Old Man Yardages

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Did you keep the carry numbers too?

I'm not sure there's much benefit in total distance, as the roll will vary tremendously depending on the firmness of the ground, if it lands on a downslope etc. Carry distance is the important one for me, because on the course I'm thinking about where I want to land it.

I've always just thought in total distances and I've been doing that too long to change now. In winter I just go up a club and in a heatwave I go down a club. It's still just as simple without thinking in carry distances. I mostly do my yardages to the back of the greens, so in my mind total yardage works for that as it means I shouldn't roll through the back.
Edit: it's the same with lay-ups etc you just want to know it's not going to reach the hazard don't you? So that would be total.