Robert1893:
MainzMan: but, when someone comes here with a formula that tells you exactly how far to the side you have to aim I expect them to be getting the ball a bit closer if they want to be taken seriously.
On that, I agree with you 100%.
It's same thing with the person's chip, pitch, and flop model. In fact, the numbers there are even worse.
The whole thing has become a parody of itself.
I agree also, with the qualification of when they started using their calculators. My example earlier shows how many rounds and holes it takes to change your ADP when you have been playing for a while. Deena has played 986 ranked rounds. That's where the 15 foot ADP comes from At what point did the use of the calculator start, and what are the stats for those rounds compared to the rounds before it was created?
I made Legend after playing for about 10 or 11 months. Nothing spectacular, I agree. I've recounted before how it happened to me earlier than my average justified, due to some good scores in WGT tournaments as a TM. When that happened, I remember having an ADP of around 17 or 18 feet.
I saturated with my 500 RR as a Legend this spring, yet I've been playing less this year. Probably around 12 to 15 RR per month. I would guess I had around 900 RR when I made Legend. it's taken me almost 700 RR and almost 2 years to drop my ADP 2 or 3 feet, to my current 15 feet.
My point is it adjusts very slowly by the time you are a Legend. I know nothing about how Deena's calculator for wind offset works. I made some changes in how I figured out offset myself about 1 1/2 months ago, after reading some things posted on a few different blogs. It helped me a lot.
I guess my point is that unless the calculator is shared with the community for trial, no one will know for sure how or if it works. Except the creator.
Jeff