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Wind gusts and realism

• bubbadork 984 Posts

  Sat, Sep 29 2012 9:04 AM

  I'm not against it.  I'll have some worse shots, but I can adapt.   Sixteen gusting to 25 could be tolerable.  Sixteen gusting to 50 defies any concept of reality.

  If one adjusts the triangle on the small inset map 1/2 width and the ball deviates 2 1/2 widths, that's worse than a WTF deviation.  That's ridiculous.

  That's presuming, of course, that my initial judgement was somewhere in the ballpark.  I think my performance figures will indicate that I'm not prone to missing an adjustment by 75 yards, sideways, from the tee.  Just sayin'.

  We've beat the disconnect issue to death, and we've beat the equipment-by-tier issue to death.  Let's pound on the gust issue a bit.  

  Incidentally, no way will I believe it hasn't changed recently, that it's always been there to this extent.

  On this issue I'm definitely laying aside my position as a WGT supporter and explainer and moving into the whiner camp.

• 9,041 Posts

  Sat, Sep 29 2012 1:36 PM

  bubbadork:

  We've beat the disconnect issue to death, and we've beat the equipment-by-tier issue to death.  Let's pound on the gust issue a bit.

  But where did that get us ??............Andy  ps: ya Pic reminds me of Barry Gibb...

• bubbadork 984 Posts

  Sat, Sep 29 2012 4:11 PM

  B.G., huh?  My daughter will be thrilled.  She thought she was posing with her ol' Dad.

  

• opyeuclid 6,710 Posts

  Sat, Sep 29 2012 4:21 PM

  Mr Dork Sir ..

    I think you need to get that " Large putter " guy  and let him do some " Test,s ".

  My name is OPY and I am a forum troll .

• bubbadork 984 Posts

  Sat, Sep 29 2012 4:43 PM

  I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a sharp stick, Opy. ;-)

• Choppography 2,166 Posts

  Sat, Sep 29 2012 7:08 PM

  On this issue I'm definitely laying aside my position as a WGT supporter and explainer and moving into the whiner camp.

  I waver back and forth.  But, I'm with you here.  I believe, like uneven lies, the pendulum has swung a bit far the other way and needs to come back a little.  Not a lot.....a little.

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Sat, Sep 29 2012 8:42 PM

  The wind max on here is 31MPH. 

• TGor 313 Posts

  Sat, Sep 29 2012 11:47 PM

    Someone once told me that this game has "hills and valleys". He was referring to anyones given game-play at any particular time. We all encounter this. I wonder if we can read the wind "gusts" as being minimal inside the valley and extreme during the "hill". Just thinking on the keyboard. 

  P.S. Congrats on reaching legend tier Mr. bubbadork.

  Tony