MashieNiblick
Tour Winner
I've done this for my course to check out some specific distances (to fairway bunkers etc) and have also done it on some away courses and just for fun places Augusta, Pebble Beach etc.
Is it sad to google earth a course?
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Steve In Spain
Assistant Pro
Ain't that the truth! I walked Roda Golf Course out here 2 days before I was due to play, made notes, looked for trouble and all that pony.....played like a wassock on the day! Even where I wrote "Don't be long to this green"..I went long and ended up wet, not once, but twice on two different holes!
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
We played Old Thorns one week-end. Mate of mine was talking to the starter, got a strokesaver and put a little cross on each page to indicate where the optimum drive would be. I think he had 22 points. Tosspot!!
Steve In Spain
Assistant Pro
Strange ain't it Smiffy? Last week I played Las Ramblas for the very first time and luckily, the others in my 4-ball played it before and advised me where NOT to go and at times, due to the length I hit, to go over trees etc. I did this once on the 4th and played a provisional...lost BOTH balls. The green is some 230 yards over the trees. When I got there, I would have never gone for it because of the trouble long and the green and fairway slopes to the trouble!
Ended up with 28 points, losing on countback to....to....to...the bugger that suggested i should go for the green! He's also the Society President! After that, I played what I saw after that!
Ended up with 28 points, losing on countback to....to....to...the bugger that suggested i should go for the green! He's also the Society President! After that, I played what I saw after that!
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
I played with some mates a few months ago at a course called Nizels in Kent. Had parred the 1st for 3 points, stood on the 2nd tee, blind tee shot, and was about to tee off. Mate of mine said "you see that bunker? You want to aim slightly left of that". I hit a pearler. Good contact, exactly where he said to aim. Result? In a bunker I didn't see from off the tee. They had gone well right of the bunker we could see from the tee and had ended up in the middle of the fecking fairway. Who won? The guy that had told me to aim slightly left.
Steve In Spain
Assistant Pro
Buggers ain't they? He won a free round of golf on the course, I won 20€..prefer the free round naturally.
Steve In Spain
Assistant Pro
Tell you one thing....I spent a long time last night looking at the course for tomorrow, never played it and although I have Shotmiser GPS, I found that by looking at Google Earth I was able to identify WHERE to hit or to aim for, where the green has the largest area, I even found the measuring piece (the ruler) which was brilliant. I spent last night making notes on all the holes, less the Par 3's. Notes of where the biggest part of the green is, widest part of the fairways...even made notes of what clubs to use if all goes well off of the tee! No more overly aggressive, more course management for me from now on!
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
Gotta let us know it goes tomorrow but please don't include a weather report.....
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
Not google earth , but I always check out course on my caddie pro for the iPhone
The thing is if you look at Lydd on Google Earth there is just a big hole where a proper course should be. Hard to know where to hit it htere as the strokesaver was hand drawn (I kid you not) and there was so much crap you couldn't see both off the tee and playing your second. Easily the worse ever course I've played
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