I'm new here (I've been playing about a month and this is my 1st post). I only play solo, I think it will be some time before I feel comfortable playing in groups. I went a little crazy at first, buying good equipment as soon as possible, even though I saw that people could have very good scores using the free stuff.
I have noticed things that can't be right, for example hitting from the tee or fairway (in other words, not the rough) with a club that's supposed to send the ball 180 yards, plus there's a ten-mile-an-hour wind at my back (meaning the ball should travel a little more) , I "ding" the shot and the ball goes 160 yards into a sand trap. WTF? (I've accounted for the elevation, using the formula I found on the forum +/- 1 yard for each yard of elevation.)
I understand my current driver and irons have high forgiveness but low precision. So if indeed the game is designed to have an off-shot even if everthing is executed perfectly, well ok, at least that's an explanation!
But I am driven a little crazy because my Cleveland wedges have higher precision ratings than my other cluibs, and I still find it hard to get consistency distance-wise in flopping, chipping, and pitching. My Ping pitching wedge is rated to go 34 yards for a pitch shot, but goes significantly further, even accounting for the slope of the green.
Since I'm new I chalk this up to inexperience, but there are times when it doesn't seem like it is me!
Edited to add: I saw this but somehow forgot about it:
Here are a few rules to follow for the pitch shot:
- 1) From the fairway subtract 4 to 5 yards
- 2) From 30/40 rough add 0 yard
- 3) From 40/50 rough add 2 yards
- 4) from 10/20 sand subtract 1 yards