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Sun, Apr 9 2017 9:04 AM (39 replies)
  • Stryder1261
    931 Posts
    Sun, May 19 2013 1:31 PM

    Don't trust the caddy or the approximations, they are both always incorrect and as its a money grab for WGT on your balls !

  • FBudd
    208 Posts
    Sun, May 19 2013 3:56 PM

    Interesting ICON, everyone in this thread says the caddy will almost always give you the wrong club selection, and you say the caddy follows very specific rules for club selection... deducing these 2 facts would it not be reasonable to assume WGT has intentionally designed the caddy to give you clubs that will aid in the creation of bad shots and thus missed balls? OR are you guys just really bad at club selection??

  • MBaggese
    15,367 Posts
    Sun, May 19 2013 9:57 PM

    FBudd:
    ust wondering why on hole #2 on Kiawah, i end up in 30% lie from a miss hit drive.. the game gives me my fairway driver as the default club to use..

     

    Well...mis hit drives will get you in trouble...be happy for the 30 lie;)

     

    Now, no way the game gave you a driver...you bumped the mouse wheel, or selected the club inadvertently.

     

      It may have given you a wood, which (depending on your clubs) can be punched nicely from the rough.

     

     

  • YankeeJim
    25,827 Posts
    Sun, May 19 2013 10:01 PM

    FBudd:

    Interesting ICON, everyone in this thread says the caddy will almost always give you the wrong club selection, and you say the caddy follows very specific rules for club selection... deducing these 2 facts would it not be reasonable to assume WGT has intentionally designed the caddy to give you clubs that will aid in the creation of bad shots and thus missed balls? OR are you guys just really bad at club selection??

    None of the above. Anyone blaming the caddie for a poor game has no game.

    The clubs are selected purely by the numbers, rounded up. You have a 100 yard wedge and get to 101 out, you get the next club up, not the 100 you would use.  Pay attention to the game, not the caddie.

  • WGTicon
    12,511 Posts
    Sun, May 19 2013 10:13 PM

    renniw52:

    Well put ICON, the caddies follow the rules you have for them. OH MY. I have not used a WGT caddy for that exact reason. LOL. Way too many lost balls.

    FBudd:

    Interesting ICON, everyone in this thread says the caddy will almost always give you the wrong club selection, and you say the caddy follows very specific rules for club selection... deducing these 2 facts would it not be reasonable to assume WGT has intentionally designed the caddy to give you clubs that will aid in the creation of bad shots and thus missed balls? OR are you guys just really bad at club selection??

    Yes, I figured I should try to clarify before tinfoil stock prices go up.

    I don't have all the rules caddy's have memorized but here are few of them:

    Let's assume you have 142 yards to the hole and your partner has 146 yards. And you both have head wind.

     

    99% of the time both of you will hit 165 club (if you have 150, 165 club) but caddy will give you different clubs based on the rule we have for it.

    the rule is simple: if distance is = or < 5 yards then you get club up, if it's > then next club. Therefore, person with 142 to the hole will get 150 club while one with 146 gets 165.

    Situation also gets complicated from rough and fridge and I don't know all the rules there but suffice to say they are a bit more complex.

    This also explains why you get drive on certain long par 3's that play downhill and you often hit 4i instead of driver.

    My point is, always adjust your clubs and never assume that what caddy gives u is correct.

  • FBudd
    208 Posts
    Sun, May 19 2013 10:40 PM

    Thats all well and good, the part i am questioning is the part that you find too difficult to explain, club selection in the rough.. why would you have any equation at ALL that selects a fairway driver when in 30-40% lie? Knowing full well that it will not work that is..

  • MBaggese
    15,367 Posts
    Sun, May 19 2013 11:42 PM

    Ya'll know Icon get a free burger for every 25 lost balls, right?

     

    That's why he always tries to keep his finger on the button when you play.  I've found that by playing between 3am and 5am, when Icon is snoozing, I never loose a ball.

     

    Man's gotta eat.

  • Boomerboy44
    1,514 Posts
    Mon, May 20 2013 7:01 AM

    If he is getting a burger for 25 lost balls he can afford to feed WGT NATION.  lmao..!!

  • jld51
    406 Posts
    Mon, May 20 2013 7:04 AM

    YankeeJim:
    The clubs are selected purely by the numbers, rounded up. You have a 100 yard wedge and get to 101 out, you get the next club up, not the 100 you would use.  Pay attention to the game, not the caddie.

    +1 if the caddie said jump over the cliff would you no,if the the wife says dont go down the pub do i take that  advice  no. as said Pay attention to the game,

  • mara43
    1,674 Posts
    Mon, May 20 2013 7:33 AM

    YankeeJim:
    Pay attention to the game, not the caddie.

    +1 

    @ OP......while playing real golf do you not look in your golf bag when selecting the club you wish to hit or do you just stare ahead & grab a club on the blind........

    :-)

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