neildiamond11790:
Are people saying that from 36yds off the green in real life they wouldn't hit a club with a 40% swing? Which would be like taking a full swing but stopping at your waist then following though? No, no golfer would do that. They might hit a little punch, but not a full swing @ 40%.
This game is trying to be realistic people, but its a game, some things are not possible or lets say not predictable. I have shots in my real game that no computer program can copy. I have a throw wedge, kind of like a knuckled trapped punch shot. Most people in real life from the OP's descripted shot, would probably opted for a different shot then a full swing.
Excellent post "neil"!
I think it's hard for beginners here to understand that the swing meter has a given "power" that can't be "boosted" like someone might do with a club IRL. Sure... there's been many times IRL when we've used a club the way the OP has described, and neil has further expounded upon... but to play such shots requires swinging the club faster than normal - something that can't be accomplished here simply by changing swing styles (full, punch, etc..)... at least not effectively.
IRL, I have a 5iron shot that I use frequently around the greens... closed-down for a sorta "lofted putter" from a burned-out fringe or hard dirt lie where a chip with a wedge would be too risky... haven't got it to work consistently here in the game, however, and actually didn't think I would.
Public courses often necessitate the "invention" of shots like these... maybe that's why, at our local courses, I always hear the word "Mother...!" being screamed so much. : ]