OK ... let me first start off by saying, I own a Range Finder and I use it .... but sparingly. If I am on a par 3 and I just want to verify the distance (most of the time) or verifying from the fairway if I am standing next to a marker. Say I am 150 yards out according to the marker in the fairway and the pin is either in the front or the back ... then I may use it to verify how far the pin is from the middle. That's about it.
I was paired with someone just yesterday that really .... just annoyed the hell out of me. He had an App on his phone that would provide the distance ... and he would use it EVERYWHERE! Mind you, let me first say .... he was NOT good by any stretch of the imagination. He would dribble one off the tee box .... look at his yardage pro .... REALLY ... on a par 5 when you are still 350 out?? Do you need to know that in order to dribble another one up the fairway? I guess for the 1 in a million shot that you may make in your lifetime ... but this guy should have taken up Under Water Basket weaving instead! Inside 100 yards, he would top a shot .... get the yardage AGAIN from 60 yards ... then proceed to skull it over the green! C'MON!! Do you really need the yardage INSIDE 100 yards? Highly unlikely!
I mean let's be honest .... are ANY of us THAT good that you know ALL the yardages of your clubs, down to the nearest yard?? I doubt it! I know I am not .. that's why I use it sparingly. What did we do before the Range Finder? We used the yardage on the sprinkler heads, discs in the fairways, color of the flag, etc.
I blame this on the Tour and the advertisers. They are more responsible for the cause of slow play than anything in my honest opinion. "Buy this Bushnell Range Finder ... find your yardages in a snap ... get better ... BLAH BLAH BLAH!" The touring pro can use it for practice rounds to verify their yardage books, yardages to certain objects (bunkers, trees, etc.)
But, we, the average HACK have no business using the Range Finder as much as we do. We will never be that good to say I hit my 7 iron 162.5 yards on a good day!
Done with my Rant for the day! Now ... bring on the comments. I love to start a rant to see where everyone stands on the issue.
I was paired with someone just yesterday that really .... just annoyed the hell out of me. He had an App on his phone that would provide the distance ... and he would use it EVERYWHERE! Mind you, let me first say .... he was NOT good by any stretch of the imagination. He would dribble one off the tee box .... look at his yardage pro .... REALLY ... on a par 5 when you are still 350 out?? Do you need to know that in order to dribble another one up the fairway? I guess for the 1 in a million shot that you may make in your lifetime ... but this guy should have taken up Under Water Basket weaving instead! Inside 100 yards, he would top a shot .... get the yardage AGAIN from 60 yards ... then proceed to skull it over the green! C'MON!! Do you really need the yardage INSIDE 100 yards? Highly unlikely!
I mean let's be honest .... are ANY of us THAT good that you know ALL the yardages of your clubs, down to the nearest yard?? I doubt it! I know I am not .. that's why I use it sparingly. What did we do before the Range Finder? We used the yardage on the sprinkler heads, discs in the fairways, color of the flag, etc.
I blame this on the Tour and the advertisers. They are more responsible for the cause of slow play than anything in my honest opinion. "Buy this Bushnell Range Finder ... find your yardages in a snap ... get better ... BLAH BLAH BLAH!" The touring pro can use it for practice rounds to verify their yardage books, yardages to certain objects (bunkers, trees, etc.)
But, we, the average HACK have no business using the Range Finder as much as we do. We will never be that good to say I hit my 7 iron 162.5 yards on a good day!
Done with my Rant for the day! Now ... bring on the comments. I love to start a rant to see where everyone stands on the issue.