Advice for difficult holes

[Foxholer]

Who told you that ? or wherd you read it ,.. Wheres the Bob i met in Donegal gone ?

Probably to a course 150 miles away!

Sorry, couldn't resist! Coat's already on!

As for the the OP question. If fun, then just hit it where you think it's likely to be. If serious, go take a look. Or use the StrokeSaver/Course guide, or ask. Most courses don't have all that many 'blind' shots and they are often frowned upon - from a safety point of view at least. No that you have played it once, you'll probably remember the green locations very well. The occasional blind shot (or hidden hazard) is actually a legitimate 'test' imo. It tests your belief in your club selection/distance control. The 7th on Wentworth is a classic case, as is the (oft maligned) 6th at Formby

 

[Donscone]

Donscone, I use the swing by swing app too. Do you find that it often crashes or gets stuck? It's happened a couple of times where either the view of the hole doesn't properly load, but also i've had to end the round, start again and basically use it manually to view holes and get yardages.

Any better apps out there?

To the OP, I would definitely recommend getting one of these apps for non-competitive rounds (despite what i've said above!). I'm not a member anywhere and so play lots of different courses, and so they really do take away the guess work on 'blind' holes. Even holes that aren't blind, there's often a little stream or ditch cutting across the fairway.

I think I have used this app about 5 times now all on different courses and I think this has happened to me a couple times. When it works it works well. I have not really looked into many more apps but I am sure there will be a few out there.
This app really came into play on a course I recently played were it shared a few tees it would have been really confusing to find out where to set off from without it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I use my Mobile. I have downloaded an app called Swing by Swing Golf. all you do is search for the course you playing and you get a nice layout for each hole and shows you where everything is. It also uses GPS so you can see how far you have driven or how far to the hole. you can also use it to keep your score.

Except it isn't allowed in competitions

 

[Tree seeker]

Any better apps out there?

I would recommend 'PGA tour caddie'. You get a 30 day free trial but then cost £20 a year to continue with the full version. As well as a GPS it also keeps track of your round stats, scores ect.

 

[Pin-seeker]

I've just got Golf Pad,haven't used it yet but looks good & it's free.

 

[markgs]

Really?
I'm playing West Hill on H4H day for the first time - absolutely no chance of walking the course before I go out.....

If you can not walk it use a garmin approch

 

[palindromicbob]

If you are playing a course that has the stroke saver on it's website then there is actually nothing stopping you downloading the images to your phone and using them on the course though.

Bit like this one.
http://www.wanderersgolfclub.com/course/course-information/wanderers-1st-hole.html

I do think there would be a huge market for downloadable stroke savers for mobiles.