SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
If it's the accepted etiquette to offer on the 1st tee then no-one would take offence.
Course yardage accuracy
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If it's the accepted etiquette to offer on the 1st tee then no-one would take offence.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Gents surely true etiquette would be to gift use of your DMD to an FC/PP for the duration and then ask them for yardages!
D
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:rofl:
I'll bow out now before you start blithering about making sure you stand in the right place when offering the yardages.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
I have offered on the first, offered when I see people in trouble and sometimes not offered at all. as phil says, they can ask, I don't bite!
I used to be completely anti gps till I moved to England and found out everyone was using them. liverbirdie constantly gets on at me for not even looking at my gps for holes on end. this is not strictly true. I do have a quick glance for most shots in a comp. during bounce games I might not look at it half as much.
they are an essential piece of kit imo. there are times you look at the yardage and say, that cant be right. it is though. if you didn't have that yardage you would be miles out by guessing.
I used to be completely anti gps till I moved to England and found out everyone was using them. liverbirdie constantly gets on at me for not even looking at my gps for holes on end. this is not strictly true. I do have a quick glance for most shots in a comp. during bounce games I might not look at it half as much.
they are an essential piece of kit imo. there are times you look at the yardage and say, that cant be right. it is though. if you didn't have that yardage you would be miles out by guessing.
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Yeah, I played a course I'd not played much the other week, walked up to the ball, looked about 140, so got the 8 out. Checked the GPS and it was reading 125, so glad I looked. I knocked a 9 down, and it ended up towards the back of the green. Was big trouble off the back, so without a GPS I'd have been knackered.
rosecott
Money List Winner
Opinion doesn't come into it, there are rules for it.
The process of allocating an official Standard Scratch Score requires that permanently sited Distance Points be installed which measure the distance to the centre of the green - normally for red, yellow and white tees. If the club, for whatever reason, has temporarily positioned the tee markers a significant distance from those Distance Points, it's up to the player to gauge the effect of that change. Sometimes, however, at some courses, it can be a bit difficult to identify the Distance Points.
I've done the other way, long par 4 and my second shot from a plateau to a green which looked like a 5 iron to me, checked a FC's skycaddie and it said 210yds so hit a 4 iron confidently and stuck it to 10 feet. Bought a skycaddie the very next day
gdc
Head Pro
We are allowed DMD but it must have the slope feature switched off (if present).
Not sure if that is a general or local rule though.
NorfolkShaun
Journeyman Pro
Some of our par 3 tee boxes and greens are quite large, there is no way the distance markers can be completely accurate, OK you will get a good guide to the middle of the green but that's it.
I paid £55 for my GPS I would think this price is within the realms of most golfers budget.
I would not be without my GPS i'm truly rubbish at judging distances by eye.
I paid £55 for my GPS I would think this price is within the realms of most golfers budget.
I would not be without my GPS i'm truly rubbish at judging distances by eye.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Which one do you have?
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
And you are really that bothered about where on the green you get it?
I'm just happy to get it on - anywhere...
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
You can't assume affordability - and besides - for me it's more than cost. But I am in acceptance.
ger147
Tour Winner
Anyone with a modern driver can't play the affordability card.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
If you have £50 and have to choose between a driver and a DMD?
palindromicbob
Tour Winner
It's a non-compliant local rule by the sounds of things. Any DMD with ability to measure slope is non-compliant regardless of the feature being switched on or off. If the local rule states that it can be used then this is a modification of the rules and must be passed by the R&A which is unlikely given the amount of guidance they have released.
http://www.randa.org/en/RandA/News/...ublications/2014/DMD flowchart v2_Jan 14.ashx
http://www.randa.org/en/RandA/News/...Equipment Documents/RandA-DMD-13mar-2014.ashx
P.S: if you have a compliant phone (as they are common all current iPhones fall into this one) you can use it as a GPS for free or very low cost depending on the app (it also needs to be compliant btw)
.and just to blow my own trumpet in case you are wondering what is or isn't legal.
http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/sh...ile-phone-legal-or-not&highlight=mobile+phone
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ger147
Tour Winner
I don't use a driver so it's a no brainer for me.
But assuming you can hit a driver, it's then a choice the same as any other. You don't need either to play and enjoy your golf so you could do without both and put your £50 in a charity tin. Nothing to do with affordability, all about choice.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
True - and so if I had £50 to spend and I had neither - I'd buy a driver. Can't have both.
ger147
Tour Winner
As you already have a driver, the next time you have £50 you know what to do
rosecott
Money List Winner
The size of your tee box is irrelevant. If you read my previous post, you will see that, somewhere on the tee box, you will find permanently sited Distance Points - red, yellow and white - which tell you the distance to the middle of the green. That would certainly be enough information for me.
NorfolkShaun
Journeyman Pro
I'm sure most of these are grown over or missing at our place, i'm going later I will have a better look
