PM

    Yep, sure did  !

  • thebigeasy707
    5,885 Posts
    Wed, Jun 27 2012 5:24 PM

    yupps we're getting shafted.

    in my 1st post you see 2 replays. both shots were dinged 240 yrds into 3mph wind with 1/8 bs.....both balls only go 228 yrds and into the water despite the fact that the green is even lower than the approach.

    so....................how come this following shot on the 2nd hole which is 231 yrds away with a +20 ft elevation and into a 17mph full in the face headwind.......and the ball still manages to fly 227 yrds in the air even though I only hit it around 236yrds to prove a point.

    236 yrds shot into a 17 mph headwind to a +20ft green goes 227 yrds

    and another......this ones travels 237 yrds with strong 16 mph crosswind pointing 4pm.

    http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=13d6443b-0450-4d9b-bb9a-a07e012196ee

    that's right......our shots aren't messed with when water hazards are in play eh? yeah right lol.

    Now try the same shots...but add a water hazard.

    240 yrd dinged 3wd's with 1/8 BS on a water hole will suddenly lose 10yrds of distance and only go 228 yrds.

    Robbery

    Pure Theft

     

     

    play the game WGT..

    tbe

     

  • andyson
    6,415 Posts
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 6:04 PM

    TBE, comparing the 3W tee shot on CCC #2 to the fairway shot on CCC #6 is apples and oranges and its not a fair comparison.  Using FBS Callaway Z L35 ball and the same R11 3W as you, I charted the carry distance this far:  Off the Fairway = 230 yds  Off a Tee = 246 yds.  The ball goes much further with 3W off a tee.

    OK , that being said I did my own research on the CCC # 6 fairway shot.  Using the WGT single hole facility I hit to the fairway on #6 then wedged to approximately the same spot on the fairway as you. 251 - 252 yds out.   I also managed to get slight headwinds.  I used a Nike L48 as you did.  Here's my replays:

    Full BS 100% 3W  into ~1.5 mph headwind gave 238yd carry

    No BS 100% 3W into ~ 2.5 mph headwind gave 229yd carry

    Obviously the ball carries farther with full backspin into a headwind.  Piztaker is right.

    I have no doubt you used just a bit of backspin.  When I compare the screen shots of the replay trajectories of your shot and my shots. Your shot trajectory is very close to my no spin trajectory.  It is much lower than the full back spin trajectory.

    You didn't use too much backspin.  If anything, you used too little backspin.  Try half or even 3/4 bs?

    Having hit several of those fairway shots this morning I did notice a propensity for the ball to be drawn to the water.  My ball finished right of where I aimed on the No BS shot and it had a r to l wind.

     

  • Richard4168
    4,309 Posts
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 7:21 PM

    Those are good references and I applaud your effort, but no one shot in this game is ever the same. The shot data will always be different in comparison.

  • thebigeasy707
    5,885 Posts
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 8:32 PM

    there is no getting away from it.

    3 wd hit 235 yrds into a 17mph full on headwind to a +20ft elevated green travels 227 yrds in the air but on #6 congressional( slightly -6ft elevated green).....into a 3mph wind, a 240 yrd shot only traveled 228 yrds on both shots.

    clubs only seem to under perform when there are water or weeds about. this is nothing new.

    no point trying to convince me i never got shafted.....3rd time i tried into a 5mph wind from same 3 yrds further back and ball sailed over the water. i measure in by pixels so know it was the same shot.

    ok so i got pumped....i'm over it....where's Bilko's gif when I need it :)

    tbe

  • Topcat488
    172 Posts
    Thu, Jun 28 2012 9:08 PM

    Just donate $25.00,  and get yourself back those loss balls, but remember,  he giveth with the right,  and taketh with the left... 

  • TigersTarts
    74 Posts
    Fri, Jun 29 2012 8:21 AM

    In reply to my earlier post. 

    http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=86f6889c-98e0-4373-8ea9-a07f00fb7bb6

    1 yard over to the left and you're next to the pin.

     

  • TurkishTerror
    2,177 Posts
    Fri, Jun 29 2012 9:55 AM

     

    Im imagining the guy is a hot girl and its my stick in her hand......

  • thebigeasy707
    5,885 Posts
    Fri, Jun 29 2012 5:58 PM

    rofl....

    coincidences?? here's another shot i saved from another player in Alt Shot match on the programmed ball eating hole AKA Cong #6...and it went exactly 228 yrds even though it should have cleared the pond.

    that's 3 approach shots....all went exactly 228 yrds into the water.....that's some coincidence.

    http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=599ac0e7-105f-45c6-81e5-a080000f0d4f

    edit........replay is all wrong lol

    tbe

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