Just want to answer/query a couple of things that DufussMcGoo and BlackBogey have said:
DuFussMcGoo:The tees were easier than the regular Showdown where I have to play from the back tees while those players below Legend have closer tees.
If you've never played Veteran before I assume you usually play Rookie? If that's the case, you will play in a room where you will play off tees specific to your tier, i.e. off the back tees for TC's (as will C's, TL's and L's). Other tiers will play off forward tees dependent on their tier. For the Veteran division EVERYONE plays off Master tees.
DuFussMcGoo: The event was on high winds conditions, but not impossible.
In the normal showdowns there were always at least two 3-hole rounds (and possibly more) that were high winds, so this shouldn't be anything new.
DuFussMcGoo: I have always believed the players who score -8 and -9 cheat. Which is the reason I never play.
Why??? You have an average <50, so surely you must have had rounds of at least -9, and probably even lower, and I'm not just talking about showdown rounds, which I think actually play easier because of the slower green speeds. Maybe your good scores were off red tees, but don't forget that the Veteran division is played in a room where everyone plays off Master tees, making it far easier than playing off Legend tees, so scoring -8 or better in 9 holes isn't that onerus a task - it's actually far harder to do so in the Rookie division of a normal showdown because you're playing off the back tees.
BlackBogey: Can't speak for anyone else, but I played off
proper tees. Conditions were tough in most of my 3-hole sets...high
winds, different green speeds from set to set, etc...
I've already mentioned about the tees for certain rooms above, as did AnaNikolaj in his reply to you. But regarding different green speeds, again this is no different to any other showdown, and no different to any coin room game where green speeds are random each new set you play (they will always be the same for all holes in that set). The only thing I will clarify here is that EVERYONE will have the same green speeds and wind conditions for the same courses in a showdown, although obviously the wind direction may be different, it is just pot luck whether you get favourable or non-favourable winds (... or is it?!?).
And another clarification in case anyone is wondering, following a test a few of us did a couple of months ago, you may play the 3 or 6 sets of showdown holes in a different order to other players, but for countback purposes WGT will always reorder the scorecard to be the same for everyone, so no one is at a disadvantage when it comes to countbacks.