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Aim marker and trail

• oneeyedjohn 9,589 Posts

  Wed, Dec 12 2012 1:19 PM

  In this picture u can see the trail is like a huge arrowhead, but it is not the correct aim because there is a 1/4'ing wind from 10 o'clock.

  

   

  I was wondering why it displays like this as I find it very tempting to hit on this line, but as I say it would be wrong with a 17mph wind coming from the left.

• ksinfield 310 Posts

  Thu, Dec 13 2012 7:01 AM

  it displays an as the crow flies path to the pin.

  it doesnt take into account bunkers,water,weeds,rough or THE WIND

• gr8flbob 592 Posts

  Thu, Dec 13 2012 3:37 PM

  what ks said -^^

  That particular view - where the aim arc seems to emanate from your own point of view - occurs when the aim arc intersects the game's POV zoom camera.

  As an aside, one could actually leave that aiming point alone and put the ball down safe on the dance floor. At the sacrifice  of 5 - 10 yds less than normal distance: instead of hitting the ding line, hit way early - at what I call the 'dang' line, the divider between light blue and dark blue left of the ding line. Hitting the dang line will compensate for a 20 mph cross-wind - and that's close enough to the 17mph in 1eye's example.

• oneeyedjohn 9,589 Posts

  Mon, Dec 17 2012 10:05 PM

  Yeah Bob, that's how I used to play crosswind , but I changed a while ago as I didn't like the loss of distance. I now prefer to use the wind and let the ball float back with its' assistance , thereby getting a longer run out.

  Also a longer hang time is good.

  Thanks for explaining my question ^^

• gr8flbob 592 Posts

  Wed, Dec 19 2012 7:39 AM

  oneeyedjohn:

  Yeah Bob, that's how I used to play crosswind , but I changed a while ago as I didn't like the loss of distance. I now prefer to use the wind and let the ball float back with its' assistance , thereby getting a longer run out.

  Also a longer hang time is good.

  Thanks for explaining my question ^^

  It's situational, John, ain't it? I agree with your preference, for the kind of shot shown in OP. 

  However, there are situations on some courses with trees or other vertical obstacles (Oly, CCC, BPB courses notably) where your method may not be practical with some shots in adverse winds. Like the dreaded left side trees on Oly 16, in a strong left-->right wind. 

  So I believe it's good to have alternative shots available if needed, at the penalty of reduced yardage, and landing it in short grass with a likelihood of saving par or better.