I played in an uneven lies best of par 5 the other day. I shot a 16 under par round and felt that I had just about done as well as I could do. Got a couple of longish putts, got myself out of trouble well etc. When the game result was posted in my profile I was pleased to see that I was lying in 2nd place.
When the final list was posted I finished in 13th place. The winner shot an almost impossible to believe 22 under par which is a pretty good result for a normal best of par 5s round. The problem with these tournaments is that people have too much time to play their round. Maybe they have another profile which they can use to check out the shots. They can use their charts, historical data etc etc.
A solution would be for WGT to limit the time allowed for the round. Professional golfers get penalized for slow play and it would be quite easy to program a limit. I would program at 90 seconds per shot. A par 5 best of for example would be 7 and a half minutes per hole, par 4, 6 minutes per hole etc. A par 4 tournament, allowing the full 90 seconds per hole would make a total of 1 hour 48 minutes. Some shots only take 10/15 seconds, players get birdies, eagles etc so reduce the total time allowed to finish 18 holes to 1 hour for example.
The player can see in the corner of the screen his total time ticking down. If they go over the 1 hour limit, they are penalized 1 dropped shot per 1 minute over. It would hopefully cut out some of these ridiculous low scores and even it up for everyone involved. I´m not suggesting that they have to start and finish their round in the same session, they can leave and come back and the elapsed time would stop during their absence. Just my penny´s worth.