Nae wind nae golf.

[mike_malone]

The architecture is changed randomly by the wind or can you design for it ?

[Matt Schoolfield]

The architecture is changed randomly by the wind or can you design for it ?

Luck and skill are two vectors of design, and not opposites of each other. Increasing the wind simply increase the impact of luck in the design. Here's the old thread I made about it. You can absolutely account for it in design by adding and removing penal elements. I'm not sure if you can design a course that is anti-penal in wind (where the course becomes easier when the winds are up), but perhaps a course can be designed with tee and pin positions that deliberately take many of the more penal elements out of play in cases of high winds.

[mike_malone]

The architecture is changed randomly by the wind or can you design for it ?

Luck and skill are two vectors of design, and not opposites of each other. Increasing the wind simply increase the impact of luck in the design. Here's the old thread I made about it. You can absolutely account for it in design by adding and removing penal elements. I'm not sure if you can design a course that is anti-penal in wind (where the course becomes easier when the winds are up), but perhaps a course can be designed with tee and pin positions that deliberately take many of the more penal elements out of play in cases of high winds.

I like this

[Jeff Schley]

I'd say width off the tee and add at least half the green open for the ground game.  Changing where the tee boxes are to account for into/downwind can be manipulated to an extent, but I think width is more a factor for amateurs.

[Tom_Doak]

I'd say width off the tee and add at least half the green open for the ground game.  Changing where the tee boxes are to account for into/downwind can be manipulated to an extent, but I think width is more a factor for amateurs.

100%

[Sven Nilsen]

I'm not sure if you can design a course that is anti-penal in wind (where the course becomes easier when the winds are up), but perhaps a course can be designed with tee and pin positions that deliberately take many of the more penal elements out of play in cases of high winds.

Think about a wide but not very deep green with trouble long.  When there is no wind or downwind, an approach shot needs to be stopped rather quickly.  It becomes a much easier shot when the wind is up and into you.


The 8th at Pac Dunes (to a left or middle pin) is a good example of this.


Sven

[Matt Schoolfield]

Think about a wide but not very deep green with trouble long.  When there is no wind or downwind, an approach shot needs to be stopped rather quickly.  It becomes a much easier shot when the wind is up and into you.

The 8th at Pac Dunes (to a left or middle pin) is a good example of this.

Wow, this is really clever and I wouldn't have thought of it. Still a tough shot given the adjustment, but a well struck shot into a consistent headwind should have a narrower dispersion pattern, even if it likely ends up be wider due to exaggerated hooks/slices. Really interesting design idea, kudos.

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