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Let us, once and for all, debunk an old myth about slow meter clubs at the master level and above.

Tue, Mar 27 2012 3:17 PM (53 replies)
  • G0LD
    358 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 6:19 AM

    I have repeatedly read from numerous players of various skill levels this same old musty myth: slow meter clubs with excellent specs, even competitive at the legend tier, would make the game too easy, and would enable top players who already post insanely low scores to post yet lower, downright ridiculous scores, reminiscent of Tiger Woods Online. 

    The truth of the matter is, as long as those slow meter clubs, however good they may be, leave room for better, fast meter clubs that outperform them by some appreciable margin, the top players will ignore them, and stick with their top performers, which they handle masterly. Their scores will remain what they are, unless wgt decides to create an upper legend tier for sub-60 legends, with greater distances and generally harder conditions. The only ones who will benefit from the slow meter clubs in question will be lesser players who currently struggle with fast meter clubs, and post a variety of scores, ranging from poor to excellent, with the odd great one.

    Take for example suncity28. His stats show that both his drives and approach shots are over 90% accurate. Mind boggling, I know. If someone were to listen to him play, he would hear more dings than he would at a casino. In other words, fast meter clubs do not phase him in the least, and the same could be said about other top players, like genorb, dansamcam, and bolloxinbruges. They will never give up the best available club performance in exchange for a slower meter, because they don't need to make such a compromise.

    So in the final analysis, what change would result from the introduction of slower meter clubs with excellent specs, even competitive at the legend tier, tho not quite as good as their top performing fast meter counterparts? Nothing at the top, only below where lesser players would become a bit more competitive.

    End of story.

  • Steve442
    710 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 6:38 AM

    Spot on.

  • RUNWME
    1,011 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 6:49 AM

    Agreed

  • YankeeJim
    25,827 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 6:59 AM

    The accountants are behind it. Makes $ sense.

  • sardono
    114 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 7:11 AM

    YankeeJim:

    The accountants are behind it. Makes $ sense.

    They can have my $ .... if they ever release them ... lol

     

  • CyberTwiXX
    91 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 7:43 AM

    Good point GOLD and nice post!

  • G0LD
    358 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 8:34 AM

    Thanks to all of you.

    :-)

  • LeonDelBosque
    1,551 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 9:28 AM

    G0LD:
    The only ones who will benefit from the slow meter clubs in question will be lesser players who currently struggle with fast meter clubs,

    Good clubs should be hard to hit. If they're not, then the game will be too easy. If the game suddenly becomes much easier for so called "lesser" players, then the game will be diminished. I don't really care about the top 5 or 50 or 100 players --- there are thousands and thousands and thousands of people who play this game.

    I don't think the issue was ever whether the very best players would get even better; the question is, will everyone else start shooting 5 strokes better because hitting the ball is no longer a challenge?

  • LeonDelBosque
    1,551 Posts
    Thu, Mar 8 2012 9:31 AM

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