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Lack of wind (as usual)

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Thu, Sep 22 2011 3:34 AM

  When are WGT going to show the wind speed which is actually true to the wind blowing??? (or not send it on holiday mid round)

  Again today, i use 145 yard iron with back spin in 19 mph headwind, it went 143 yards the distance it should go with NO WIND.  Next hole i use 135 yard iron, have 16 mph tailwind, shot travels 133 yards.  How are we meant to calculate shots if the wind decides to go on holiday mid round?  Some holes it gets more like a game of hit & hope than a skill based game.

  (oh yes, it was in a ready go..might explain things)

  When you pay for a round, it should be down to your skill or mistakes, missing ding etc etc, to decide a round, not wgt handicapping you by removing the wind.

  OR COULD THIS BE THE BUG WITH THE CADDY< AND IT FORGOT TO CHANGE TO THE SELECTED CLUB, AND I HADN'T NOTICED?

  Or could it also be the NO BACKSPIN bug?? Whatever it is..please sort it out wgt.

   

• duffer66 700 Posts

  Thu, Sep 22 2011 3:13 PM

  It's the wind Chris, have seen a lot of that lately.

• Ecka65 245 Posts

  Thu, Sep 22 2011 6:39 PM

  chrisironsbones:

  When you pay for a round, it should be down to your skill or mistakes, missing ding etc etc, to decide a round, not wgt handicapping you by removing the wind.

  I agree with the OP and have experienced the wind stopping in both multiplayer and single player.

  But the above point is one I feel more could be done on.  Does each player - in a single play competition - get the same wind speeds and directions on each hole?  I suspect the answer is a demoralising "no".  As both Virtual and real golfers know, certain winds on certain holes can make a hole range from easy birdie, possible eagle, through to difficult birdie and if you're not careful easy bogey.  For sound players playing well, the wind alone can mean the difference of several shots.

  It's a software game.  Why not play with the same wind within a competition?