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Post by blueblood1995 on Jan 15, 2021 7:49:46 GMT -5
Hi All
How can you tell what the default wind speed and direction is during the course setup screen and prior to play?
Default fairway firmness, green firmness, green speed, weather and time of day are displayed but not the x2 parameters relating to wind.
I find this a little annoying as it's always good to set the defaults first and then you can make a change based around the defaults if desired.
Kind regards
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Post by zzfr33b1rdzz on Jan 15, 2021 9:35:41 GMT -5
Hi All How can you tell what the default wind speed and direction is during the course setup screen and prior to play? Default fairway firmness, green firmness, green speed, weather and time of day are displayed but not the x2 parameters relating to wind. I find this a little annoying as it's always good to set the defaults first and then you can make a change based around the defaults if desired. Kind regards Default wind speed is different for each theme of course - so for some it may be low - and others it may be high, also, not sure if default means the intensity could also mean random. Not sure about default direction - if that is always the same or if it is random.. I guess you'd have to play a local round on the course with wind/dir set to default and see what you get - then when you play to tour round - see if it matches up or if it's different.. |
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Post by blueblood1995 on Jan 15, 2021 17:53:25 GMT -5
Hi All How can you tell what the default wind speed and direction is during the course setup screen and prior to play? Default fairway firmness, green firmness, green speed, weather and time of day are displayed but not the x2 parameters relating to wind. I find this a little annoying as it's always good to set the defaults first and then you can make a change based around the defaults if desired. Kind regards Default wind speed is different for each theme of course - so for some it may be low - and others it may be high, also, not sure if default means the intensity could also mean random. Not sure about default direction - if that is always the same or if it is random.. I guess you'd have to play a local round on the course with wind/dir set to default and see what you get - then when you play to tour round - see if it matches up or if it's different.. I had assumed this was set by designer like fairway firmness, green firmness, green speed, weather and time of day and therefore would be viewable prior to starting a round. What you say re. each theme has it's own default strength (e.g. theme highlands = high, inland parkland type course might be lower ??) might be true but surely the designer sets the direction based on what he feels might the fairest test or the most challenging. Would be good to know this info. Thanks for your reply |
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Post by Blade on Jan 15, 2021 20:23:55 GMT -5
I had assumed this was set by designer like fairway firmness, green firmness, green speed, weather and time of day and therefore would be viewable prior to starting a round. What you say re. each theme has it's own default strength (e.g. theme highlands = high, inland parkland type course might be lower ??) might be true but surely the designer sets the direction based on what he feels might the fairest test or the most challenging. Would be good to know this info. Thanks for your reply Before you click "Begin Round" you can see what the default conditions are by clicking the Settings tab at the top of the screen (above "Begin Round"). It tells you what all the conditions will be. |
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Post by ErixonStone on Jan 15, 2021 21:32:11 GMT -5
Hi All How can you tell what the default wind speed and direction is during the course setup screen and prior to play? "Default" wind strength and direction is "Random". The person who designs the course has no control over it. Designers cannot set a default strength or direction. Some themes - most notably, Highlands and Tropical - tend to be on the windier side of things, when "Default" is selected. Also of note is that, when set by the event creator to something other than "Default", wind does not vary much during the round. It tends to stay in a 3-4 MPH range, and within a 90-degree swing of direction (in other words, a moderate South wind will blow anywhere from Southeast to Southwest with a strength between 9 and 12 MPH). When "default" is selected, the wind can vary quite a bit throughout the round, both in terms of strength and direction. |
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Post by ErixonStone on Jan 15, 2021 21:34:36 GMT -5
...surely the designer sets the direction based on what he feels might the fairest test or the most challenging. Nope. The designer has no control over wind. |
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Post by blueblood1995 on Jan 15, 2021 22:46:33 GMT -5
Hi All How can you tell what the default wind speed and direction is during the course setup screen and prior to play? "Default" wind strength and direction is "Random". The person who designs the course has no control over it. Designers cannot set a default strength or direction. Some themes - most notably, Highlands and Tropical - tend to be on the windier side of things, when "Default" is selected. Also of note is that, when set by the event creator to something other than "Default", wind does not vary much during the round. It tends to stay in a 3-4 MPH range, and within a 90-degree swing of direction (in other words, a moderate South wind will blow anywhere from Southeast to Southwest with a strength between 9 and 12 MPH). When "default" is selected, the wind can vary quite a bit throughout the round, both in terms of strength and direction. That makes sense. Thanks for a great explanation Patrick. Cheers |
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Post by zzfr33b1rdzz on Jan 17, 2021 22:49:15 GMT -5
Default wind speed is different for each theme of course - so for some it may be low - and others it may be high, also, not sure if default means the intensity could also mean random. Not sure about default direction - if that is always the same or if it is random.. I guess you'd have to play a local round on the course with wind/dir set to default and see what you get - then when you play to tour round - see if it matches up or if it's different.. I had assumed this was set by designer like fairway firmness, green firmness, green speed, weather and time of day and therefore would be viewable prior to starting a round. What you say re. each theme has it's own default strength (e.g. theme highlands = high, inland parkland type course might be lower ??) might be true but surely the designer sets the direction based on what he feels might the fairest test or the most challenging. Would be good to know this info. Thanks for your reply The only thing we can set for publish is the firmness of the various surfaces and what their respective roll value is and time of day. Wind speed and direction is not something we can set, unless I missed it, but I'm 99.9% sure those cannot be set. |
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Post by knickerbocker on Jan 20, 2021 7:35:27 GMT -5
I don't design, but I would prefer some control on default wind direction. Many designers take wind into account wind when designing courses.
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Post by zooby97 on Jan 20, 2021 9:09:08 GMT -5
Hi All How can you tell what the default wind speed and direction is during the course setup screen and prior to play? Default fairway firmness, green firmness, green speed, weather and time of day are displayed but not the x2 parameters relating to wind. I find this a little annoying as it's always good to set the defaults first and then you can make a change based around the defaults if desired. Kind regards Just do a quick look. Hit play and the screen comes up with the actual settings of the course, your golf bag, ect. Click on the actual course settings on bottom right next to the ghost player tab and the default settings for that particular course is there to see. Then back out and don’t play yet and go to your practice course play then you can do a few dry runs on that particular default settings as you can change it prior to your tee off in the practice run as you can change the settings. |
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