TopFlite7:So educate me. Is there a quicker formula to use ?
aside from the holes that play slightly different from the "numbers" those who are doing calculations the "fastest" are either extremely experienced players or those who instead of using a calculator are simply punching the numbers into a "spreadsheet" like excel where once they enter the numbers all of the formula's and calculations are done at once...
for the less experienced player, the spreadsheet is likely the fastest way to use the formula's and save's entering the same or similar numbers multiple times until you reach your final "distance calculation" … this is what I have observed on desktop players at least...
mobile players who are not sitting at a computer with a spreadsheet are likely doing it the slower way or simply going off of their vast knowledge and experience of playing … while some of them refer to themselves as feel players... they are actually going off of experience and knowledge and mentally making the adjustments very quickly...
think of it like a basketball player shooting free throws... it is muscle memory and experience that is almost instantaneously guiding them on how to shoot... they don't have to think about it, do the calculations their body, their eyes, take in all the information and just "know" how to shoot the ball or "hit the shot" in the case of WGT. there is no feel the wind in your face, throw a blade of grass in the air and estimate the breeze, they look at the numbers-- wind speed, elevation change, distance to target and know quite accurately usually what to hit... or atleast close enough to give them a good look at birdie... pretty impressive but like shooting a basketball it takes hundreds or thousands of rounds to get that much experience...
forgot to mention... a few spreadsheets that I know have been shared or linked in the forum are Gary Pinhunters', Bilko's, and Kat's Calc. They each have their own nuances and other people simply create their own...