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Old 06-25-2011, 03:03 PM   #1
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Default No GPS or Range Finders...are you able to get your yardage?
No matter where I play I find GPS or range Finders,either on the cart or in someone's bag. I am curious if those that a dependent on these tools could do with out. Can you eye your yardage without the use of modern technology? Are you lost with out it?
I find that I eye my yardages more than I use the GPS. As a result I'm often asked for my thoughts by my playing partners. Anyone else like eyeing their yardages?
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:11 PM   #2
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Alot of the courses I play have markings at 200, 150 and 100 yards from the green. Additionally, some add distances to green on sprinkler heads along the fairway. Might not have exact distance but I have a fairly good idea what club to hit.
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:13 PM   #3
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Yea, we always try to take a guess too. I'm actually pretty good at it sometimes, but can be way off as well.
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:23 PM   #4
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I do but don't like it. Its so much simpler to look at the screen and trust the number. Just one less thought in my already cluttered mind.
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:24 PM   #5
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my depth perception is terrible so eyeing yardages is a no no for me.
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:26 PM   #6
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I used to eyeball all my yardages for most part, but I would use the landmark 100,150,200. Now I use my app on my phone all the time. I do like to make a guess for fun then check my phone to see if I'm right. Half the time I'm pretty damn close but there are times I'm waaaaay off haha
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:28 PM   #7
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I do but don't like it. Its so much simpler to look at the screen and trust the number. Just one less thought in my already cluttered mind.
I thought there was alot of space up there?
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:54 PM   #8
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It is nice to have those tools but in the end I find them more of a backup that I never use. I prefer to eye ball it and also keep on the look out for markers. I have gotten really good at distinguishing yardage for my 7, 8, gap, and sand. In the end for me it comes down to "this feels like a xxxx club from here"
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:55 PM   #9
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Most courses I have played have had yardage markers on the course. If the course didn't have yardage markers and didn't tell me to buy a yardage book, I would be furious.

I don't own a GPS or rangefinder. I have yet to find a need to own one.
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Old 06-25-2011, 03:57 PM   #10
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I haven't "used" my eye for 10+ years. Started pacing and using numbers when I was 13-14. My depth perception is awful, can't do without range finder or yardage book.
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Old 06-25-2011, 04:01 PM   #11
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It's funny you should bring this up because one of the very first things I noticed after starting to play again is the absence of my GPS. I used to have a SkyCaddie but after over 2 years away from the game, that subscription is long gone and that means that I am now walking off yardages.

I grew up walking off yardages and never really gave it much thought. But after having a GPS for many years, I guess I got spoiled and now I find it almost annoying to have to walk off yards on the course. The thing I miss most is knowing where the front edge of the green is. That, combined with the pin location or the center measurement is something I've come to depend on and playing without it feels weird.

I have to seriously look into either a rangefinder or another GPS.
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Old 06-25-2011, 04:10 PM   #12
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Nothing wrong with using a little mathematics, not to mention the good old way of playing by feel.
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Old 06-25-2011, 04:39 PM   #13
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Well I've been playing 35 years and just bought my first GPS two weeks ago. I was always pretty good at guessing, but given the great prices of todays GPS units, why guess? I could do without anytime, but I would rather have the unit in hand.
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Old 06-25-2011, 04:40 PM   #14
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my depth perception is terrible so eyeing yardages is a no no for me.
Same here!If there is not a lot of yardage markers ,I have some trouble getting the proper distance.That is why I use a GPS.One guy I play with sometimes must have a built in tape measure ,because he will call out the yardage before I look at the GPS and than argue that the GPS is off,somethimes by just a couple of yards.
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Old 06-25-2011, 04:42 PM   #15
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I use to eye my yardage until I got a GPS, now that I have one I can't play without it. When you play without one you can judge the distance to the flag but it's hard to judge the distance to the front and the back of the green, which are key numbers for me. My GPS also gives the yardage to the different levels/tiers of the green which is huge. (On some course)Overall I find when I play with people who have GPS/rangefinders the play is much faster than with those who don't have them. It's great to be able to get to your ball and within seconds know how far you got. I never understood them until I got one but love it!
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Old 06-25-2011, 04:50 PM   #16
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I don't trust GPS units as I have always paced my distances and used my eyes. The couple times I have gone with the GPS distance whether it be on a cart or someone who has one it has been off. I've used a rangefinder once or twice and I will eventually get one of those. As long as the course has their yardages right I just pace it off.
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Old 06-25-2011, 06:23 PM   #17
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I'd rather use a GPS. Pacing off yardages, first, it takes time, plus you gotta find the sprinkler head, and hope it is marked! I almost always take the yardage to the back of the greenbrcause if anything I hit it short anyway so I'd rather take extra club. I also have a rangefinder but I use the GPS much more.

And how are you going to pace the yardage to the dogleg, or the hazard, or the bunker that you have to decide whether to lay up to or hit it over? You might know on a course you play a lot but what about a new course?
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Old 06-25-2011, 06:31 PM   #18
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I'd rather use a GPS. Pacing off yardages, first, it takes time, plus you gotta find the sprinkler head, and hope it is marked! I almost always take the yardage to the back of the greenbrcause if anything I hit it short anyway so I'd rather take extra club. I also have a rangefinder but I use the GPS much more.

And how are you going to pace the yardage to the dogleg, or the hazard, or the bunker that you have to decide whether to lay up to or hit it over? You might know on a course you play a lot but what about a new course?
Totally agree with you smalls, plus I find in general that when most people get a GPS they learn that they don't hit the ball as far as they thought they did. When they actually get the true yardage they come up short, I know this happened to me. Then you proceed to claim the yardage is off on the gps or range finder. They have been proven to be the most accurate and I think I would be lost without mine.
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Old 06-25-2011, 06:40 PM   #19
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i used to eye my yardages but i just bought the bushnell Rangefinder/GPS combo and i realized that knowing the exact yardage is very helpful with club selection and where i have room to miss on the green. my greens in regulation has gone up... and i doubt ill ever eye yardages again
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Old 06-25-2011, 07:44 PM   #20
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My home course is very minimal for sprinkler head yardages. Usually I will find one and pace off the distance. I did play without one for awhile until I got the battery changed and I was a bit lost but was fine finding the distances.
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