fitzroy1965:
Seen many posts on the dreaded v.e.m with regards to iron/approach shots etc. Although many posters here swear wgt does apply vem sometimes when taking putts, I have never seen an official confirmation or denial of this by any wgt moderator. Myself recently had a round in a RG where a few putts OBVIOUSLY took a totally different line to were I had set the aimer and I did hit the ding. Please, could a moderator confirm or deny this once and for all?? Also would appreciate some tour legends opinions on this. thxs all.
I don't think they'll ever admit to it, because admitting to it
might bring up the question of fraud, since there's money involved,
in RG's and other premium tournies.
I too wrote about occasions when the ball takes a different line
than the one I select (not talking about where the ball necessarily ends up
but rather where it starts off). it doesn't happen much on the greens,
but it will happen on driving and iron shots, best time to see it
is when you play the no wind tournies and ding it flawlessly,
only to see the ball land 7 yards to the side of the cup,
it's a known thing, some prefer to dismiss the very idea and blame it on you,
others (like myself) have learned to live with it, and accept it for what it is.
the idea is to try and prevent scores from getting too low,
but the execution is often flawed and unfair, but it is what it is,
best advice is to ignore it and move on since getting upset won't change a thing.