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What yardage would you play? (Some polls)

• hpurey 11,520 Posts

  Tue, Nov 24 2015 3:54 AM

  hpurey:

  JFidanza:

  gerryniswonger:

  Hpurey says  "So for me, an 8 mph wind in my face,  I'd almost disregard the wind"

  So are you saying to disregard a headwind of less than 10 mph?  In this case your calculation was almost perfect..

   

  I can't speak for hpurey but what I got from his response was that he factored in the extra distance from the Nike ball which he 'almost disregards the wind' because of that extra distance.

   

  That's pretty much it.   I start worrying about head wind over 10 mph.   Mostly due to not knowing the distance for each club with the extra distance ball.

  In my thinking,  the extra distance of the nike ball will counter the effects of 10mph headwind.  Then I just go by the rated distance of each club.

  Here's an example of what I was trying to say...

   

  180 club no spin into a 10-12 mph headwind.  Lands 179 and ends out at 180.

• hpurey 11,520 Posts

  Tue, Nov 24 2015 3:54 AM

  hpurey:

  JFidanza:

  gerryniswonger:

  Hpurey says  "So for me, an 8 mph wind in my face,  I'd almost disregard the wind"

  So are you saying to disregard a headwind of less than 10 mph?  In this case your calculation was almost perfect..

   

  I can't speak for hpurey but what I got from his response was that he factored in the extra distance from the Nike ball which he 'almost disregards the wind' because of that extra distance.

   

  That's pretty much it.   I start worrying about head wind over 10 mph.   Mostly due to not knowing the distance for each club with the extra distance ball.

  In my thinking,  the extra distance of the nike ball will counter the effects of 10mph headwind.  Then I just go by the rated distance of each club.

  Here's an example of what I was trying to say...

   

  180 club no spin into a 10-12 mph headwind.  Lands 179 and ends out at 180.

• andyson 6,415 Posts

  Tue, Nov 24 2015 5:55 AM

  I hope you normally pull the pin Hazen?  Nice shot!

  If I understand correctly that you ignore head wind below 10 mph with that ball and club combo, if the head wind had been only 5 mph wouldn't your shot have ended 3 or 4 yards more past the pin?

• hpurey 11,520 Posts

  Tue, Nov 24 2015 9:59 AM

  andyson:

  I hope you normally pull the pin Hazen?  Nice shot!

  I tend to pull the pin, but not often enough.  More so when it's a round that isn't just goofing around.

   

  andyson:

  If I understand correctly that you ignore head wind below 10 mph with that ball and club combo, if the head wind had been only 5 mph wouldn't your shot have ended 3 or 4 yards more past the pin?

  Regarding the 10 mph wind part,   I just don't add any extra distance to my shot for wind 10 mph or less.  If it's,  let's say  15mph,  then I'll account for the 5 mph in my shot.  In the replay I posted,  had it been 0mph wind, I'd expect my 180 with no spin to go 188'ish with the Nike ball.

   

  Think about it this way,  what will your club/ball combo do with no wind no spin and a dinged shot?  That there is what the club's rated distance should be.   I think a lot of the time, people will go by the clubs rated distance without considering the extra distance they get from the ball they use.  If my 180 club goes 188 with little to now wind and no spin,  I can't judge my shot based on WGT's listed distance for each club.

   

  It's not a for sure thing, but it's my way of thinking here.   I also think of the extra distance from a better ball when accounting for uphill elevation.   That seems to be a little more finicky though.

   

   

  *edit

  180 no spin dinged with 6-8mph at about 5:30 on the clock  only carried about 174 with L71 ball.   After a bunch of mulligans, the furthest it would carry was 176.  Weird, maybe the straight on head wind helps keep the ball in the air just a bit longer???

   

  That just might toss my theory out the window lol.