genorb:
OK we are saying the same thing, I didn't get what you meant when you said "If you prefer the wind the same for each hole", I thought you meant each hole of the course but you meant the same wind on a given hole for each player.
I thought you didn't understand because of that part of your post
chrisironsbones:
It would become boaring, and repetative, and scores would become ridicilous because you could then memorise what shot was best for that hole because it will always be the same. Where's the fun in that.
The sequence of strength and wind direction would be random is the sense that when you go from 1 hole to the next one, the strength and direction are different, this sequence would be setted randomly at the start of each round by WGT and this sequence would be the same for everyone but a different sequence for each round.
For each player taken separately, it makes no difference. The fact that you know that other players will have or not the same wind than you will not change your way of playing. But the result will more fair in my opinion.
I agree that if one plays a lot of rounds, because strength (in some interval) and direction are set randomly, then it should be fair but over two rounds that's clearly not true. You can easily get two rounds where wind is mainly headwind and another player will get mainly tailwind, this makes significative difference.
Regards
In the virtual open, my first round wind conditions was as tough as it could get for that particilar hole i.e 4 i got 17 mph left right, so i either would hit the tree by aiming left, or what i chose to do, land in rough.
All the holes where you could easily birdie with tailwinds i got headwinds, i never really got any hole where i was approaching using a wedge often, always long irons, or the wind was blowing in directions which were hard to hit fairway. I only managed even par (also with added deviations of club yardages not acting true lol)
In my second round, i got FAVOURABLE winds, i birdied 6 holes by 8th, but as soon as i hit 8th, the wind seemed to pick up, it went from low 6mph to 17+mph. It was like WGT had given me a chance to catch up with everyone after my poor first round. Then my wind conditions stayed quit tough for back 9, where i only got 4 birdies + bogey.
So what ever happens, things will even themselves out, i just can't beleive soome excellent players (better than me) are concerned about the wind??? It should be random, and random only. People would map out wind strengh and direction for others so If you knew it was going to be a tailwind for the par 3's, you would pack an extra wedge instead of your wood. It might sound petty or what, but if you are good enough to be in the open you should be good enough to handle the conditions whatever they are. Yes i do understand for example it would be easier on some holes having certain conditions but we should get on with it.
But WGT should concentrate on sorting out consistantcy with the camera angles & wind direction first. I've lost count of the shots thats messed up due to one camera angle shows 5 'clock wind, the other 3 o'clock, or one tailwind, the other easterly. You don't know which camera angle to trust....Sorry forget this quote, this is what also adds a bit of realism to the game, its the uncertanty thats the challenge each shot.