alcaucin:My point was that those with more skill than your good-self, Don't find the meter / clubs " so inconsistent "...and in fact can score pretty well with them.
if there is anything I have learned over the past year, the game, WGT, or the software, does and will do random things that make no sense or even completely exaggerate shots that are in no way reflective of what a realistic outcome should be. But these may only amount to less than 1% of the shots we hit, because by and far the vast majority of shots play as expected.
But, I have even lost balls on shots that I executed exactly the way I wanted and for whatever reason, WGT decided to now declare that shot a lost ball when I have hit the same shot before and never lost a ball. specifically taking the line "seemingly through the trees" on Olympic which has worked every other time, but then WGT decides that shot is OOB now and lost ball. So I go to the desktop to see if something has changed and no, the shot still works and is still playable as I attempted it. BS stuff happens even with dinged shots.
I have also played shots where you can intentionally misding into 30mph cross winds to help offset the wind and still hold the fairway or greens. Then you execute that shot the same way and now all of a sudden your ball doesn't move an inch drives through the 30mph wind as if there were no wind whatsoever and we are talking heavy winds.
Crazy stuff happens that doesn't make sense when I have played those shots before and they do work. It is more a matter of what the software decides to do with that shot on that particular occasion. In this instance it could also be something that is altering play across the two different platforms because I have played on both desktop and mobile platforms.
I have also scored quite well at times even with SOTW clubs, but I still come across random stuff happening that doesn't make sense. We can not know for certain but speculate if it is a variance in the club, a form of VEM altering game play, or a random glitch or bug, that shows up. That said, I can explain it most of the time especially when I know it is my fault, but it is those instances where there is odd result or an "exaggerated" outcome that doesn't follow typical results for hitting a particular shot. And, I have heard and watched others experience the same thing.
Again, it doesn't have to happen all the time but when it does happen it nearly always results in a lost ball which makes it a bit more problematic. Do you think that is a coincidence? I can recall more examples but this is already long enough.