YankeeJim:
drmoose: Feel free to tell me it's all in my head, but, I've been here long enough to know better.
Heh-I'm not about to tell you it's in your head because that's your perception.I will say I've been here long enough to have seen every new club set introduced and have never noticed any change in any set I ever bought. I had the R11's from the day they came out and saw many updates during that period. Not once did I ever see a performance change in them.
Perception is a valid consideration as it applies to one's game-it pretty much governs how you play. I have perceptions, too, and a lot of them come from reading about other's perceptions. The best example is the RGs. Gerald and Chris have me convinced they're rigged. LOL Whether or not they are, that's my perception and the biggest reason I don't play them. I consider myself ignorant for thinking this but it is what it is.
While the player's stats are rather dubious as they are, there are a few that do make sense when you look at a player's average. The scrambling and sand save %s say a lot and I'll leave it at that. ;-)
+1 YJ I will say the clubs have not changed at all. I'm still using the R11s i had forever, because i'm holding out on the Nikes yet..lol.
I will also say that these R11s are still very deadly. I think the problem many are having is the game play has changed a bit here and there.
The game now to me at least is harder to be consistent. Some games they are throwing a few curve balls..... and changing the green speed ever so slightly from hole to hole.
Now in those games i'm not going to shoot all that low..... but not going to make any bogeys.... just a poor round of pars. Then you have the rounds that no curves are thrown and greens are true. Hard to explain really..... but is fact.
For instance today i played in a threesome stroke play and shot 35,, which for me..... kinda pitiful. Nothing was going right distance and leaving putts just short of hole.
Next game.... play back nine and shoot 27 easy. Think averaged like 5.3 feet to hole.
Day or so ago i shot 34 on front nine at St. Ands....lol.... then post a 26 very next game in Merion back nine ready go.
Game play of late is a lil weird at times,,, you can called it what you want too. With all these new clubs and balls..... we get new variables. Not to mention we could have had a screw up here or there in a downtime.......never know.
As far as rigged goes......kinda.... touchy subject. Lets just say that it takes some skill to play this game well. After that...... sometimes left to the WGT gods.
Come......on...........7.........lol
Edit: Quick jog around Congo front nine in a threesome..... solid 27...nope clubs still work.