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**hasasnn2345tv** · 09-11-2009, 09:10 PM

I don't care where they place the markers, as long as they are visible to the naked/corrected eye, and some what accurate. Center of the green is the yardage target for most markers, and usually accurate only if the pin is cut in the middle.

The course I am playing today has a par three that shows 165 from the tips, to the center of the green, on an in ground marker. My GPS will tell me it is is 156 to the center of the green from the tips. I have paced it off before, and it works out to be about 160 yards. I will use my 150 yard club, and be in the center of the green, if the pin is cut there. If the the pin is cut long or short from the tips, I will make a club adjustment.

History on this par 3. Years ago the green was rebuilt after a big flood. The tee box yardage markers were never adjusted. Neither was the score card. A few years ago 8 power lines were run across the teeing area, which might now be a problem for the GPS. Since I have played this hole a few hundred times, I know I can reach it with my 150 club, because it is down hill from the tee boxes. The local mens' golf team know all this, and when a visiting team plays, they usually miss the green long. Home field advantage I suppose.

09-11-2009, 09:10 PM	#18
hasasnn2345tv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 501 Senior Member	I don't care where they place the markers, as long as they are visible to the naked/corrected eye, and some what accurate. Center of the green is the yardage target for most markers, and usually accurate only if the pin is cut in the middle. The course I am playing today has a par three that shows 165 from the tips, to the center of the green, on an in ground marker. My GPS will tell me it is is 156 to the center of the green from the tips. I have paced it off before, and it works out to be about 160 yards. I will use my 150 yard club, and be in the center of the green, if the pin is cut there. If the the pin is cut long or short from the tips, I will make a club adjustment. History on this par 3. Years ago the green was rebuilt after a big flood. The tee box yardage markers were never adjusted. Neither was the score card. A few years ago 8 power lines were run across the teeing area, which might now be a problem for the GPS. Since I have played this hole a few hundred times, I know I can reach it with my 150 club, because it is down hill from the tee boxes. The local mens' golf team know all this, and when a visiting team plays, they usually miss the green long. Home field advantage I suppose.
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