danohi50:
odaddy68:
DAZZA501:
It's either that or just slash the average distance of every club in the pro shop by 20yards.
that would be a much easier solution, but it isn't necessary. a more subtle way to make the game harder would be to tweak the way the long and mid irons play. in real life the clubs get much harder to hit, while here we have 3-irons with slow meters that can throw darts from 220+ yards. If they tweaked the sets so the meter got a little faster as you go down through the set it would bring difficulty back while simultaneously making cheating much much tougher. giving the clubs less spin than they currently have would also help, and make it more realistic.
Really good idea about a gradual quickening meter. One of the best suggestions ive heard in a long time.
An even better solution would be introduce uphill/downhill/sidehill lies. Making it more difficult just to throw darts at the flag. Now even if your ball is sitting on a sidehill lie it goes as straight as the wind and your ability to ding the meter allows it to. Add realistic lie performance where a lie below your feet would tend to go right while a lie above your feet would tend to go left, And an uphill lie would tend to land shorter while a downhill lie would tend to go longer.
Adjusting the speeds of some clubs in the set would most likely make it more difficult to time the meter for every club. I mean it is hard enough when your driver and 3 wood has one speed and you iron set has another and your wedges have another and different speeds within the iron set would really make it a mess. Leave the speeds alone and add realistic lie performance.