Solarflares:
The organic process of mentally calculating a shot - this connects the player to the experience fully. This helps in the execution of the shot itself.
To delegate this process to one of inputting numbers into a side-program - this takes away responsibility and breaks the mental-flow.
I'm taking it your a true golfer? Perhaps you might be a gaming (this game) Golf purist then? I don't connect with anything you said here. Even when playing high end PC games with beautiful graphics potential, especially when played on Ultra settings to make every single person, gun, tree, tile, tower, tank, windows, etc..... look amazing I always pass.
I will throw on the lowest graphics settings (except for a few important ones) to ensure lowest latency, no lag, and in general, ensure my game is maximized for optimal performance. That's what it's all about in all games anyways, maximizing your bottom line and performing to your potential via Streamlining, Execution, and Results.
Inputting numbers into a calculator is nothing more than doing math quicker. That's it. It has nothing to do with depth, scratching surfaces, or responsibility/character (like zero - both these make no sense to me).
So I'm just a bit confused how entering a few numbers into a calculator
will have a detrimental impact on my Character and Personal
Accountability (responsibility)?
So when it comes to calculators it seems most people either love them (performance driven), or hate them (purist and prefer more to take in the experience). Still don't get the hate for them. Pro-golfers have caddies with insane course knowledge, to include perfect mappings/yardages from almost anywhere on every single hole.