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Views from the course

• tomab 516 Posts

  Thu, Mar 12 2009 4:01 PM

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  Since we have to take into consideration the different ground condition of the course it should be possible to "fly" over the course, or at least get more pictures from the course when we set the aim to our target.

  You sometimes put rough out where we expect fairway. But because we have no way to figure that out we can not take that into consideration when we set our target. Result is that we sometimes pass the rough and sometimes not, so we get very different distance with what we think is identical shots.

  Some examples are #3, #4 and #8 on Bali Hai.

  If we could see detailed picture of ground condition, at least the last 1/3 of the holes, maybe we can figure out how to play these holes. The part of the stroke where the ball is rolling is of course most important.

  Tom.

   

• mosherkl 110 Posts

  Sun, Mar 15 2009 6:30 PM

  I'd like to see more views of the course as well, but not necessarily in the manner you meant. On hole #8 of Kiawah specifically, if you over shoot the hole and end up on the far edge of the green, the camera angle is from below in the sand. It's a COMPLETELY useless view of the putt/chip. While it's fine if you're down in the sand or on the side in the rough, for the putt on the green or chip from the fringe you really need another view that's more over-the-top. There are some others out there, but this example is the one that hits me the most.

• tomab 516 Posts

  Mon, Mar 16 2009 1:42 AM

  Yes, there are several places like that. Your view is completely worthless. Sometimes you cannot even see the player. On some greens the ball rolls to left or right. On a “perfect” shot to the green we then need to adjust our target.

  Since WGT now says that we must take the lie of the ball into consideration we really need to be able to see the shape of the ground.

  Tom