Tracking club distances

[rob_golf1]

I'm interested in learning more about the distances from each of my clubs to enable me to hit more greens in particular.

I've heard that the shot tracer app available on iPhone isn't that accurate at all in providing you with the yardage on each shot. So I'm looking at finding somewhere/somebody I can possibly go to and find out my yardages for each club. I'm based in South Birmingham so does anybody have any places they can recommend to me?

Cheers

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My local range has a GC2 monitor which you can hire out for 30 minutes and hit balls and it'll give accurate distances. Have a look around locally and see if any of yours do the same. We have a range (Silvermere) locally with some pro tracers in bays which also give a reasonable idea although bear in mind it's using range balls. I'm sure other ranges must have this too

 

[gmhubble]

Most of your local clubs should have GC2 or Protracer. Sweet talk them and you may get an hour for free - mine are tight and offer the facility for £30 for an hour

My local driving range has Protracer now in a dozen bays and it's free!

 

[rob_golf1]

My local range has a GC2 monitor which you can hire out for 30 minutes and hit balls and it'll give accurate distances. Have a look around locally and see if any of yours do the same. We have a range (Silvermere) locally with some pro tracers in bays which also give a reasonable idea although bear in mind it's using range balls. I'm sure other ranges must have this too

Most of your local clubs should have GC2 or Protracer. Sweet talk them and you may get an hour for free - mine are tight and offer the facility for £30 for an hour

My local driving range has Protracer now in a dozen bays and it's free!

Sounds like you guys have top quality ranges. My local range is a direct golf and I don't think they have a facility allowing you to rent access to a tracker although it sounds good paying a little bit of cash to find the numbers out.

 

[gmhubble]

Sounds like you guys have top quality ranges. My local range is a direct golf and I don't think they have a facility allowing you to rent access to a tracker although it sounds good paying a little bit of cash to find the numbers out.

World of Golf New Malden

 

[Parsaregood]

Either go and spend some money somewhere with a decent launch monitor or go to a flat practice area hit 15 balls with each club and work out the average. I can pace out 100 yards to within 1-2 yards of measured distance with a range finder it's pretty amazing how accurate pacing is but this is how all pro golfers worked out distances in the past and most of them seemed to do alright

 

[hovis]

can't you just lazer a pin and see if you choose the right club? I've never had a session to find out distances but i know exactly how far i hit each club

 

[SaintHacker]

Plenty of free apps available if you have a smart phone, or look at something like Game Golf

 

[Hobbit]

I wouldn't do it on a range with GC2 et al. One, its range balls and 2, I'd rather either laser it or, as I used to do, get a surveyors wheel. You also need to walk out and see the spread of balls, dropping the extra long ones and the extra short ones.

Make sure you've sorted your lofts on your irons, and then you only need to hit 6/7/8 irons. Work the gapping yardages from that.

Every round you'll need to gauge how you're hitting the ball. One week it might be that your 7 iron is going about 160, and another it might be 170. Club from that yardage.

Don't forget to add or subtract yardage for hot/cold days.

Don't do it with a GC2 or range balls, its a waste of time. And do sort the lofts first. I've gone out one spring and found only 5 yds diff between 8 and 9.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I wouldn't do it on a range with GC2 et al. One, its range balls and 2, I'd rather either laser it or, as I used to do, get a surveyors wheel. You also need to walk out and see the spread of balls, dropping the extra long ones and the extra short ones.

Make sure you've sorted your lofts on your irons, and then you only need to hit 6/7/8 irons. Work the gapping yardages from that.

Every round you'll need to gauge how you're hitting the ball. One week it might be that your 7 iron is going about 160, and another it might be 170. Club from that yardage.

Don't forget to add or subtract yardage for hot/cold days.

Don't do it with a GC2 or range balls, its a waste of time. And do sort the lofts first. I've gone out one spring and found only 5 yds diff between 8 and 9.

The range I use has it in a specialist bay at one side of the shop and provide Srixon Z Stars so the data is accurate. I usually start with wedges and work back towards a driver usually hitting 3-5 balls per club

 

[Maninblack4612]

Don't do it with a GC2 or range balls,.

I find the GC2 to be very accurate but I always use my own balls. The distances I get are very close to those I get on the course.

 

[chris3081]

Silvermere is awesome! But not accurate enough it's gc2 all the way

 

[Hobbit]

I find the GC2 to be very accurate but I always use my own balls. The distances I get are very close to those I get on the course.

I've tried the GC2 Bill, and as you say its very close. Not close enough for me, and I still feel I need to walk out there to do the "means and extremes" exercise to confirm what's accurate.

 

[GreggerKBR]

Trackman can "normalise" for type of golf ball.
From a range matt with a launch monitor TM or GC2 etc. you can learn a good deal if you only look at "carry" distance - not "total".

You can also learn a great deal from using a range finder on the golf course and then recording the conditions and outcome.
EG. temp= 20*C, into light wind, slightly uphill, from tee, 155 yards, = full 7 iron landing @ 152 yards with strong draw.
But that just makes it too complex to "look and feel" and get into the shot, you can learn instinct/judgement for yardages.

But I would say just play more golf! A
Note if you are going long or coming up short a lot and just keep adjusting and making the best decisions you can.

The best ball strikers in the world constantly make wrong decisions or don't get the flight they want and come up short/long all the time.
It's just part of golf - you cannot avoid mistakes.
But you can learn how to deal with mistakes and avoid making one's that cost you heaps of shots.