Mike_Trenham
We purchased EzLocator at St Davids a few years back, it’s really liked by the members. Since we started using it the hole locations have improved and expanded, they tend to be more out near the edges of the greens. The pin sheets are terrific as they portray the precise shapes of the greens. As a longtime member all I need is to see the dots to understand the locations and how challenging the day will be. There is also an ap for your phone.
Mike....very interested in your experience at your club at there seems to be a discussion going on at my club. I would prefer the Superintendent and his crew set up the course the way they want, they have proven to be highly competent. I don't think members disagree.
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Our green staff are argonimists and not golfers, it’s helped them set the pins better. I would bet each greeen superintendent can use it to set pins to fit the way they prefer to prepare the course.
My question is to what extent is EZLOCATOR driven by the want/need of members to have the pin sheets? If players want pin sheets it becomes a heck of a lot easier if you have software?
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For any task software is always easier and more accurate if it is designed properly. I would say the task goes from an 8 to a 2 on the hassle factor.
Hitting a few buttons is easier, than sending someone out to pace off each pin and often all the pins are not set until the after the first golfers tee off. Our locations are selected days ahead, yes occasionally they need to deviate (damage to the selected area) but that’s life.
And then does your club really need pinsheets? Do you have a caddie culture? nature of the terrain?
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We have a caddie culture and a number of blind holes and our share of moron members who don’t agree that you can see the pin on 3 from 1 and the pin on 7 from 5 and the pin on 8 from the range and the pin on 16 from 11. Members see something like pin sheets at one club and it becomes “every club has this but us”. This is an economical way to solve a request/demand from many members. Plus like I said it’s expanded our inventory of locations.
It sounds like another way to slow play if four people are playing around with an app which I would prefer not to see on the golf course anyway!!!.
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We don’t promote the availability of the AP, as as golf geek I found it and put it on my phone. Most players just ask their caddy to show the the sheet when they are not sure of the pin location.
I think the phone is no different than the paper and I have my phone on most days to check scores on the PGA Tour, MLB or NCAA games. I rarely look at the numbers as the combination of the pictures, my eyes and years of experience tell me exactly what I am facing. Also it lets me have one less thing in my pockets as my phone is already always in my back pocket.
Looking at the AP right now I see the following well known courses among many, Aronimink, Austin Country Club, Builtmore Forest, Baltimore CC, Butler CC, Chicago Golf Club, Country Club of Charleston, Desert Forest, Eagle Point, Exmoor, Frederic’s, Gulph Mils, Hazeltine, Lake Merced, LA Country Club, Old Sandwich, Philadelpia Cricket, Secession, Southern Hills, St George’s, Wade Hampton.