fmagnets:
racoondad:
So is using slow meter balls considered cheating?
No, you can humanly go and buy these in the pro shop, without the need for a specially designed bit of software to do it for you!
You can buy putter/shot pals from pro shop. You can also make your own with a piece of tape. Is this cheating? What if someone uses software to make an electronic tape on screen?
The more I think about it, the murkier it gets. Not such a black and white issue.
Hypothetically speaking, just for the sake of argument: player A uses Nike balls, player B uses free balls but use a "cheat" program to slow the meter down to the level of Nike. Is player B cheating?
The answer is actually quite complicated:
1) Just for the sake of competition, player B actually is in disadvantage due to less spin and less carry. Who's cheating?
2) From wgt point of view, player B uses something "illegal" and you can call it cheating based on the law made by wgt.
What if a third party could offer a ball that's the same as Nike and players can purchase it with reasonable price. I would not necessarily call it cheat simply because wgt says it's illegal.
What if wgt offers a 50-meter-speed ball for 10,000 cr so only a handful players can afford it. It's perfectly "legal" but I might call whoever uses it cheat.
Premium balls are essentially slow-meter programs plus more. At what degree can someone call it cheat program?
I'm not condoning the use of slow-meter program, rather to show things are not always black and white.