Ok so I'm sitting wondering why is this not happening to some and happening to plenty of others, so i check some activities, well, it seems as though we do not play the same game folks.
All some do is play various stroke play tournaments, plenty of alternate shots, ctth etc.
I have played plenty of those games and dings react as expected every time,and if not it was because of a bounce or at least something explainable and see able.
When credits are involved the game changes the better you do and it seems as though everyone is affected. The ready go's seem to throw a switch on some and not others based on something i am unaware of.
It does not matter if you ding or not or hit the perfect putt or make the perfect read,does not matter, in some cases you cant miss a putt even if you try and I have.
Some people here can stand over a 5ft putt here and know exactly what is required to put it in the hole, then when hit perfectly watch it come up the famous 2 - 3in short or fly 4.2 feet by.
Also, from experience it seems in the challenge matches at least, 3 birdies for the win in a row spells trouble for the next 2 holes
Further, this does not reflect real life golf at all, I have had a pro demonstrate to me the difference in the clubs they use to the ones mostly everyone else does, he hit 3 shots in a row 150 yards and you could throw a score card on the results, no deviation unless you mishit them.
Bottom line,with good equipment, a perfectly hit shot, goes perfectly. That's real life. That's not to say it goes in the hole every time because other factors are at play also.
Perfectly dinged shots should react the same, at least till the shot hits the ground, with the top equipment no matter if you are playing a ready go, a challenge match or a country club tournament or alt shot etc.
Now if there is going to be deviation, and more so when credits are involved, then it should not be predictable, nor extreme on dinged shots and most importantly fair and happen to everyone.
Further, Real Life, perfectly hit putts on the perfect line go in the hole each and every time, here not so.
You can only explain so much to yourself when you put 9 ft of speed on a 5ft putt and it comes up 2in short.
What I say to myself, is don't change a thing it will correct itself a hole or 2 later.
Extreme deviation on dinged shots have no place here, Miss the ding and oh well you get what you get, that's real life.