DodgyPutter:
I did ask on another thread how many shots folk think it may be worth FarFoo posted:
pre 'magic' putter
10.08.14 Cabo del Sol Full 18 Ready Go Full 18 All Players 57
10.09.14 Cabo del Sol Full 18 Ready Go Full 18 All Players 55
10.11.14 Cabo del Sol Full 18 Ready Go Full 18 All Players 56
10.12.14 Cabo del Sol Full 18 Ready Go Full 18 All Players 55
post 'magic' putter
10.14.14 Cabo del Sol Full 18 Ready Go Full 18 All Players 51
10.16.14 Cabo del Sol Full 18 Ready Go Full 18 All Players 52
Not at all scientific I know, I tried to expand it and his scores continued 54, 54, 53, 53, 55, 53 and 54 until that tournament ended.
Overall an average of 55.75 pre putter and 53.22 after getting it.
There are obviously other factors; getting used to a tournament may be partly responsible for scores dropping but I would also expect him to get a little better with the putter as he gets used to it.
I will not even attempt a more scientific analyses of that as it is too small a snap shot as you basically said. Nonetheless it is very interesting, and at the least serves to help emphasise the extreme folly of this ill thought out CC Clash / Event Crap, even if it turns out not that big a deal in the long run in actuality, Percetion will always be huge and it will only ever be discussed in a bad way, not as WGT wish many chasing the fleece. I wonder if these guys could run a bath or organise a pi$$ up in a brewery.
Months in the planning, and money / time utterly wasted there and on any reworking / scraping. I can only guess it's still being pushed because of arrogance or some equally ill contrived short term bonus scheme for the manager, a bit like the ones that helped cause bankers to cause the GFC. Little knowledge of long term repercussions or the business as whole, and frankly and more importantly no need as they will be gone with their short term bonus determination long before it possibly implodes. Guessing, but so ill contrived got to be something whacko causing the nonsense, and it can't possibly be a business person with a long term caring goal that has an understanding of the business.
I would like to see this place flourish, and have many constructive opinions elsewhere as this is really, but this whole nonsense is eroding a serious part of the foundation.
Obviously I will have no part of this debacle, and am quite glad that the CC I am in is not supporting it as a CC even though members are free to choose, which I also personally support.
EDIT: I do want to add that this is in no way a personal attack on the mods, and I would not want their job for quids here. I do very strongly feel this whole thing is a bad thing for the game though, and so am being constructive not negative in that light.