Re: Bushnell Advice
- From: jimdauer@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 4 Jun 2006 14:01:25 -0700
I've used Bushnell devices while golfing and have also worked for a GPS
company where some of my duties included marking golf courses for GPS
service. Herer are a few things I can tell you:
1. Even the best private golf courses are poorly marked. I'm not sure
who marks sprinkler heads and places the standard 100, 150, 200 and 250
markers in the middle of fairways, but they are consistently wrong.
2. GPS is not very accurrate. When marking courses, we acquire global
positions of things like "center of the green" and then, in order to
most closely match the yardages marked on spriklerheads, calibrate the
global positions we've already acquired. (If the yardage on the GPS
device you're using doesn't match the sprinklerheads on the course
you're playing, you won't trust either yardages and assume the GPS
system is wrong.
3. After purchasing a rangefinder, you'll quickly find out it's the
most important piece of equipment in your bag. My uncle (who's a 5
handicap) thought it was ridiculous that I purchased a rangefinder a
few years ago until I took him to a course and demonstrated that he was
consistently over/under-clubbing due to his reliance on sprinklerhead
yardages. You cannot imagine how amazed he was to find this out.
4. You'll use the rangefinder for approach shots <100 yards. (You may
THINK you can tell the difference between a 55-yard shot and a 65-yard
shot, but (if you're like 95% of the population) you're wrong.
Jeff Givens wrote:
On Sat, 13 May 2006 17:45:41 -0700 long&left <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
firstly, ignore vfe. Secondly, I've got a Yardage Pro 1000 and it will
get distances to, well 1000 yds, although I've never tried it at that
distance. It will accurately measure to normal golf course stuff, at say
400 yds, if you can hold it steady enough to fix on an object for a few
seconds. If you need it for long distances typically I'd recommend a
monopod of some sort for it. I just lean on my golf cart to steady
myself and it works fine. And, my depth perception is also horrific :)
Dave
Thx everyone. Looks like the Pro will be fine. I just need to spot ranges
just for woods, tee shots and an occasional FW shot, for landing area
distances. I probably won't use it for approach shots unless on a poorly
marked course.
I have an organic eye problem that gives me a terrible time in judging
distances. A bunker at 250 will look anything from 200-300 to me, or worse,
depending on surrounding features. There are few things worse in this game
then to hit a shot well and shape it just as planned and have it land in an
unexpected spot due to a vision problem.
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