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Post by yuppatron on Oct 20, 2020 5:02:44 GMT -5
Can't believe I've put over 100 hours into this game and this question has only just occurred to me, but does wind affect putting?
I've never allowed for it and my putting is reasonable, so I assume the answer is no, but I can't find a definitive answer anywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2020 5:32:38 GMT -5
Nope!
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Post by cseanny on Oct 20, 2020 6:19:51 GMT -5
Can't believe I've put over 100 hours into this game and this question has only just occurred to me, but does wind affect putting? I've never allowed for it and my putting is reasonable, so I assume the answer is no, but I can't find a definitive answer anywhere. Yes it does, however, for most of your putts it will be negligible. At approximately 70F an 18mph straight side wind will add about 1/2 cup. |
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Post by yuppatron on Oct 20, 2020 7:14:38 GMT -5
Can't believe I've put over 100 hours into this game and this question has only just occurred to me, but does wind affect putting? I've never allowed for it and my putting is reasonable, so I assume the answer is no, but I can't find a definitive answer anywhere. Yes it does, however, for most of your putts it will be negligible. At approximately 70F an 18mph straight side wind will add about 1/2 cup. Thank you, brilliant answer. How do you know this? |
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Post by zzfr33b1rdzz on Oct 20, 2020 7:20:56 GMT -5
Yes it does, however, for most of your putts it will be negligible. At approximately 70F an 18mph straight side wind will add about 1/2 cup. Thank you, brilliant answer. How do you know this? Charts and graphs !! LOL |
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Post by twofor22 on Oct 20, 2020 7:45:10 GMT -5
Maybe that's what caused a 10 foot putt I had today to go straight as an arrow despite the white lines moving left to right fast enough that I aimed about half a foot left of the hole 🙄. Speed was about right too, I didn't smash it past the hole or anything.
(I very highly doubt it was wind but it left me baffled. Any other time it would have curled back into the cup or just missed/lipped out or something)
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Post by cseanny on Oct 20, 2020 8:15:41 GMT -5
That sounds like normal phantom breaks twofor22 . A 24mph sidewind at 20F wouldn't add more than an 1/8 of a cup imo.You'll see more impact on your putts when facing heavy headwinds. Tailwinds have less impact than sidewinds. |
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Post by bubbsboy100. on Oct 20, 2020 8:32:08 GMT -5
Maybe that's what caused a 10 foot putt I had today to go straight as an arrow despite the white lines moving left to right fast enough that I aimed about half a foot left of the hole 🙄. Speed was about right too, I didn't smash it past the hole or anything. (I very highly doubt it was wind but it left me baffled. Any other time it would have curled back into the cup or just missed/lipped out or something) Have you noticed differing dot speeds when looking back from behind the hole at times. ? This should not happen as you are only really spinning camera round but it can look that way , especially on orange slopes. |
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Post by tenbobnote on Oct 20, 2020 8:37:58 GMT -5
Maybe that's what caused a 10 foot putt I had today to go straight as an arrow despite the white lines moving left to right fast enough that I aimed about half a foot left of the hole 🙄. Speed was about right too, I didn't smash it past the hole or anything. (I very highly doubt it was wind but it left me baffled. Any other time it would have curled back into the cup or just missed/lipped out or something) Don't forget also, that the while the beads are moving left to right, that's just an average for that square. So for example, if the first foot of the square, on the left, has a steep slope but the other 2ft is flat, the beads will still be moving left to right through the whole grid, even though the line of your putt is actually flat. |
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Post by twofor22 on Oct 21, 2020 15:01:16 GMT -5
That's pretty deceiving unless the grid line color changes as it goes across the square, I can't remember but I don't think it did in this instance. Pretty sure it was green/orange all the way across. It mustn't happen very often though, the vast majority of them break as expected, just every now and then one does something like that. Sometimes it's the opposite, the beads hardly move at all and the bloody thing breaks half a foot or more over 10-12 feet.
Do the grid lines change colour across the same square? I've never taken any notice but I will now.
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Post by Blade on Oct 21, 2020 15:15:57 GMT -5
That's pretty deceiving unless the grid line color changes as it goes across the square, I can't remember but I don't think it did in this instance. Pretty sure it was green/orange all the way across. It mustn't happen very often though, the vast majority of them break as expected, just every now and then one does something like that. Sometimes it's the opposite, the beads hardly move at all and the bloody thing breaks half a foot or more over 10-12 feet. Do the grid lines change colour across the same square? I've never taken any notice but I will now. I have seen green turn to yellow in the same square. |
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Post by sandsaver01 on Oct 21, 2020 15:34:34 GMT -5
Maybe that's what caused a 10 foot putt I had today to go straight as an arrow despite the white lines moving left to right fast enough that I aimed about half a foot left of the hole 🙄. Speed was about right too, I didn't smash it past the hole or anything. (I very highly doubt it was wind but it left me baffled. Any other time it would have curled back into the cup or just missed/lipped out or something) Don't forget also, that the while the beads are moving left to right, that's just an average for that square. So for example, if the first foot of the square, on the left, has a steep slope but the other 2ft is flat, the beads will still be moving left to right through the whole grid, even though the line of your putt is actually flat. I think that is a very good point. Sometimes you have to observe what the beads on squares either side of the one you are putting through are doing. If both sides are flowing toward the center you may be in a little valley and that part of the putt may be straight. |
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Post by tenbobnote on Oct 21, 2020 17:52:07 GMT -5
If the grids were 1ft by 1 ft, we would get a much more accurate read. But would that be a good thing? I like the way it is, we get a more realistic outcome- we have a good idea where the putt will go, but we can never be certain
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Post by sandsaver01 on Oct 21, 2020 17:59:56 GMT -5
If the grids were 1ft by 1 ft, we would get a much more accurate read. But would that be a good thing? I like the way it is, we get a more realistic outcome- we have a good idea where the putt will go, but we can never be certain It would certainly make the calculations more accurate, but the greens would look so busy it would drive everybody crazy 🤪🤪🤪. |
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Post by tenbobnote on Oct 21, 2020 18:08:23 GMT -5
If the grids were 1ft by 1 ft, we would get a much more accurate read. But would that be a good thing? I like the way it is, we get a more realistic outcome- we have a good idea where the putt will go, but we can never be certain It would certainly make the calculations more accurate, but the greens would look so busy it would drive everybody crazy 🤪🤪🤪. True. Another reason why I like the way it is now! |
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