bobmac
Major Champion
Whether you are in the middle or the edge and the markers are measured from the middle or the edge, on a fairway 25 yards wide, it's 3-6 ft differnce.
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RGDave
Money List Winner
Again, more reassurance.
It's all fairly irrelevant to me overall, as there's certainly more than a few yards difference in my iron distance from this range.
I reckon the markers at mine are pretty vague anyway.
Soane
Hacker
I think more people are into GPS if they play away from their home clubs a lot - I've only played at my club (Abergele) for about 4 months but I'm pretty confident when it comes to club selection. If I visited a club I think the GPS would be a little more comforting.
SharkAttack
Q-School Graduate
Most course markers are to the front edge of the green (I have only played one with yardages to the middle), so the yardages from rangefinders and GPS would be different as most people I know check there distances to the centre of the green. Maybe thats where the different distances are coming from, although I know (especially wooden stakes at the side of fairways)some are out by a few yards thanks to people moving them.
RGDave
Money List Winner
News to me. Most stroke savers are to the front. Most posts are to the middle....
Or am I all confused.....
bobmac
Major Champion
I'd like to be associated with the remarks of the last speaker
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
I've found the opposite. Although when they are marked to the front, it doesn't half throw you out.
In Wimeraux the other week I had to contend with the markers being to the front of the greens, PLUS everything was in metres.....guess who kept coming up short
That's the one and only time I've missed my SkyCaddie since I sold it.
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birdieman
Guest
I had to play a match against the club champ from Longside a few years back at his place which is a long way from me.
Anyway didn't mind playing a different course, although it's no classic, but there wasn't one single distance marker on it. The guy was reasonably halpful but it was frankly hopeless trying to work out clubs by guessing your tee shot distance then subtracting it from the hole length from the card. I'd never been there before.
Point is you cant rely on your eyesight to give you distances. You cant rely on course markers being correct or even being there at all either so get some kind of GPS/rangefinder- it will save you shots.
Anyway didn't mind playing a different course, although it's no classic, but there wasn't one single distance marker on it. The guy was reasonably halpful but it was frankly hopeless trying to work out clubs by guessing your tee shot distance then subtracting it from the hole length from the card. I'd never been there before.
Point is you cant rely on your eyesight to give you distances. You cant rely on course markers being correct or even being there at all either so get some kind of GPS/rangefinder- it will save you shots.
kevinmarkham
Assistant Pro
What do you mean you can't rely on your eyes! How do you think people did it before Rangefinders came along. Your rangefinder - even distance markers if they're accurate - can tell you it's 167 yards to the green centre, but it can't tell you if you're hitting up slope (extra club) or down slope (less a club), and it can't tell you what the wind is doing and across the tree tops.
Eyes are the most important things you have. I've been using them for 35 years and I don't intend to stop now.
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birdieman
Guest
I didn't say you can't rely on your eyes, I said you can't rely on your eyes to give you distances - there is a difference!
I dont know what level you play at but I can hit it close enough that 5 yards makes a big difference in club selection, especially with short irons.
The info that a GPS gives you makes club selction easier, that's all. I got one start of this season and am now at my lowest handicap ever, down 1.5 on the start of the year. I believe that is down to better club selection through better information.
I believe that for most players, especially lower handicappers, that GPS is a great help. For those who don't want them, I've no problem with that.
I dont know what level you play at but I can hit it close enough that 5 yards makes a big difference in club selection, especially with short irons.
The info that a GPS gives you makes club selction easier, that's all. I got one start of this season and am now at my lowest handicap ever, down 1.5 on the start of the year. I believe that is down to better club selection through better information.
I believe that for most players, especially lower handicappers, that GPS is a great help. For those who don't want them, I've no problem with that.
kevinmarkham
Assistant Pro
Fair enough. Apologies. But I'm still happier trusting my eyes. I'd back my eyes against a rangefinder any day - in terms of executing the shot I then want to hit
I'm with birdieman all the way with this even though his game bears little resemblance to mine except in name only. That said I made my own handicap progression from 14-11 and a lot of that was done wthrough getting a real feel for distances with my wedges and then using SC to give me an accurate distance so I could choose the appropriate wedge and length of swing.
I can't knock the lights out everytime but from 100 yards and in I'm hitting a lot more to ten feet or less and so giving myself a reasonable birdie chance as opposed to fifteen feet or more and having thoughts on making sure I two putted instead of going for the birdie.
GPS is also a life saver for idiots like me who struggle to keep the ball on the fairway (who wants to be boring and do that every hole anyway). However faced with a shot out of rough or over a carry at least I know how far a hazard is in front of me to reach and how far to carry even if I can't see it. Relying on eyesight is fine if you have good un's but mine aren't great (and I went to Specsavers) and are only really useful if you can see where you're going
I can't knock the lights out everytime but from 100 yards and in I'm hitting a lot more to ten feet or less and so giving myself a reasonable birdie chance as opposed to fifteen feet or more and having thoughts on making sure I two putted instead of going for the birdie.
GPS is also a life saver for idiots like me who struggle to keep the ball on the fairway (who wants to be boring and do that every hole anyway). However faced with a shot out of rough or over a carry at least I know how far a hazard is in front of me to reach and how far to carry even if I can't see it. Relying on eyesight is fine if you have good un's but mine aren't great (and I went to Specsavers) and are only really useful if you can see where you're going
pigmeister
Assistant Pro
Have always judged the distance with my eyes. I still do, although i now have a Skycaddie to confirm my original thoughts. That is what the Skycaddie does for me, it takes away the doubt, the second guessing which can cause me not to commit to the shot. There are times when your eyes will deceive you, a dead piece of ground in front of the green for instance or a stream that cuts in front of the green, thats when when the Skycaddie comes into its own, 187yds carry to the front of the green. No guessing, just conformation that if i hit my 5 iron well i will clear the water and hit the green. Jobs a good`un.
