My friend was playing golf a few weeks ago with the aid of his range finder. But he kept over hitting shots time and time again. He thought his range finder was broken or mis-calibrated, but by hole 8 or so he learned he had it set to meters not yards. Funny!
Is this the original premise of the thread? AG seems so passionate about range finders, I thought I would continue to add value to the thread with that comment.
EDIT...C'mon AG, you can't do that to me. Delete your post after I post some brilliant comedy. Man, oh man, oh man.
Sorry, Mac. I let things get the best of me, wrote a rant, thought better of it, deleted it. All within about 10 minutes...
Honestly, though, this rangefinder thing is a dead horse of the first magnitude. I play a LOT of golf with a lot of different people, including many who truly love good GCA, and I don't know ONE who doesn't want a yardage. Not one! My son caddies and forecaddies for a summer job; how many players do you suppose don't want a yardage from him? The next one will be the first!
Given that, rangefinders are just a faster way to get a number. Hell yes, it's a precise number! Rangefinders have been that way since they were first developed for hunters. Can you imagine a rangefinder, as a product, that gave approximate numbers?
Here's my first Christmas wish: For the rest of 2010, I don't see a single poster on GCA.com passing off rubbish about rangefinders and distances as actual analysis of golf or GCA. It is tired, weak, and laughable. Don't do it; it's over, done, decided. Move on, already, or join the Flat Earth Society or the Man Will Never Fly League.
There, I ranted and threadjacked anyway. See what you've done?