Goose
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Golf Yardage Books
A yardage book with a pin sheet will give you the same distance number as a rangefinder, but will also show more detail.
Using a rangefinder, I shoot the flag at 150. I am in between clubs and the pin looks to be in the middle. I hit an easy 9 iron thinking that if it goes long I am still on the green.
Looking at my yardage book I see that it’s 135 to the front of green and the pin is on 15 and 5 from the left. Green depth is only 20. That leaves me 5 paces behind the pin. Now I’m hitting a hard PW because I can’t hit my PW far enough the fly the green and even if I hit it a little fat I’ll still make the green.
And to take it even further. The pin is 5 from the left with a total width of 15. That means I can aim directly at the pin with intentions of hitting my stock fade. If it fades I’m in middle of the green. If it goes straight I’m “flag hunting”
Obviously this would be for a new course. Home course knowledge makes books somewhat obsolete.
Thinking my way around the course like that is a lot of fun to me. Reminds me of playing in my teens. Learning how to “play” mentally and not just hitting straight golf shots.
I think I get what you are saying. I’m not sure they are more accurate than a laser for the exact pin but a yardage book does paint a much more complete and complex view of things. I kinda get it
A yardage book with a pin sheet will give you the same distance number as a rangefinder, but will also show more detail.
Using a rangefinder, I shoot the flag at 150. I am in between clubs and the pin looks to be in the middle. I hit an easy 9 iron thinking that if it goes long I am still on the green.
Looking at my yardage book I see that it’s 135 to the front of green and the pin is on 15 and 5 from the left. Green depth is only 20. That leaves me 5 paces behind the pin. Now I’m hitting a hard PW because I can’t hit my PW far enough the fly the green and even if I hit it a little fat I’ll still make the green.
And to take it even further. The pin is 5 from the left with a total width of 15. That means I can aim directly at the pin with intentions of hitting my stock fade. If it fades I’m in middle of the green. If it goes straight I’m “flag hunting”
Obviously this would be for a new course. Home course knowledge makes books somewhat obsolete.
Thinking my way around the course like that is a lot of fun to me. Reminds me of playing in my teens. Learning how to “play” mentally and not just hitting straight golf shots.