Caddie mark long discusses the creation of his yardage books, which are used by many on the pga tour. Pga tour golfers are, not surprisingly, capable of hitting the ball farther than average players not only off the tee but also with each club in the bag. Players and caddies alike depend on these tools as they do everything they can to contend in tournaments week in and week out. Yardage book cover golf scorecard holder leather plus score sheets free sunfish. Yardage books and what their deal is graceful golfer. The basic book you see is the official course yardage book which lays out the hole and the green across a few pages as required, showing the key terrain of the hole, obstacles, locations of sprinkler heads, and other useful points of reference f. A number of courses provide yardage books for their patrons. According to 2009 lpga statistics, the average female professional s driver carries 220 yards and travels 246 total yards. For a golfer that hits an excessively long drive, to a chip out.
Mar 31, 2019 in the examples below, you can see that it would take a rocket scientist to easily digest what the yardage book was trying to tell the golfer. Fuzzy bunkers golf scorecard holder and yardage book cover plus free golf pencil and downloadable pdf stat tracker sheet 4. Apr, 20 mackay has kept every yardage book from the mickelson years in the masters, with those from the three victories stored in a special place in my closet, he said. Horween collection leather golf scorecard holder yardage book in chromexel dark brown. Allowing golfers to play at their highest level by learning the essential skills necssary in golf course management.
They are intently reading, analyzing and then shoving them back into their back pockets. It might show the golfer that the distance from a certain tree to the. Clutch golfer podcasts clutch insights from pga, lpga and senior tour superstars dr. The maker of pga tour and major professional and amateur championship yardage books. He was able to use the book to shoot a combined 66 over 2 days on the harder 9 hole side. A pro player is also careful to note how far he can hit each club, so he knows which iron, wood or hybrid to pull from the bag during tournament play. Players weigh in on how often they use their yardage book on a weekly basis. Pga tour caddie paul tesori has detailed information in his augusta national yardage books that he accumulated in 10 years. The crossword clue golfers yardage book data published 1 time. Chris dimarco and amanda blumenherst explain how they use a yardage book for course management strategies. The average golfer can learn a lot from these pages. Jan 15, 2018 the primary purpose of the yardage book is, no surprise, to provide the golfer with yardages.
All professional golfers are seeking any advantage to maximise their scoring potential during tournament play, as long as that advantage is within the rules of the game. Mark long yardage books the most demanded yardage books. This is where players and caddies get their yardage books. When i caddied, i knew what the yardage from that tree on the right side of the trap on no. Pin sheets and yardage books golf instruction article. The pga tour, meanwhile, keeps a variety of statistics regarding the distances that. Our genuine leather are designed by professional golfers and caddies and are completely customizable. We offer industry leading yardage book design, production and associated services to professional tours and clubs around the world. As a professional golfer one of the most important pieces of equipment i can take on the course is the yardage book. George lucas, and mark long both pioneers in the field of mapping out golf courses, began to enhance the yardage books that were then sold to caddies and professional golfers as they travelled.
One of the most affordable gifts you can buy for the golfer you know is the fuzzy bunkers scorecard holder and yardage book cover. How to calculate yardage with a yardage book golfweek. Chris dimarco explains how to use a yardage book to improve your game. What are the average yards per club for a pro golfer. No 1 golf is a market leader in producing professional yardage books. The go to caddie my caddie pro is a 40 page diy yardage book used on 9 professional tours and by collegiate and junior golfers around the world. Feb 18, 2012 the use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments. Mark long yardage books the most demanded yardage books on. This book is made from heavy stock paper and measures 6. Why a professional golfer will use a yardage book posted on 15th february 2012 by simon clarke. Golf yardage books and golf yardage book holders for professional, collegiate, amateur, and junior golfers. Apr 14, 2020 if given the opportunity, a true professional golfer will never use hand held devices. Keeping golf uppermost in mind, with over 20 years experience and expertise in the trade of producing graphics and illustrations for yardage books, golf trade show brochures, email designs, and marketing booklets.
Our team at precise yardage books offer our customers unparalleled experience in professional and amateur golf. In the examples below, you can see that it would take a rocket scientist to easily digest what the yardage book was trying to tell the golfer. The advent of yardage books did away with landmark. How to use a yardage book for the weekend golfer, a yardage book can be a source of information that can be used to jot down notes and club selection on a specific hole over time. You can use a yardage book to supplement the other ways to measure the distances between two points on the course gps devices, rangefinders and the traditional red, white and blue stakes or metal fairway disks that mark the 200, 150 and 100. Players and caddies often use internet apps to fill out their my caddie pro prior to their practice or tournament rounds. Fuzzy bunkers is excellent for keeping track of the game and their progress on the course.
Any golfer can tell you the agony of a soggy scorecard. If youre big into research, you may have found pictures of a few pages of someones book. The yardage book app is gpsenabled, so distances to all course features greens, targets, bunkers, hazards, etc. Most golf yardage books are small enough to fit in the golfer s pocket during a round of golf and are often kept in their golf bag as a souvenir. Pro secrets golf yardage books commerical yardage books. A professional golfer and caddie consulting a yardage book. Having the book was a huge help as he had never seen the course before. Golf scorecard holders, leather yardage books, headcovers. Aside from his gutbusting stories, the pga tour caddie creates the yardage books that all. You can use a yardage book to supplement the other ways to measure the distances between two points on the course gps devices, rangefinders and the traditional red, white and blue stakes or metal fairway disks that mark the. Jul 16, 2017 a yardage book is like a golfer s diary, if you will. Offering a golf yardage book is an often reminder to the player to come back to your golf course to play over and over again.
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Provide your email below and well send you a digital copy of our 2015 catalog. This is a great feature that is not available in a traditional paper yardage book. Apr 17, 2014 by luke kerrdineen hilton head island, s. Some of the responses they give are quite different than you. We have provided yardage books for many of the top golf courses and clubs in the united states. Our vision is to be an online directory and community of likeminded golfers that want access to yardage books of the courses that they play on a regular basis. But it is also possible to make your own yardage book. Magic vosom professional golf scorecard holder yardage. Deltashop professional golf scorecard holder yardage book holder with scorecard and pencil multicolor. Her 3, 5 and 7woods carry 195, 185 and 174 yards, respectively and total 218, 200 and 186 yards.
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Mark long is something of a legend on the pga tour. What is in the notebooks that professional golfers use on the. Lower section has a fairway description area for yardages back to tee. The diy yardage book makes a g reat golf gps or rangefinder companion booklet the doityourself yardage and strategy book for the competitive golfer its like have a tour caddy in your pocket joe davidson danbury, ct. Golf pro tips for using a yardage book golf channel. Golfers yardage book data crossword clue crossword buzz. Both our my caddie tour and our my caddie pro yardage books conform with the rules of golf. Mark longs pga tour yardage books unlock secret keys to. It is an invaluable tool though only if it is accurate and has all the information that i need. Use it as a great standalone yardage booklet or use it with a gps or rangefinder as a full fledged strategy and tactics. Plus, it includes a free pencil and scorecard tracking pdf that you can print for backup copies. How much do pga tour players use their yardage books. Bluegrass fairway golf scorecard holders, leather yardage. Oblique view golf yardage book or overhead view golf yardage book giclee.
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How to make professional golf yardage books pga tour style. Fred funks longtime caddie goes to amazing lengths to provide accuracy. They simply are not accurate enough for their level of play. For many years he has made the yardage books the caddies and players use on the pga tour as well as at the united states open championship, the pga championship. Following is a stepbystep guide to help you create a unique yardage book of your own. What i have that i really like for me, as a caddie, is the pin sheets, he said.