So here I am this afternoon, playing the "New Jersey Challenge" at Liberty National as a Level 27 PGA Tour Pro. I'm on the par-3 14th. The wind is blowing into [my face and slightly to the left at 13-14 MPH. The green is laid out left to right, with the pin placement near the right edge of the green. I choose to lay it up in the big landing zone to the left. I intentionally under-power the shot and then use the 3-click process and make sure to center it in the white zone on the downswing. Despite aiming way left of the pin and under-powering the shot intentionally, the ball flies OVER the green and into the cattails. I am forced to drop, and then bogey the hole. This kind of physical response from very careful shot-planning and execution makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. Please, EA, if you're going to try to make the weather have an impact on play, make it ACCURATE AND CONSISTENT. The nonsensical response of the ball to the wind makes any course where there is wind (which is a lot of them) completely devoid of fun to play. And hey, EA, VIDEOGAMES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FUN. Also, still playing on Arcade/Easy/Easy mode, and thanks to things like the utterly incompetent ball/ wind physics, still can't stay under par. Thanks for robbing this experience of fun.

You referring to the random shot dispersion? Yeah that has to go.

Just played in 15mph winds..Bizarre!...No way a driver should be affected by the wind as soon as the ball is hit. Wind takes effect when the ball is losing speed at maximum height. I wonder if anyone at EA actually plays golf?

I don't like the way the game will sometimes change club when you change shot-type and vice versa, as well as shot type changes resetting shot-shaping. There have been occasions that I've realised after hitting the ball that something like this has happened and so given a rather different outcome to what I'd planned and I slightly wonder if this may have happened here...Laying up on a par 3 like this seems an unusual decision though. Using shot-shaping to bring the ball in from left to right is probably the best way to get close from your tee shot going by your description I think.

That's my approach to it:Wind:From 1-10 MPHHeadwind: + MPH in Yards (Wind 5 MPH = + 5 Yards)Tailwind: - MPH in Yards (Wind 5 MPH = - 5 Yards)From 11+ MPH I calculate times 1.5Headwind: + MPH in Yards (Wind 12 MPH = + 18 Yards or more because of Backspin)Tailwind: - MPH in Yards (Wind 15 MPH = - 18 Yards)Elevation:3 Ft = 1 YardUp 9 Ft = + 3 YardsDown 9 Ft = - 3YardsUp to AI strength (difficulty) 90 I managed very good approach shots with it in career mode. I'm currently playing on difficulty 95 and need to fine-tune it a bit.For Siedwind i also count the aquares like @theycagednon did.Another tip:- Go into the challenges and do the approach challenges or single player with mulligan function.- Hit every shot with every club to maximum length.- Make a note of how far the ball flies and make a note of about 5 shots.Then you know approximately how much your shot deviates from the distance specification and you can also add these yards if you want to hit a certain point.Of course, you then also have to consider whether the ball will roll or backsppin. You can also make a note of this when doing your test swings.This should give you a list of the distances and characteristics of your clubs and shots.

Hey guys,Thought I would chime in here because I play golf in a location that is windy a lot. We play many rounds per year in 25-35 mph winds. I haven't played EA PGA Tour much yet in windy conditions, so not sure yet just how well they have modelled the physics of it or whether what you observed is remotely realistic, but a few things to consider.Into a strong headwind. Using the same club, you will hit it further, and sometimes significantly so, by swinging shorter and slower. Reason: your ball trajectory is lower and you put less backspin on the ball which is more important than the initial ball speed off the clubface. Also, it's crucial you hit the ball straight and don't put a draw or fade spin on it. You will lose the ball way off line if you've got any sidespin on it and very quickly. Sidewind. If you really want to find the fairway off the tee with your drives consistently, you need to work the ball with the spin that opposes the wind direction. Hit a draw/hook for a left-to-right wind to "hold the line" and vice-versa. You lose distance but it's almost always worth it to maintain control. If you instead try to ride the wind, the end result is very unpredictable both in terms of direction and distance. Putting. Significant winds have to be taken into account! Steep downhill putts on moderately fast greens (which we have in my location) are a nightmare with a strong tailwind. Strong crosswinds on putts will affect how much they break. It would be nice if one of the EA developers could comment on just how much they modelled wind effect physics.

Wind speed and direction no accurate

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RichAC
3 years ago
@Ultrasonic_77 wrote:
I don't like the way the game with sometimes change club when you change shot-type and vice versa, as well as shot type changes resetting shot-shaping. There have been occasions that I've realised after hitting the ball that something like this has happened and so given a rather different outcome to what I'd planned and I slightly wonder if this may have happened here...
Laying up on a par 3 like this seems an unusual decision though. Using shot-shaping to bring the ball in from left to right is probably the best way to get close from your tee shot going by your description I think.
I agree this is a big problem. The shot type should not change when you change a club, and vice versa.
RichAC
3 years ago
@Lynsk59 wrote:
Just played in 15mph winds..Bizarre!...No way a driver should be affected by the wind as soon as the ball is hit. Wind takes effect when the ball is losing speed at maximum height. I wonder if anyone at EA actually plays golf?

depends on what driver you are using too the 9 degree will be less affected then the 12.5 degree.
Ultrasonic_77
Hero
3 years ago
@DrProtista wrote:
Sidewind. If you really want to find the fairway off the tee with your drives consistently, you need to work the ball with the spin that opposes the wind direction. Hit a draw/hook for a left-to-right wind to "hold the line" and vice-versa. You lose distance but it's almost always worth it to maintain control. If you instead try to ride the wind, the end result is very unpredictable both in terms of direction and distance.
This part is definitely true in game. Reducing the elevation of the shot reduces the impact of the wind too.
mega8deth8
New Adventurer
3 years ago
Random landing. And some glitches. The other day I hit a 210 yd 4 iron into a 13mph wind with 3 below elevation. The pin was 192yds away. Wind should hold about 20 but if it held a little less i could spin it back. Well it went 220. Hmmmm. I got nothing for that one.
RichAC
3 years ago
@mega8deth8 wrote:
Random landing. And some glitches. The other day I hit a 210 yd 4 iron into a 13mph wind with 3 below elevation. The pin was 192yds away. Wind should hold about 20 but if it held a little less i could spin it back. Well it went 220. Hmmmm. I got nothing for that one.

. I generally add 1 yd for every mph, sometimes more or less depending on course and conditions and club being used, spin...etc. Subtract or add a percentage according to whatever degree angle of the wind. The devs are also not God, so the top players really memorize how each course plays specifically.
RichAC
3 years ago
@mega8deth8 wrote:
Random landing. And some glitches. The other day I hit a 210 yd 4 iron into a 13mph wind with 3 below elevation. The pin was 192yds away. Wind should hold about 20 but if it held a little less i could spin it back. Well it went 220. Hmmmm. I got nothing for that one.
Also I've notice that since I learned how not to hit my tempo slow on every single approach shot, that if I go over into the red on tempo, i have a tendency to overshoot the green. So i'd rather be slow then in the red at this point. I could be wrong but thats what I'm seeing.
Mickstudio1308
3 years ago
@mega8deth8 I think that a lot of people on this forum forgot that maybe you just miss hit your shot. I'm not saying that everything in the game is perfect but it's weird to say that because the ball doesn't go where you want it's because the game is not good.

I play a lot of real golf and I found that the physic and the gameplay of this game is perfect, I didn't see any problem with that.

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