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**Wymdqcvb** · 02-08-2009, 01:49 AM

StLCardsFan posted a great response on the article page that knowing the exact yardage with the help of GPS helps the golfer be more confident with the yardage and the subsequent shot. I totally agree with that assessment, however I'm not 100% sold on the idea of needing GPS to get that exact yardage personally. I think having a sprinkler head and a quick pace off of the distance from there is very very accurate in my own experiences.

I don't want to start a whole other discussion so I will try and avoid it. A GPS is completely useless to me. I want to know my exact distance on approach shots. Tee shots and other hazards might be a little different. Unless you get a pin sheet from the course with the day's hole locations a GPS is not much better than a yardage book and sprinkler heads. Can I hit a ball 127 every time I have it, probably not, but I can get close. I feel like I can be +/- 5 yards from the hole on any shot inside of 200 yards (if I hit it how I want to). My rangefinder will get me to the middle of that 10 yard area. My problem with GPS and course markings are that it only tells you to the center of the green.

I played last weekend on a hole where I had 145 to the center of a 35 yard deep, elevated green. I don't know where the flag is unless I take the time to go up to the green and look. Pull out the rangefinder and I know I am 138. I could have guessed anywhere between 135 and 155. I hit my shot with full confidence that I won't be going 10 yards past the hole with a tough downhill putt. I hit my 140 shot and miss a little to the right but pin high on the green with an easy putt. 3-4 years ago I would have probalby hit that shot and been short or long.

I have become much better with distance control since I got a rangefinder. That has helped me with my overall game since I am no longer guessing. Since I know my distances, and how to hit each shot, I never stand over a ball wondering what I am going to do. Do I hit every shot perfectly the right distance? Not by a long shot. But I can do it much more now, than I could a few years ago, and that has helped my scores greatly.

02-08-2009, 01:49 AM	#18
Wymdqcvb Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	StLCardsFan posted a great response on the article page that knowing the exact yardage with the help of GPS helps the golfer be more confident with the yardage and the subsequent shot. I totally agree with that assessment, however I'm not 100% sold on the idea of needing GPS to get that exact yardage personally. I think having a sprinkler head and a quick pace off of the distance from there is very very accurate in my own experiences. I don't want to start a whole other discussion so I will try and avoid it. A GPS is completely useless to me. I want to know my exact distance on approach shots. Tee shots and other hazards might be a little different. Unless you get a pin sheet from the course with the day's hole locations a GPS is not much better than a yardage book and sprinkler heads. Can I hit a ball 127 every time I have it, probably not, but I can get close. I feel like I can be +/- 5 yards from the hole on any shot inside of 200 yards (if I hit it how I want to). My rangefinder will get me to the middle of that 10 yard area. My problem with GPS and course markings are that it only tells you to the center of the green. I played last weekend on a hole where I had 145 to the center of a 35 yard deep, elevated green. I don't know where the flag is unless I take the time to go up to the green and look. Pull out the rangefinder and I know I am 138. I could have guessed anywhere between 135 and 155. I hit my shot with full confidence that I won't be going 10 yards past the hole with a tough downhill putt. I hit my 140 shot and miss a little to the right but pin high on the green with an easy putt. 3-4 years ago I would have probalby hit that shot and been short or long. I have become much better with distance control since I got a rangefinder. That has helped me with my overall game since I am no longer guessing. Since I know my distances, and how to hit each shot, I never stand over a ball wondering what I am going to do. Do I hit every shot perfectly the right distance? Not by a long shot. But I can do it much more now, than I could a few years ago, and that has helped my scores greatly.
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