The damsgard family is raising funds for golf yardage books and illustrated rules for public courses on kickstarter. Books that you see the tour pros and caddies using swing man golf. The third leg of golfs coveted grand slam was also the golden. How to calculate yardage with a yardage book golfweek. Get hole yardage, distance markers, locate hazards and see course layouts. Browse the largest collection of scorecards, yardage books, and other golf course marketing media online. Lower section has a fairway description area for yardages back to tee. Books that you see the tour pros and caddies using youtube. Golf yardage books 3 pack pga template, 2019 usga conforming, weatherproof cover. I get absolutely everything off the skycaddie he said. Voted one of the top 5 five new golf products of 2017 by espn golf, the my caddie pro is sure to lower your scores by helping you develop skills in course management. Paul streeter, who finished third in the tournament, agrees, stating, the yardage book is on borrowed time. You may be wondering why a pro may need all of this if theyve already seen and played the golf course.
Pro secrets golf yardage books 3d graphically rich yardage. Custom yardage books golf course list precise yardgage. The foldable pocketsized book will fit comfortably into your shorts or shirt pocket. Our leather goods age gracefully over time acquiring a warm patina with age and a story all to itself. We have been able to use our combined 50 years of caddying on the pga, and lpga tours as our guide to making a professional, quality yardage book that has everything the competitive golfer needs. It seems yardage books either have amazing graphics or golf course data that aide only a pga tour pro to shoot low, so why not both. These days, theres a lot more than numbers in the yardage books used by. Pro secrets have spent years developing unique yardage books that enhance the brand of your golf club. Skycaddie sx500 replacing yardage books on tour golfmagic. Since 1994, t2green course guides has provided a tradition of quality and accuracy in the development of golf yardage guides. The app is gpsenabled so distances automatically update as you move around the course. It comes in two formats a generic one for doityourselfers and coursespecific. Not only were the products professional, and unbelievably well done, but their staff were a pleasure to work with, and our members love these yardage books.
Using it to verify what i thought was the proper slope has helped my overall green reading abilities. Fore better golf worked out a deal we couldnt pass up. A yardage book is a small booklet or pamphlet that contains illustrations, pictures, or diagrams of each hole on a golf course. First name golf term last name golf term one letter per space one letter per space 55086ftpar.
Yardage marker yardage and strategy booklet yardage book. Each yardage book cover is meticulously and skillfully made to order, using a mix of traditional craftsmanship and modern personalisation techniques. I will create a yardage book design from scratch that includes all 18 holes of your selected golf course any golf course. Pro members save money on every round of golf they play with golflink. Go to caddie my caddie pro yardage book 3 pack with yardage book holder click here. Story time just got better with prime book box, a subscription that delivers editorially handpicked childrens books every 1, 2, or 3 months at 40% off list price. We show you how to print your yardage book and use it on the course. A yardage book is like a golfers diary, if you will. Print out the foldable yardage book, using the print feature in the adobe reader.
Our repertoire spans some of the best clubs in canada and the us, including the national, st. Golf course mapping 3d golf 3d flyover golf yardage books. We are only one built the application with yardage book graphics 2. I just finished mine for my home course and im really happy with how it turned out. Founder mike howell developed a reputation for excellence in graphics, service and printing that grew best approach into the worlds largest producer of yardage guides. Follow along as you watch video tutorials outlining every step. Voted one of the top 5 five new golf products of 2017 by espn golf, the my caddie pro is sure to lower your scores by. 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. Both the top and the bottom pages are used for the same hole. Each set of tees is usually given a name such as gold tees or red tees. What weve created is a tutorial series that teaches the everyday player, aspiring junior golfer, or a seasoned pga professional how to make a yardage book or greens book with our online series. Apr 12, 2018 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. This amazing course management system will help you diagram how you want to play each hole.
