Reliance on a Golf Range Finder during a round

[Scoobiesnax]

Was playing over the weekend and whipped out my rangefinder on the 3rd to find that the bugger had run out of battery! I didn't have a great round unfortunately and if I'm honest although I didn't get my distance totally wrong I was probably a little bit too tense thinking, have I got the right club, have I judged the distance correctly, instead of relaxing and going with the flow. It was on my home course, so I could judge club selection fairly well without it luckily.

So it got me thinking; if you use a watch/range finder how would you it feel if it stopped working during a round - would it affect your game?

 

[ManinBlack]

No, because I carry a spare battery.

 

[duncan mackie]

Home course - no worries; but I do like to know v accurate distances around 70 - 130.

Away course and I will be begging or stealing one (probably end up using my phone)

 

[Garush34]

I've got into the habit now of charging my GPS the night before, but on my home course I know the distances fairly well just prefer to know the exact distances. Away course I would struggle but would just carry on the best I could.

 

[chrisd]

I have had my Bushnell go flat on me mid round but mostly these days I also wear my GP's watch too!

 

[Deleted member 18121]

to be totally honest...I'd be screwed.

 

[road2ruin]

Far too reliant on knowing distances.

Before I had my rangefinder I just used my GPS watch. One round forgot to charge it and it only lasted 2 holes. Had a shocker after that, probably more mental than anything else.

 

[Scoobiesnax]

No, because I carry a spare battery.

The annoying thing was the spare battery was in my car...doh!!!

 

[garyinderry]

I quite often don't bother looking at it or charging it when I got for a solo knock. Even in some bounce games I might not look at it for a few holes.

Card in hand I look at it pretty much every shot apart from the obvious close ones.

Yes you do get reliant on it. No big deal. A pro would be lost without his yardage book and caddy .

 

[Dando]

I use my GPS app for nearly every shot except really close to the greens.
i always keep an iPhone charging lead in my bag and if the battery on my phone dies (i use the swingxswing app) then i a can charge it up via the USB port on my powakaddy

 

[patricks148]

No, because I carry a spare battery.

Me too lol

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

If my range finder failed I'd be totally knacked

 

[bluewolf]

I've got into the habit of "guesstimating" the yardage using the marker posts, before even using the rangefinder.. This gives me a reference point to make sure that I'm not lasering something 40 yards behind the hole.. I'm usually at most 5-8 yards out.. This means that I'm confident enough to play without any assistance should it be necessary...

 

[Imurg]

I've got into the habit of "guesstimating" the yardage using the marker posts, before even using the rangefinder.. This gives me a reference point to make sure that I'm not lasering something 40 yards behind the hole.. I'm usually at most 5-8 yards out.. This means that I'm confident enough to play without any assistance should it be necessary...

I'll +1 this...
Always charge GPS when it gets low - usually get 3 rounds from it
Always keep 2 spare batteries for the laser in the bag too...

 

[Evesdad]

I'm screws too! It's just become part of the set up routine. Arrive at ball, look at watch, take into account incline/decline and wind. Select club and go. Mine ran out the other week as I hadn't fully charged for some reason and it was a 36 hole day. I was lost in the second round, didn't help it was an away day either.

 

[guest100718]

its 100 and in a really rely on it. often ill estimate a pitch is about 80 yards based on the 75 yard pole, but laser it and discover its 90+

 

[Green Bay Hacker]

Was playing over the weekend and whipped out my rangefinder on the 3rd to find that the bugger had run out of battery! I didn't have a great round unfortunately and if I'm honest although I didn't get my distance totally wrong I was probably a little bit too tense thinking, have I got the right club, have I judged the distance correctly, instead of relaxing and going with the flow. It was on my home course, so I could judge club selection fairly well without it luckily.

So it got me thinking; if you use a watch/range finder how would you it feel if it stopped working during a round - would it affect your game?

Totally reliant on mine these days. I am gutted if I forget to take it to the course with me as I now seem incapable of guessing the yardages. All is not usually lost as two of my regular FC's also have DMD's so I can crib off them. How I managed prior to purchasing a DMD i'll never know

 

[SugarPenguin]

This has happened to me and its soul destroying. Couldn't hit a thing

 

[Junior]

I struggled at Clitheroe the other week on a few holes. Not so much to the green, but to the corner of doglegs and such like. I didn't like having that little seed of doubt....

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Totally reliant on mine these days. I am gutted if I forget to take it to the course with me as I now seem incapable of guessing the yardages.

You and me both. Years of relying on a GPS has diminished my ability to guess distances, especially from 100 yards and out. I'm sure if I played a few rounds without my GPS crutch it would start to come back.