DAZZA501:Some will say the uneven lies are a bit severe with what way the ball go's but if it brings the scores up then that can't be a bad thing.
Doubt its any good when on Merion 7 when you have to use your wood to find a decent lie, and even then you have to aim right of bunker to get near the green, or on 12 where although you have a nice fairway but moderate dots you have to aim at left side of green and 180 iron only travels 140 yards. The severity of lies doesn't match the fairway your striking from, fair enough if you were in rough, maybe have to aim way off the pin, but a lovely cut fairway??/ And having to use 25 yard pitch shot just to get on green from 10 yards is a bit over the top. Chip[ shots are useless with the current uneven lies, they dont travel more than 3 yards! The only way scores are lifted because the game's disjointed because Its impossible to work out a shot if you have 17 mph wind and fast moving dots you just hit & hope. Take my approach on 5, 18 mph right to left wind, right to left lie, i aimed as far right as i could on the screen yet ball still flew off the green left. although i was -6 at the 13th, i withdrew after my 135 iron went into bunker behind green in 17 mph HEADWIND. saved replay for my own amusement. (By the way, Merion 13 is either 130 yards, not 134, or there's a downslope which is not indicated)
Yes, uneven lies might be a good format for one tournament now and again, but they still need a lot of work smoothing out or softening up, especially short game. Do any one from WGT actually play these uneven lies??? You can tell by the $5 Cabo ready go what most players think about uneven lies & the poor turn out in this tournament. Only a handful of players actually play them (although they've grown a bit on me, I still think there's a lot of work to be done)