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• k4takl1sm 11 Posts

  Fri, Oct 7 2011 9:36 AM

  Could someone fix the wind algorithm so that it makes sense? For example, St-Andrews is fairly straight from hole to hole, and yet, the wind blows differently on every hole.

   

  If it's blowing East, it should be doing so on every hole.

• TarheelsRule 5,566 Posts

  Fri, Oct 7 2011 1:47 PM

  This has been posted at least a dozen times.

  The wind speed is constant for the round, strong is that way for all 9 or 18 holes as are the other wind speeds selected a the start of the round.  However in WGT land there is no continuation from hole to hole in terms of direction.  Each hole is a world to itself and the wind direction is random.  So even courses like St Andrews and Kiawah which run in the same direction for almost half the holes can have a wind behind you on 10 at Kiawah and directly in your face on 11.  Same at St Andrews, a wind behind you on 4 can be into you on 5.

  I'm not saying this is how it should be but rather this is how WGT has chosen that it be.

• gofbals 178 Posts

  Fri, Oct 7 2011 8:48 PM

  had a wind 14 mph towards hole---hit the ding and the ball looked like a shearwind drove it to the ground..

  heck it didnt even roll that much.head winds become tailwinds vice versa.

  mustve been me tho.hava tendency to hit myself in the head with a hammer.

  hey anyone see that moose on 3rd hole of bethpage?