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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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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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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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my depth perception is terrible so eyeing yardages is a no no for me. |
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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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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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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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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. |
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