Wind Direction: Advice or Public Information

[Steven Rules]

…and so such as “it’s a two club wind against” is not allowed as it contains an element of advice in club selection.

Exactly.

 

[salfordlad]

thanks, unfortunately this is where I was looking on USGA which didn't help me : https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules/rules-2019/players-edition/definitions.html

The Player's Edition was an interesting experiment, but a complete failure that RBs have walked away from. Avoid like the plague.

 

[salfordlad]

…and so such as “it’s a two club wind against” is not allowed as it contains an element of advice in club selection.

Context is everything. If I get to the tee first, no-one else there yet, I get hit with a big gusty wind and mumble "whoa, it's a two club wind against", there is no issue. It needs intent to influence and it needs an audience that are yet to play.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Context is everything. If I get to the tee first, no-one else there yet, I get hit with a big gusty wind and mumble "whoa, it's a two club wind against", there is no issue. It needs intent to influence and it needs an audience that are yet to play.

Indeed, as you say that being different scenario from that when a fellow player asks about the wind and such advice is given.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Playing yesterday one of my group had an app that provides wind direction and strength; it also provides slope that could be switched off for comps. But he claimed that when slope was switched off the app also switched off wind direction and strength.

I found that curious as I thought wind facts were not advice…unless I guess the wind facts were adjusted for slope, but that seems unlikely.

 

[Colin L]

Playing yesterday one of my group had an app that provides wind direction and strength; it also provides slope that could be switched off for comps. But he claimed that when slope was switched off the app also switched off wind direction and strength.

I found that curious as I thought wind facts were not advice…unless I guess the wind facts were adjusted for slope, but that seems unlikely.

See 4.3a(2), second bullet point. You are not allowed to measure wind speed. Guess, estimate from its strength on your face but don't measure with a device or even an object like a hankie.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

See 4.3a(2), second bullet point. You are not allowed to measure wind speed. Guess, estimate from its strength on your face but don't measure with a device or even an object like a hankie.

Just couldn‘t (and still can’t) work out how an app can give more precise local wind speed information than would be available from, say, the BBC weather app. And chucking grass in air to test wind is allowed? Anyway, as that’s the rule then so be it. Was just curious.

 

[backwoodsman]

Just couldn‘t (and still can’t) work out how an app can give more precise local wind speed information than would be available from, say, the BBC weather app. And chucking grass in air to test wind is allowed? Anyway, as that’s the rule then so be it. Was just curious.

Short answer - it doesn't. Mainly because the BBC only uses the same sources as everyone else