To make a full page yardage book, just print each page, staple together and youre finished. These yardages help the golfer plan the best possible way to play the hole, and hopefully to avoid danger. Pga tour yardage books our yardage books are the professionals book of choice. Provide your email below and well send you a digital copy of our 2015 catalog. This is how i originally created the yardage books for a regional minitour. Before they let us walk the golf course, i might have been a little more. Have questions about the design and approval process. Golf courses may have as many as five yardage optionsor sets of tees. You can measure the distances by pacing from markers on the course once you have. The diy yardage book used by more amateurs, collegiate golfers, lpga and pga professionals than any other brand. Its true that most pros will play their practice rounds and come away with a game plan on each hole. Our team at precise yardage books offer our customers unparalleled experience in professional and amateur golf. Skycaddie is replacing yardage books on tour golf retailing.
Best approach has been producing the finest yardage guides in the business since 1994. You may have seen yardage books that some golf courses provide to give more detailed information about each hole, beyond just the raw yardages as marked on the scorecards, tee plates, sprinkler heads or other types of markers. Fairway leathers customer leather products for on and off. By comparison, even shinnecock hills, to many experts the finest example of links architecture in america, has consecutive holes playing in the same direction twice, once on the front nine at the second and third holes and again on the back, at 11 and 12. Filter by size andor by features to find samples that meet your requirements. Use the print feature in the adobe reader to print out the yardage book. Genuine leather leather golf book, add name, logo, team, club. Fairway leathers customer leather products for on and off the. Following is a stepbystep guide to help you create a unique yardage book of your own. The yardage book is on borrowed time says one tour golfer, after this weekends staysure tour event saw another victory for the revolutionary skycaddie sx500. Yardage books like this come in a variety of thoroughness and slickness. Making your own yardage book will give you the opportunity to customize the yardages and shots to your specific game. Anyone else here try making their own yardage book. We are a fully diversified golf course modeling and 3d visualization services company with worldwide experience of designing all type of golf courses.
Thats why we created fairway leathers, to satisfy the golfers. The use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments. The list of golf terms at the back of this yardage book may be helpful, but be sure you know what the term means before using it. A golf course might uses colorcoded posts on either side of the fairway where, for example, blue might indicate 200 yards out, white 150 yards out, and red 100 yards out. Sep 04, 2019 competitors can purchase detailed yardage books for each staysure tour event they play in, but with almost half the staysure tour field now using a skycaddie sx500 for their yardages the days may. Google earth can be a very helpful tool for capturing images of the golf course and importing them into inkscape and starting work on them. When creating a yardage book we have one goal in mind. A good yardage book is as much about strategy as it is distance. We have provided yardage books for many of the top golf courses and clubs in the united states. Jul 16, 2017 a yardage book is like a golfers diary, if you will.
I get absolutely everything i need from the skycaddie sx500, as quick as you like. Get the benefits of a great yardage book and an excellent distance measuring device in one app. A look inside dustin johnsons pebble beach yardage book golf. Were leading the evolution of online golf instruction with classes featuring everything from driving for distance to course strategy to mental skills to playing clutch, and we believe the university course format is the best way to help you learn faster and easier. Handmade, custom yardage books for a single golf course of your choice. Tour quality yardage books in the same template as pga tour golfers. Golf info network golfing guide gps yardage book application. This tour style has a large grid for accurate green diagrams measured in 5 yard increments. The yardages on the dots withing 100 yards or so to the hole indicate distance from. Thats a far cry from the pre1970s, before yardage books. 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. Golf yardage books and illustrated rules for public courses.
For example, if the flag and green are 200 yards away, and a landmark bunker protecting the left side of the green is listed in your yardage book at 15 yards to the center of the green, you subtract 15 from 200 to determine you have to hit a shot that travels at least 185 yards in the air to clear the bunker. Golf course mapping 3d golf 3d flyover golf yardage. Golf pro tips for using a yardage book golf channel skip to main content. Now you have seen all of the information that can go into a yardage book. Golf yardage books and golf yardage book holders for professional, collegiate, amateur, and junior golfers. These pocket sized, hole by hole golf course guide books are completely customized with maps, yardage information, and green illustrations. Golfers use yardage books to develop a strategy for playing each hole, and. Fairway leathers offers customized leather golf products for all golfers amateur to pro.
