Can we become too dependent....

[Robobum]

I very much hope a player of your calibre doesn't really need to know whether its 15 yards, 17, 18.5 or whatever...!

16yds is my in between distance Jezz. If I don't get the yardage, how will I know which of my five wedges to blade over the back?!

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

What difference does it make if you are new to the game or very experienced? The DMD doesn't affect how you strike the ball!

Sorry, maybe I explained this wrong.

I guess another way of putting it is that I've got exact yardages before, and hit the club 20 yards past, because it hit really well, or for whatever reason! But at my stage, I would much prefer to get happier with getting a vague yardage from markers etc, and then using my golfing brain (which I'm working on) to work out how hard to hit the putt. Try and let my subconcious deal with it.

It's like putting. my best putts (for pace) are where I look at the hole, look at the ball, and hit it. If I start trying to actually think about how far I'm hitting it, it never goes as well. if i let my subconcious do it, it's much more consistent!

 

[JezzE]

16yds is my in between distance Jezz. If I don't get the yardage, how will I know which of my five wedges to blade over the back?!

What do you use for the 16 yard chip - a 3/8ths lob wedge or a 9/32nds gap wedge?

Can't be too many bladed wedges off 2 I suspect... unless you don't miss many greens.

 

[Robobum]

What do you use for the 16 yard chip - a 3/8ths lob wedge or a 9/32nds gap wedge?

Can't be too many bladed wedges off 2 I suspect... unless you don't miss many greens.

I'm trying the clock face method so 24minutes past 3 with a lob wedge or 10 past 11 with a gap wedge.

In all seriousness, when it gets to about 50yds, I'd struggle to be guessing within 5yds - that's a big margin. Over 100 and I'm goosed.

 

[ger147]

I'm trying the clock face method so 24minutes past 3 with a lob wedge or 10 past 11 with a gap wedge.

In all seriousness, when it gets to about 50yds, I'd struggle to be guessing within 5yds - that's a big margin. Over 100 and I'm goosed.

I tried the clock face method for a few months but got totally screwed up when the clocks went back.

 

[JezzE]

I tried the clock face method for a few months but got totally screwed up when the clocks went back.

Doesn't work if you have a digital watch either...

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I tried the clock face method for a few months but got totally screwed up when the clocks went back.

I had a similar issue when I went to Florida

 

[short off the tee]

hi



i agree with robobum. my eyes are not what they used to be so any help is gratefully received



short off the tee

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I've never owned one, and around my home course, it's not a big deal! i did find it very useful when I went around the Oxfordshire though, having not seen the course before, although the planner helped, the comfort from the GPS my friend had was useful.

I think I would probably end up quite dependant on it, and this early in my golfing career, I can't see that being a good thing! I should learn to hit the clubs properly first!

Having a gps won't change your learning to play the game - with or without a gps you will still have to learn to hit the ball

 

[Deleted member 15344]

You were actually using your brain to work it out. It operates in a similar way to an artificial aid ... only much, much better.

Actually it wasn't better because my brain can't get the distance better than a DMD.

 

[Waitforme]

That three yards could be a difference between a birdie or a bogey - it could mean a ball landing in a bunker or near the flag or a ball flying the green by three yards or dropping short by three yards.

Most do "guess" the yardage within a decent amount but never as accurate as a DMD

Well said that man :thup:

 

[bluewolf]

That three yards could be a difference between a birdie or a bogey - it could mean a ball landing in a bunker or near the flag or a ball flying the green by three yards or dropping short by three yards.

Most do "guess" the yardage within a decent amount but never as accurate as a DMD

Although, to be fair, this review* seems to state that a GPS (in 2011) only had an accuracy to within 3-4 yards. So, if 3 yards is as important as you state, then how can a GPS be trusted?

http://www.criticalgolf.com/golf-gps-device-accuracy/

The first one I found. Other reviews may make other claims..

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Although, to be fair, this review* seems to state that a GPS (in 2011) only had an accuracy to within 3-4 yards. So, if 3 yards is as important as you state, then how can a GPS be trusted?

http://www.criticalgolf.com/golf-gps-device-accuracy/

The first one I found. Other reviews may make other claims..

Correct that's the accuracy of a high quality GPS measurement. basically 3m rms was the accuracy we used for missile navigation systems and that covers from +5m to -5m - very roughly.

 

[MadAdey]

Correct that's the accuracy of a high quality GPS measurement. basically 3m rms was the accuracy we used for missile navigation systems and that covers from +5m to -5m - very roughly.

now this is another argument that I have regarding GPS DMDs. Unless you have got GPS cryptographic coding then the accuracy of your device is not that great and can't be relied upon for the exact yardages you think they give. They need minimum 3 to triangulate, but the more the merrier. If a course has had fairway marker plates put in correctly then they will be far more accurate on a regular basis.

 

[Waitforme]

What about a laser , I assume that is more accurate ?

 

[MadAdey]

What about a laser , I assume that is more accurate ?

to be totally accurate for life that needs calibration.

 

[williamalex1]

to be totally accurate for life that needs calibration.

Time to dig out my old theodolite me thinks.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Time to dig out my old theodolite me thinks.

How would you use that to get distance? Would give you angle of from eye elevation to flag - but unless you knew your current eye level height asl and the height asl of your reference point on the flag you'd struggle to get distance. Mind you if you took two measurements of elevation to your reference point on the flag with the measurements separated by say 100yds (as might be obtained by 200yd and 100yd distance markers) - that should do you to get distance to go from the 100yards marker (oops - just spotted the pointless distance calculation when you are standing at the 100yd marker )