amb1923:
I'll just play the rest of the way with starter balls" After salvaging the double bogey, I proceed to close out with 6 straight birdies, including bombing a 30 foot putt on 17.
Dumb luck? Took the pressure off myself? Who knows?
had an aggravating round myself... if I had known so many forward tees were going to be in play... I probably would have used a lower end ball...
I think the extra spin factors can throw the ball around more (even Fmagnets appeared to deviate from his standard L61 ball and played a L34 Cally which has lower spin factor)...
that said, those winds seemed more challenging than normal heavy winds... I was playing at least 5 extra yards to account for movement on the green beyond what I expected the winds to play and the ball was still getting blown even further off line than expected. almost as if the winds were playing 10mph over what was posted. was a struggle to just have a reasonable putt for birdie... happens though, someone else will surely fair better....