For example, a yardage book illustration of the fifth hole might show the golfer the yards to each of three possible landing spots in the fairway. Golf info networks golfing guide gps yardage book application gives an ultimate golfing experience with yardage book graphics. Make your own golf course yardage book by matt canham, instructions each hole does not have to be drawn to scale, but needs to accurately indicate hazards, their distances and details of each green. Custom yardage books golf course list precise yardgage books. 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. Those numbers, from top to bottom, represent yardage to the center. I didnt know that i should have laid up on that hole, he said. Dont worry, many top courses still provide analog yardage books, if thats still your thing. More useful than your home courses yardage book even if your home course has a yardage book youll find the yardage marker much more you can accurately diagram par threes, par fours and par fives.
They are a valuable marketing piece for your golf course as well as a classic souvenir for players. Our tutorials will be sent instantly to your inbox. A yardage book will tell you more than just distances. Golf pro tips for using a yardage book golf channel. The yardage books are available in two sizes, foldable pocketsized and full page. Perfect for corporate outings, buddy trips, or as a gift for your regular playing partners. Most of the time these booklets will fit in the back of your pocket. Chris dimarco and amanda blumenherst explain how they use a yardage book for course management strategies. Mark long is something of a legend on the pga tour. Pro secrets golf yardage books pga tour yardage books. Using my new strackaline green reading book at my home course has been great.
Youll notice that a lot of numbers in this fairway are offered in groups of three. To date, his golf travels have taken him to over two dozen countries and nearly 600 golf courses worldwide. A look inside dustin johnsons pebble beach yardage book. Record your personalized info for aiming points, landing areas, clubs to hit and slope of each green. Golf yardage markers give distance to center of green. Prepare to go low with the bandon dunes, bandon trails, old macdonald, and pacific dunes yardage guides. The yardage may also be marked at various points along each hole, for example, from 200 yards out from the putting green, 150 yards out, and 100 yards out. Each page in a yardage book usually features three key areas. Crystal clear images with complete yardage information from each tee to hazards, traps and to green centre. Golf digest calls it the yardage book for the rest of us. For example, some greens have a false front that cant be used for a pin location. This junior golfer has set out to create highquality yardage books for public golfers.
The quote, from paul streeter, came after the newarkbased golfer used his skycaddie to good effect while claiming third place in last weeks sinclair invitational at hanbury manor. Aside from his gutbusting stories, the pga tour caddie creates the yardage books that all. This is the style most pros and top amateurs use in their yardage books. We create high quality 3d flyovers and still graphics of golf courses. I would recommend fore better golf to any course who wants a premium product at a competitive price. We will be in contact regarding your request return to bespoke golf. Course tours are automatically available in the popular bluegolf yardage book app. Designer golf scorecards golf yardage books are available in three different design styles to accommodate different budgets and graphical preferences. Now you can start mapping your next round with golf steadys track notes.
To the left is how a blank page would appear when the book is flipped open. This is a sample page that has been filled in as an example. On the scorecard the yardage for each set of tees is shown in rows. I can quickly pull it out, determine the slope and aim accordingly. Show your personality on the links with one of the yardage book covers, custom leather head covers, valuables pouches, and journal covers custom made for you by our expert leather craftsmen. Shacklady loves the sx500 so much that he no longer uses the yardage book on tour. How much do pga tour players use their yardage books. The 2nd of the green mapping steps involves identifying the different putting zones in which the hole can be cut on the green. The bluegolf app overlays a yardage book on top of a satellite image so you are looking at distances on the actual hole. Sep 12, 2019 skycaddie sx500 replaced yardage book on staysure tour for sinclair invitational winner, david shacklady. In the middle of the scorecard are rows for each player to mark down his score, each hole shown in a separate column. Tan personalised leather yardage book cover carveon. The yardage info, a diagram of the green and information on the strategy for the hole goes on the top page.
Pga tour caddie paul tesori has detailed information in his augusta national yardage books that he accumulated in 10 years of caddying in the masters tournament, but he isnt worried about revealing some of the secrets to other caddies and their players. Get ready for your upcoming bandon dunes adventure with all four course yardage books. It would have been impossible to do that with a laser, and i also have no need for the tour yardage book now. Skygolf, maker of skycaddie, the most trusted rangefinder in golf, announced that englishman david shacklady used his skycaddie sx500 to help win last weekends staysure tour sinclair invitational at hanbury manor in the uk.
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