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Are all tournaments created equal?

• Schlieffen99 225 Posts

  Sat, Feb 4 2017 4:04 AM

  Hi, been wondering about this for quite a while.

  I just played a couple of ready go's with strong winds and nearly all holes had the wind strongly against me. I got reasonable scores considering the difficulty but I wonder, do all the other players receive the exact same conditions as I received or is it just randomly given to each player?

  Appreciate any enlightenment with this one.
  

• Robert1893 7,722 Posts

  Sat, Feb 4 2017 8:43 AM

  My understanding is that conditions will vary from player to player. Sometimes, you benefit; other times, not so much.
  
  But to be clear: the variation is in direction of the wind. If it's a high-wind tournament, it's high winds for everyone, just not necessarily the same direction on each hole for everyone. 
  
  So it is random, except for the conditions that are not. ;-)  

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Sat, Feb 4 2017 7:35 PM

  Robert1893:

  My understanding is that conditions will vary from player to player. Sometimes, you benefit; other times, not so much.
  
  But to be clear: the variation is in direction of the wind. If it's a high-wind tournament, it's high winds for everyone, just not necessarily the same direction on each hole for everyone. 
  
  So it is random, except for the conditions that are not. ;-)  

  Spot on....and been a contentious issue for a long time....but highly unlikely it will change.