Would You Own A Rangefinder?

[George Pazin]

Nothing more rewarding to me than eyeballing a shot...hitting it successfully...and then finding out your "internal" yardage guess was real close...

Nothing more frustrating than your caddy telling you that you can hit driver, that the water is totally out of play, then ripping your driver right into the water.

Man, if this is the most frustrating thing in your life, I want to be you.

 

And this might just make it into my tagline someday:

You don't know what relativism means because Californians don't know any other kind of logic.  Remember, for us simple folk from the midwest, California, not money, is the root of all evil.

[JR Potts]

Nothing more rewarding to me than eyeballing a shot...hitting it successfully...and then finding out your "internal" yardage guess was real close...

Nothing more frustrating than your caddy telling you that you can hit driver, that the water is totally out of play, then ripping your driver right into the water.

Man, if this is the most frustrating thing in your life, I want to be you.

 

And this might just make it into my tagline someday:

You don't know what relativism means because Californians don't know any other kind of logic.  Remember, for us simple folk from the midwest, California, not money, is the root of all evil.

I take my golf very seriously.

[Mike_Cirba]

Mike Cirba - wanna tell Jamie what a nerd/dork/wuss he is for using the Bushnell?

 

Eh, Tom...Jamie uses the long putter too, but he gets a pass on this because not only can he kick all of our asses on the golf course, but he probably could off the course too.    

[Tom Huckaby]

Sean:

Wouldn't the "de California" be assumed?  That is, wouldn't one note it if one was a relativist NOT from this state full of them?  

And Mike, very well said.  I have heard these things about Jamie.

 

[Mike McGuire]

Are there any situations where a rangefinder might hurt?

When you mistakingly shoot the distance to the bank over the green and believe its the yardage to the pin.

[JSlonis]

Mike Cirba - wanna tell Jamie what a nerd/dork/wuss he is for using the Bushnell?

 

Eh, Tom...Jamie uses the long putter too, but he gets a pass on this because not only can he kick all of our asses on the golf course, but he probably could off the course too.    

Mike,

I wouldn't even think of it...I am not prone to violence.

Call it a dichotomy if you will, but don't all golf architecture  purists carry 460 cc drivers, a long putter, and a laser yardage finder?  

[JR Potts]

Mike Cirba - wanna tell Jamie what a nerd/dork/wuss he is for using the Bushnell?

 

Eh, Tom...Jamie uses the long putter too, but he gets a pass on this because not only can he kick all of our asses on the golf course, but he probably could off the course too.    

Call it a dichotomy if you will, but don't all golf architecture  purists carry 460 cc drivers, a long putter, and a laser yardage finder?  

460cc - Check
Laser Finder - Check
Long Putter - Nope.  Do they help?  I'll try one.

2 for 3 - Maybe I still do have a chance at acceptance.

[JSlonis]

Mike Cirba - wanna tell Jamie what a nerd/dork/wuss he is for using the Bushnell?

 

Eh, Tom...Jamie uses the long putter too, but he gets a pass on this because not only can he kick all of our asses on the golf course, but he probably could off the course too.    

Call it a dichotomy if you will, but don't all golf architecture  purists carry 460 cc drivers, a long putter, and a laser yardage finder?  

460cc - Check
Laser Finder - Check
Long Putter - Nope.  Do they help?  I'll try one.

2 for 3 - Maybe I still do have a chance at acceptance.

Ryan,

It helps me.  So until it is pried from my cramping hands, it'll continue to do so.

Who needs acceptance...go have fun.

[Geoffrey Childs]

Are there any situations where a rangefinder might hurt?

When you mistakingly shoot the distance to the bank over the green and believe its the yardage to the pin.

That's why in part I like the idea of the skycaddie so long as the course you're visiting is mapped.

[C. Squier]

I don't think it has been mentioned, but the Laser Link is super easy to use.  I've fumbled around w/ the Bushnell Rangefinder, it has a learning curve.....and after 2-3 tries, I hadn't mastered it.  The first time I tried the Laser Link, it took about 3 seconds and I nailed it.  Downside is, it only is good for pins.  (even worse, pins that have the little reflectors in them).  But I guess I'm happy guestimating distances through the green and only really want the # to the pin.

I think the neat thing about these devices, whichever one you choose is that it gives you more time to develop your next shot.  No matter who you are, or what your method of getting distance (from a rangefinder to guestimating all the way around), you're concerned with distance.  Nobody takes a random club out of their bag and wishes it to the hole.....a number (or something representative to a number, like "3/4 7 iron") enters everyone's mind.  The quicker you get to that determination, the more time you can devote to focusing on strategy.  I think that's a win.  

CPS

[Steve Lang]

 

Got a hand-held GPS about 6 years ago.. to chart our WCC courses beyond the yardage books.. (Sporting goods Store clerk asked if it would be used for hunting or fishing and when informed for golf.. asked if I got lost out there?!?

Rangefinder about 4 years ago.. really too bulky to use regularly.. but nice to know distance to fronting bunkers, trees etc.

Ms Sheila just got Sky-Caddie with $ winnings, and its best.. least obtrusive by far.  One of best uses is to calibrate how far you're really hittin the ball on first few holes.. and check your eye for distance..  At WCC courses I ask for numbers that I don't know by experience.  At new courses, very helpful when they don't have yardage books.. when you're blind shooting..

Shootin in the dark ages.. sure its fun, challenging, the purist pursuit.. like playing with wooden sticks..but hey, its 2006 AD and as HUCK says, the genie is out of the bottle.. and he's got a titanium sword..

[Geoffrey Childs]

You guys are all full of crap.

They're dirty rotten cheatin' at the gawf and you know it.

Putter Covers.

Cheater Lines.

Range Finders.

The Axis of Cheatin' Evil.  

The Truimverate of the Dastardly.  

The Un-Holy Trinity of Golfing Self-Deception.

All of them make me want to vomit.

Except the long putter  

[Kevin_Reilly]

Much more sporting to have a caddy who tells you the line of a putt, as well as how hard to hit it.

Same for shots elsewhere on the course.

Caddies have been "grandfathered" as acceptable, I guess.

[JR Potts]

Hockey?

People still talk about hockey?

[PThomas]

Hockey?

People still talk about hockey?

maybe in cities with decent pro teams, Ryan..which we haven't had  in about a decade

[Steve Lang]

 
Shivas.. are you channeling Michael Savage?

The hypocricy of the purist element here is undeniable..  titanium clad..

The electronic yardage book inevitable.. The GPS add in is cool..

Stick your wet finger up in the wind, but look at the trees sway and the clouds float by..

how much information is needed to swing a stick at a ball??

play on, play on.. just make sure you follow the local rules.. of engagement..