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Any calculation for playing in wind?

• 1,148 Posts

  Thu, Oct 31 2013 2:03 PM

  I use r11 and wgt ball. 

  Need soem calculation on how much to hit in wind.  Top players consistently hit them straight whether ist 20mph wind or 10mph wind.

  So there must be a way to  hit them straight. What is it?.

  I move the marker some time..sometime draw or fade..its all erratic results.

• Chinajohn 1,190 Posts

  Thu, Oct 31 2013 7:45 PM

  alexk345:

  I use r11 and wgt ball. 

  Need soem calculation on how much to hit in wind.  Top players consistently hit them straight whether ist 20mph wind or 10mph wind.

  So there must be a way to  hit them straight. What is it?.

  I move the marker some time..sometime draw or fade..its all erratic results.

  From the position of the golfer, i.e. the camera position where your addressing the ball, the aim box is 10mph wide, so move that across the to allow for offset wind. If it's a long way away use the flash zoom i.e. right click and then select 'zoom in' and you can get closer but maintain the correct ratio.

• siggipj76 2,989 Posts

  Thu, Oct 31 2013 7:59 PM

  I also hit them straight no matter how much wind there is. if there is side wind then that is somethinge else.

  0.33 and 0.66 wind is helpful and helps me

  and even then I look and play by feel and think + - some

  for me 200 yards and wind is 100% so 1oo yard shot is only 50 % and so forth , sure there are more accurate guys and galls out there, but works for me.

   

   

   

• lonniescott711 4,204 Posts

  Thu, Oct 31 2013 8:03 PM

  Since the wind factor is iffy , I always play it about half of what it shows . By that I mean if it says 10 mph , I will play it as 5 . If its 5 , I play it half of that . The only exceptions , are if it shows 3 mph or less . By playing it this way , I am only off by half the distance . :-)

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Oct 31 2013 9:57 PM

  For 90° cross winds I use 1 foot for each 1 mph of wind.

  If the flag stick is 142 yards away with a 5 mph 90° cross wind:

  5 x 1.42 = 7.1 feet  -  I want to move the aim point against the wind.

  If the flag stick is 97 yards away with a 20 mph 90° cross wind:

  20 x .97 = 19.4 feet  -  I want to move the aim point against the wind.

  The Aim box size is not consistent. It varies with some camera views.

  What is consistent, regardless which camera view is used, is the putting green break grid  indicator used from off the green with Pitch or Chip as the selected *** type.

  The grid is 20 yards wide, and centered on the aim point. So the aim point is centered 10 feet from each edge of the grid.

  For 45° diagonal cross winds I use a factor of 0.7 feet for each 1 mph of diagonal wind.

  If the flag stick is 142 yards away with a 5 mph 45° cross wind:

  5 x 0.7 x 1.42 = 4.97 feet  -  I want to move the aim point against the wind.

  If the flag stick is 97 yards away with a 20 mph 45° cross wind:

  20 x .07 x .97 = 13.58 feet  -  I want to move the aim point against the wind.

  For less than 45° cross winds I use a factor of 0.6 to 0.4 feet for each 1 mph of wind.

  These calculations are only about the line of the shot line, and don't take how diagonal winds, elevation changes, ball spin, and club trajectory shapes will effect the distance of a shot.

  Also don't forget to account for the slope of the green where you intend the ball to land.

  When a ball lands on the green it usually bounces in the direction the wind is blowing. So you have to add a bit more aim point offset to account for that.

  The goal is to keep your approach shots inside 10 feet of the pin