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distance markers, what's best?
Jason Topp:
I disagree with the viewpoint that yardage markers should not exist or should be sparingly used. I also disagree with the viewpoint that judging distance is an integral part of the game. If it was at one time, that died 40 years ago.
I want yardage on every sprinkler head all the way to the green or some other means to be able to quickly figure out my yardage. I am by no means a precise player, but I know within 5 yards how far I generally fly each iron. Similarly, I have a pretty good idea how far my 1/2 wedges go when I hit them properly.
Diagonal hazards or fairways become a guess without yardages. Its a little tough to make a "strategic" decision when one does not know the challenge one faces.
Bob_Huntley:
Kyle Harris,
The best one, "Forget about it."
Bob
mike_malone:
Kyle,
The other day I played with a guest at Rolling Green who hit a very good drive on our long par five #9. He walked over to the nearest sprinkler head which had a plate on it. He looked at it with a "I wonder how far it is ; I think I can get there " look. Then he smiled , because it said "dreamer".
His host and I both expected this response.
Mike_Golden:
Kyle, Bob:
The best two I've seen- Pinehurst #1, 18 hole, uphill long par 4-Bill Vostinak and I looked at a sprinkler head probably 260 from the greeen which said, 'You da man'
I've also seen one, although I can't remember where, that said, 'No Way, Jose'
I'm all in favor of distance markers on the ground, the easiest ones I've seen that work for me are the Kirby markers at 100, 125, 150, 175, and 200. They don't get in the way and help me make up for my total inability to understand yardage books in real time. ;D
Kyle Harris:
Mayday,
Ahh, the ninth... Driver-Driver-7iron for me last time: What a hole! Next I'm there I'll look for those plates... that still had to be at least 300 yards out, no?
Did he actually think he had a shot? With that sloping fairway? The only flat spot, if I remember correctly is on the right side... in the rough.
My local muni added 50 and 250 yard markers to the course a few years back while I was in High School. The running joke on the golf team became, "I need my 50 yard club." Since we couldn't figure out at the time why in the world they were needed.
I guess I don't see the point, from a teaching perspective, of the shorter or longer distance markers. I guess with the advent of the full swing lob-wedge fromt he fairway, you need to know if you're 75 yards out.... but come on, the average bogey golfer hits a tee shot about 210 yards... does he really need to know if he's 240 from the green, and then 30?
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