chipsandegg
Head Pro
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to tell you guys of my experience at the end of last year using a Sky Caddie. The pro at my club asked me would i play with him in a pro-am competition and naturally i jumped at the chance. Once we arrived at where we playing and sorted everything out we went to Tee Off, as we were walking to the 1st he told me we would use this and showed me his GPS something id never used before.Anyway to cut a long story short i hit it a little bit farther than the pro so when it came to taking our second shots into the green more often than not i was waiting for him to come and tell me the exact yardages. While i was waiting i already had it in my head what club i would be using going off the course markers and the by what the pin position appeared to be but to my surprise nearly every time he came over and told me the exact yardage i was sometimes up to 3 clubs out!!! Anyway, the result was we won with 45 points. The pro only used his score once (which was a chip in birdie and i parred it anyway). When we were back at the club house having our meal My partner worked out that i actually shot 73.Its a course ive never played on and off the whites in pretty damp mizzley conditions. Now im not saying this was purley down to the Sky Caddie as the way i was playing last year i was striking the ball really well but my short game was terrible (3 putting everything) but i wonder what my score would have been had i just gone with my gut instincts when selecting my irons? Since i played in this comp (last November) i did a bit of research on the net and bought myself a sonocaddie Autoplay and i have shot really good scores since. I couldnt believe the different way i played my own course.The best thing i find with the GPS is it tells you how many yards of green you have beyond the pin for me it took every little bit of doubt out of my head before playing my approach shot.
I just wanted to tell you guys of my experience at the end of last year using a Sky Caddie. The pro at my club asked me would i play with him in a pro-am competition and naturally i jumped at the chance. Once we arrived at where we playing and sorted everything out we went to Tee Off, as we were walking to the 1st he told me we would use this and showed me his GPS something id never used before.Anyway to cut a long story short i hit it a little bit farther than the pro so when it came to taking our second shots into the green more often than not i was waiting for him to come and tell me the exact yardages. While i was waiting i already had it in my head what club i would be using going off the course markers and the by what the pin position appeared to be but to my surprise nearly every time he came over and told me the exact yardage i was sometimes up to 3 clubs out!!! Anyway, the result was we won with 45 points. The pro only used his score once (which was a chip in birdie and i parred it anyway). When we were back at the club house having our meal My partner worked out that i actually shot 73.Its a course ive never played on and off the whites in pretty damp mizzley conditions. Now im not saying this was purley down to the Sky Caddie as the way i was playing last year i was striking the ball really well but my short game was terrible (3 putting everything) but i wonder what my score would have been had i just gone with my gut instincts when selecting my irons? Since i played in this comp (last November) i did a bit of research on the net and bought myself a sonocaddie Autoplay and i have shot really good scores since. I couldnt believe the different way i played my own course.The best thing i find with the GPS is it tells you how many yards of green you have beyond the pin for me it took every little bit of doubt out of my head before playing my approach shot.
