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Can clubs wear out?

• bigdaddie1 2,694 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 1:38 PM

  The last three days I have played every course on WGT with the same result. All of ( at least 95% ) my shots are going 10 to 20 yards short of projected yardage. Even the wedges are 5 to 10 yards short. This is tournament paid tournament and freebies.

  I play Tour W wedges and Master G10 clubs. What the hell is wrong here. A 270 yd G10 driver into a 4mph wind dose not sit at 240 and roll to 251 under normal conditions. A 105 yd wedge that sticks at 93yds with an 8mph crosswind, a 210 yd 3 iron that has not made more that 172 yds in the last three days. There are to many examples to list.

  I have played these clubs since September of last year with no issues other than bad hits. These shots are mostly dings, or 1/16th" to 1/8"  misses on either side. I even tried starter balls and 10 cent balls with the same results.

  Any advise or reasonable answers would be appreciated. Please do not post condescending statements. I have played this game for almost two years, and I am well aware of the Beast, VEM and all other issues WGT can throw at us. This is a legitiment concerne, not a complaint.

  TKS

   

• Sanco 1,345 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 2:11 PM

  Hi BD

  Clubs do not wear out as far as I know.  What can happen, however, is that your game settings get garbled when big changes are made by WGT. I may suggest you try clearing the flash cache online and also that of your browser and see whether that fixes it. Failing that post again for an insight from Icon.

  I must say though that some time clubs are strange. For example, I have a cleveland 100 yarder that goes way further than that; today  I needed 93 yards with 8mph wind on my avatar's face, and knowing the issues with distances I am having with that club I shot what I strongly believe should have been around 90 at the most and got 98 yards out of it... C'est WGT...

• bigdaddie1 2,694 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 2:21 PM

  Thanks Sanco

  I did clear the flash cache and browser after the update, but still have the same issue.

  I also have seen your issue with 10 to 15 yards extra into the wind.

  BD

• SeniorLandman 19 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 3:38 PM

  I am not getting the range out of my clubs anymore either, hope it gets fixed.

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 9:14 PM

  Just a thought, but did you change balls?

• PeterHopper 1,315 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 9:45 PM

  FFS. Don't give WGT ideas? LOL

• JaLaBar 1,254 Posts

  Sat, May 14 2011 11:20 PM

  I have found that headwinds have little effect on my wedges distances.  The shot isn't in the air long enough to get that much resistance from the wind.

  Just my observation.

• Sanco 1,345 Posts

  Sun, Jun 19 2011 3:20 PM

  JaLaBar:

  I have found that headwinds have little effect on my wedges distances.  The shot isn't in the air long enough to get that much resistance from the wind.

  Just my observation.

  I agree with that, however that should not make them go further either... ;)

• TheAceFactor 2,147 Posts

  Sun, Jun 19 2011 4:02 PM

  One aspect that I did not see mentioned here is spin...How much you are applying and/or lack there of. Can and will change yardages considerably in tail , head and  cross wind conditions.

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• WGTicon 12,511 Posts

  Sun, Jun 19 2011 5:41 PM

  PeterHopper:

  FFS. Don't give WGT ideas? LOL

   

  LOL

  And no, clubs do not wear out....unless you mean if the may rust after being thrown in the lake?

  -wgticon