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Heavy Winds *^#@

• gerryniswonger 1,890 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2016 9:01 AM

  Here is why playing tournaments with heavy wind are no fun and make no sense.

  .http://www.wgt.com/replay.aspx?ID=54c51a49-af92-45bf-be56-a6c10111bbb3

  There is a 23 mph quartering wind.  I played for the shot to move 15 ft and dinged it.  THE BALL ENDED UP 40 TO THE RIGHT OF THE HOLE.  Which means the wind moved it 55 feet!

  How can this happen?  There is no logic to it!

• 11BC2 555 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2016 9:22 AM

  That PB hole has a tendency to stay left (weird hole).  So imo this means your aim must have been no where near enough.  You had 26-28 mph 45degree angle wind.  So 27*.707 = 19 yards aim left or 57feet.  Seems about right to me.

   

• ScottHope 10,607 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2016 9:23 AM

  I'm not brilliant at this game Gerry, but in my experience, dinging a shot into a crosswind is almost as bad as missing the ding on the leeward side. High spin clubs and balls exacerbate the problem.  : (

• lonnieskinner 1,677 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2016 9:36 AM

  Two guys above gave good advice.

• Vaibhav5viv 886 Posts

  Thu, Nov 17 2016 11:46 AM

  That seemed pretty much as expected. Nike Platinums ballooned it up and it kept drifting. Shot seemed to start inside the edge of the green, so not enough leeway.