JPH
Q-School Graduate
I have some ball finding sunglasses . Got for Christmas 
What in your opinion is the most useless piece of golf equipment ?
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timchump
Q-School Graduate
a 1 iron
williamalex1
Money List Winner
Wooden tees with your name on them .
Qwerty
Tour Winner
+1 For iron Covers!
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MetalMickie
Guest
Rangefinders!
How many of us know accurately how far we CONSISTENTLY hit any club.
Be honest now!
How many of us know accurately how far we CONSISTENTLY hit any club.
Be honest now!
Andy808
Tour Winner
Me!
Nothing wrong with the gear the most useless thing is the piece of meat holding the club.
Nothing wrong with the gear the most useless thing is the piece of meat holding the club.
woody69
Journeyman Pro
Out of interest, why? They might not be for you but they have their use. Easier to creep up on women whilst you carry your clubs home for a start.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Being able to hit a particular yardage with a particular club has 4/5ths of bugger all to do with wanting to know how far you have to hit.
Do you want to know how far the pin/green/ditch is from you? Then you work out how far it is, by eye, by course guides or by GPS. Whether you can hit anything that far/accurately is completely irrelevent.
huds1475
Journeyman Pro
Am really struggling with Rangefinders. How many Pro's did you see aiming lasers @ flags at Sawgrass? Horrible visions of a future not so far from now of people marching round with Rangefinders holding up play, duffing it, repeat etc....
Just can't see how they can make you a better player unless you're visually impaired???
Now ball finding sunglasses, there's a product that has obvious practical value, off to get me some!!
Just can't see how they can make you a better player unless you're visually impaired???
Now ball finding sunglasses, there's a product that has obvious practical value, off to get me some!!
tsped83
Tour Winner
Amen. I've got eyes an yardage markers, that'll do.
duncan mackie
Money List Winner
the pros have the course and everything on it mapped, double mapped and on top of that they have practiced the shots, the bunkers over and over........for every comp.
I have excellent vision, but I can't see what's hidden from view and I don't want to waste everyones time walking up to find out. I am also unable to judge yardages as accurately as I can carry the ball.
cookelad
Tour Winner
They're not allowed to use them in competitions but I'll guarantee there were a few to be seen during the practice days!
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Alex1975
Guest
Holding up play is hitting what you think is the distance, missing it and having to play another shot.
All the pros caddies have rangefinders that they use the day/week before and write all the distances down...
Fader
Tour Winner
Bit confusing!.
Your first point about pro's at Sawgrass, they use them in their practice rounds to measure yardages then get their caddies to fill out those massive notepads you see them holding, so there is no need in tournament play and they have a Caddie for that very purpose...
As for your 2nd point that already happens at every course you go to,
upsidedown
Tour Winner
That would be because they're not allowed in competition on the Tour, but during practice rounds they use them and they do have a caddy with them.
I use one and reckon it knocked at least 1.5 off my handicap after I got it.
Stuey01
Journeyman Pro
Takes me less than half a second to glance at the gps on my wrist. Much quicker than trying to work it out from marker posts.
huds1475
Journeyman Pro
Thanks for pointing out ref Tour rules 
They still seem pointless to me, especially to an amatuer with decent vision.
Any experiences of Ball Finding Sunglasses appreciated too...
They still seem pointless to me, especially to an amatuer with decent vision.
Any experiences of Ball Finding Sunglasses appreciated too...
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MetalMickie
Guest
Precisely, Rangefinders are totally irrelevant.
Knowing the distance to an objective is totally useless if you don't know which club you need to achieve that and as for those players who faff around with their GPS/Rangefinder when they are less than 100 yards from the target!!!.
Robobum
Money List Winner
The yardage is merely the starting point for gauging the shot to hit. Your vision may be 20/20 but I guarantee that you aren't as accurate as my laser.Thanks for pointing out ref Tour rules
They still seem pointless to me, especially to an amatuer with decent vision.
Any experiences of Ball Finding Sunglasses appreciated too...
So......using my laser the flag is exactly 100 yds away and 5 yds behind the flag is a pond. If 105 yds is my flat out wedge then I know to take a bit off and alls well.
Using your perfect vision, you guess that the flag is 105 yards away (very accurate guess over 100yds) that means you can hit flat out wedge knowing you'll be safe??? Splosh - oops.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
The first thing you need to know about a shot, except possibly the lie, is how far you have to hit the ball. How do you do it? Pacing? guess work? Looking at markers?
Why?
You can't accurately hit a club that far so you may as well dump 13 clubs in the lake and just use a putter instead....
I use my laser, it takes around 5 seconds, to find out how far I need to hit the ball. I can then choose a club that I think I can hit that far...wbether I do or not is irrelevent to the use of gps/laser
Have fun taking 10 putts on a par 4........
