Skycaddie on the practice ground

[USER1999]

Off to the practice ground tomorrow, to sort out a few things. Taking my video camera (don't panic, I won't be posting my terrible swing on here), and also my Skycaddie.

Question is, when you use a skycaddie on the practice ground to measure your length (ooh, er, missus), do you lie, and tell it you are playing the hole nearest to the practice ground, and then use the mark tool, or do you use enter your own course, and then use the mark tool.

Failing that, will it work in demo mode?

 

[viscount17]

not tried it but it may depend on how far the practice ground is from a hole.

Not sure about enter your own course, doesn't it just do front/middle and back of a green?

 

[Robobum]

You can do it after selecting any course Murph, once it's located the satelites it will default to 999yds if it's not where you are.

Then you can use the mark function until your heart's content.

 

[jammydodger]

Just ignore the hole thing and press the ball mark button and then again when you get to the balls , simple as..

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I used it extensively last year. Our range has a flag and a 150 yard marker so used those as my target (the gap represents the width of a standard sized green). I then hit every club in my bag (I've practice balls with red lines and green lines - just the colours I used to recognise my own balls) and hit ten of each (20 in total) and used the mark tool to measure the shortest (but actually properly struck), the average and the longest.

I then managed to go on a quiet day and hit from the other end to get the same results into the wind and so I now know what I average into and against an 10mph or so breeze with everything. The one thing I would say from a personal point of view is that there really isn't any need to measure driver or 3 wood at all. I measured 5 wood as there is a rare occasion when a par 5 is in reach in two so nice to have the facts.

As everyone knows I'm a bit of a rangeaholic anyway so it wasn't that much of a chore for me but I guess you can trim it down and maybe get average distances only using maybe 5 balls per club.

There is no provision to store the info on the SC but I have it written on a piece of paper I keep in my scorecard holder and also in my strokesaver in case I don't have my SC to hand

 

[USER1999]

Thanks guys.

I want to check how far I hit my 6i on the practice ground, as I hit it sweetly there, and in the nets, and at the range, but like a twit out on the course.

I have a sneaking suspicion that I try to belt it too hard out on the course, and it all breaks down. If I knew how far it went on the practice ground, may be I would try to stop hitting it at max distance when playing for real.