Does skycaddie tell what club to take ?

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was just wondering if it told you what club to take other than telling you via the yardage?

Can u program in ure average yardage with different clubs?

ive been trying to get info on it but cant find much.
 

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Its a little thing called experience. No the Sky Caddie doesn't suggest a club, though some devices on the market can be programed to do just this. But any device must know how far you hit a club & until those other devices find out how far you hit each club then how can it tell you or suggest to you what to take.

Rookie, It really wont take you too long to get a better idea of your own yardages once you've been using a GPS like a SkyCaddie for a few rounds.
 

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Any one, or any device which suggests a club (othr than your caddy) is against the rules.


You get to know your yardages per club after a while, and then knowing he corret distance to the middle of the green is a starting point for club selection.
 

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The problem with presetting your clubbing distance is that the unit doesn't allow for wind or elevation so a 130 yard 9 iron could be uphill into a hurricane and could actually be a 3 wood.

Correct.
Experience is your only friend where club selection is concerned.
130 yards off of a lovely, well mown fairway is totally different from 130 yards half buried in wet cabbage.
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Why not just get the damn thing to hit it for you?
Its one thing buying clubs to help improve your physical game, but looking for all sorts of advantages kind of takes the skill levels out of it.
 

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This is the reason why the English golf union as made them legal. They can tell you the distance but not if its an extra club due to wind or a soggy rough you are in, so a 150 yard 7i in soggy condictions will be a 6 iron for me.
 

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Get down to the range and hit some balls! Dont just sit there a and wack um. Visulise the hole at your course and where you normally end up then take it from there! Hitting hundreds of balls won't help the quality of your practice will! :)
 

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Practice with known distances to give you data on how far you hit each club consistantly is what you need, this kit is brilliant for storing info and giving you that exacting distance of shot and knowing how far you hit each club is where it becomes beneficial. You will still need a little judgement if you are in the rough for example.
 

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Why not just get the damn thing to hit it for you?
Its one thing buying clubs to help improve your physical game, but looking for all sorts of advantages kind of takes the skill levels out of it.

So Brendy, given that argument, I assume you are against caddy's giving professionals advice re distance / clubs and even reading greens for them?
 

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No fella, Im an amateur golfer who looks after computers for a living. Golf is a sport I love dearly, but not that dearly. Caddies reading greens shouldnt be allowed either. Pace notes are one thing but actually giving a second opinion is taking a little of someone elses skill and adding it to the players.
Why not just get the damn thing to hit it for you?
Its one thing buying clubs to help improve your physical game, but looking for all sorts of advantages kind of takes the skill levels out of it.

So Brendy, given that argument, I assume you are against caddy's giving professionals advice re distance / clubs and even reading greens for them?
 

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Yes, and as amateurs, shouldn't we have the choice of GPS to offer us distance advice given the fact most will never be in the position to have caddies?

If it's good enough for the Pro's it's good enough for us to get that advice.

Instead of everyone bleating on about how unfair it is for amateurs to have GPS lets get the Golf Tours and the R&A to make it illegal to have the caddy's do anything other than carry the bag and clean the clubs!!
 

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Yes, and as amateurs, shouldn't we have the choice of GPS to offer us distance advice given the fact most will never be in the position to have caddies?

If it's good enough for the Pro's it's good enough for us to get that advice.

Instead of everyone bleating on about how unfair it is for amateurs to have GPS lets get the Golf Tours and the R&A to make it illegal to have the caddy's do anything other than carry the bag and clean the clubs!!

Caddy advice is subjective, gps etc is exacting! Caddy advice has to be accepted or rejected by the player and isnt always right, gps indication is exact and gives the player knowledge that they may not in every circumstance have had otherwise. My view is clear, technology is great but some should not be allowed in competition, unless every single golfer in a comp has access to the same data, then the game would be potentially unfair and being forced to buy one to be on level footing would be like making every amateur or pro employ a caddy for every comp, or forcing every golfer to buy a motorised trolley to be uniformal.
No! good kit, very useful but not for comps.
 

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Instead of everyone bleating on about how unfair it is......

Just read this thread.

Who's saying that it's unfair? As far as I can see, some people like using them and others are quite happy not to.
 

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My view is clear, technology is great but some should not be allowed in competition, unless every single golfer in a comp has access to the same data

With that argument you could also say the latest driver adding 30 yards to your drive costing £400 is in the same league as someone who can not afford the £400 and has a £100 which is 30 yards less.

The players do have the access via shotsavers yardage markers and the likes its just that the player with the GPS knows the exact distance. Its like playing in the same comp as a 65 year old who has played the track for 40 years to a noob on the track, he will know by heart which club to take, does that mean he shouldnt as not all the players have that experience?
 

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Instead of everyone bleating on about how unfair it is......

Just read this thread.

Who's saying that it's unfair? As far as I can see, some people like using them and others are quite happy not to.

Its more of people who don't use them wanting them banned from comps and moaning to comms about them, yet use an electric trolley, the latest £300 driver and the likes yet are scared of people knowing the exact yardages in comps :D but are quite happy for their playing partners to tell the distances in friendly matches.
 

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I can't see that these things actually give the advantage that some might think - after all, even if you know exactly how far it is to the pin, you've still got to play the shot!! :D
 

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Derek, my comment was related to alot of recent threads re GPS but in this one where it had been stated it takes the skill element out, why don't you get it to hit it for you...etc

"Unfair" may have been the wrong word from me to sum up the general feeling of these comments. If people are quite happy not to use them why is there the need to make those that do use them feel like they are doing something wrong?
 
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