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Removing compass from the equation would just add other issues ... How about the gyroscope etc that can be used for a spirit level, which could easily be used for measuring the break of greens?
Removing compass from the equation would just add other issues ... How about the gyroscope etc that can be used for a spirit level, which could easily be used for measuring the break of greens?
.... and there is already something in the rules for compass, and yet lts of people seem intent on want to break that rule too!Now this is getting silly and a gyroscope would be no reason to ban a mobile from from use as a DMD. You already aren't allowed to set anything on the green to show breaks therefore that would cover setting a DMD on the putting surface. Compass has been argued many a time how much it could actually help a club golfer, I can't even see how a pro could benefit, especially since most stroke savers have North indicated. If you really wanted to know directions then a quick look on google maps with a notebook and you could have everything you need to know re: direction. Nothing in the rules against it either.
Now this is getting silly and a gyroscope would be no reason to ban a mobile from from use as a DMD.
Another arguement to add, what good is a weather app? Wind measurements are taken at a certain height, and usually in areas frww from obstructions. Wind on a golf course, particularly one with lots of hills and/or trees, will be doing lots of different things to what the weather app says. Granted a coastal links course may be less affected but how useful is it to a golfer to know that the wind is blowing NNW at 8 knots, gusting to 16? Surely a finger/a few blades of grass in the air and using your eyes will be much more helpful?
i have a pair of pathfinder shoes that have a compass in the heel,can i wear them to walk around the course???????
The other thing is Bob that for your plan to have worked, e.g. turning off the internet so you couldn't access the weather, that would involve you disabling the GPS which would in turn mean you couldn't actually use the GPS DMD... So it would be self defeating.
If your phone has a compass or weather app you are not allowed to use it, even if you say i wont use those apps the device is still illegal, You cant agree to ignore the Rules of Golf or you will all be DQ'd.It's probably been said already but I'm going for it anyway.
Golf is a self-policing game most of the time so why not just say crack on an use your phones as WMDs but please don't look at the weather or the compass apps. Most of us are pretty honest so I'd be very happy to walk around with a couple of blokes who were using their phones to get distances. My real problem comes up when I think they are actually just walking around texting their missus'.
If your phone has a compass or weather app you are not allowed to use it, even if you say i wont use those apps the device is still illegal, You cant agree to ignore the Rules of Golf or you will all be DQ'd.