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Ready-Go element condition variations

• OaktheToke 409 Posts

  Tue, Jan 19 2010 12:50 AM

  I finished a Ready-Go earlier, back 9 at Kaiwah, #1761.   The conditions were comparable to the worst I've ever faced on WGT.  Winds were 13 mph minimum and upwards of 22 mph.  Mostly about 17-18 mph.  In addition, I never had a tailwind, ever.  Lol.  Only a straight headwind 3 times and crosswinds that varied from head to tail.  Without checking course logistics I'm not sure if this is even possible from virtual mother nature.

  I don't mind the challenging conditions.  Heck, kinda like the Brittish Open.  My possible gripe is that the conditions weren't similar among the other participants, at least not to the degree that I faced.  I checked the leaderboard after it closed and there's just too many low scores entered if they all received the extreme high winds.  I know some of the entrants are good players, but there's not that many of the entrants that could post those scores under those conditions.  

  So, my question is............have any of you discussed or noticed that entrants of the same Ready-Go weren't all playing under the same wind conditions?  How much much variation is there among participants within the same Ready-Go?

   

  FYI, I could care less about losing 50 credits on this one.  I'm just wondering if anyone else has either though of, or discussed this.  Thanks.

• jeffdos924 1,085 Posts

  Tue, Jan 19 2010 2:52 AM

  I can answer this one. Do all of the entrants face the same wind conditions? - YES, high winds can range from as low as 8 or 9 mph to 23-24 mph. Everyone that enters any tournament will be looking at wind speeds in the same range, although direction and severity might differ.Sounds like you just got a bad wind-set .. someone else might have had more helping winds. or at least fewer crosswinds, which are the worst in my book. ....As to people scoring so low. that just comes with practice. Some of mIRC regulars play a LOT of pick up rounds with difficult conditions ( high winds, slow greens, hard pins, etc.) As with anything, the more you practice, the more familiar you are with the tendencies. Even the best players will gripe about a bad wind set.

• stuffix 762 Posts

  Thu, Feb 3 2011 2:22 AM

  The topic is a little old and I was wondering if the wind-sets may still be different for each person in the same ready-go? Because sometimes, I have some dreamed wind-set (just got one on Kiawah front 9) and other times, I got a tough one.

  So my question is: are everyone entering the same RG facing the same conditions (I mean directions and all)?

• NickN85 193 Posts

  Thu, Feb 3 2011 2:27 AM

  stuffix:

  So my question is: are everyone entering the same RG facing the same conditions (I mean directions and all)?

  I'm ganna go out on a limb here and say no... simply because,

  it appears to me like the wind conditions are the direct result of a random number generator that runs an equation and spits out whatever condition comes up for that hole during that "round".. I'm 98% sure they are not preset conditions or else they would show up more in a pattern of sorts throughout all your rounds (which beleieve me from what ive seen in my short time here they can vary dramatically from one round to the next).

• anomahaguy 93 Posts

  Thu, Feb 3 2011 2:48 AM

  stuffix:

  So my question is: are everyone entering the same RG facing the same conditions (I mean directions and all)?

  no. because then one person would be able to play and note the winds, then pass that information along to the next player and they'd have a serious advantage during their round. example: they'd be able to bring exact wedges that they'd need..or use a different ball. by top players ANY information they can aquire ahead of time would assure them of very low scoring rounds indeed.

• KuntaKinte84 3 Posts

  Thu, Feb 3 2011 7:03 AM

  anomahaguy:

  stuffix:

  So my question is: are everyone entering the same RG facing the same conditions (I mean directions and all)?

   

  no. because then one person would be able to play and note the winds, then pass that information along to the next player and they'd have a serious advantage during their round. example: they'd be able to bring exact wedges that they'd need..or use a different ball. by top players ANY information they can aquire ahead of time would assure them of very low scoring rounds indeed.

   

  dingg on the nose....