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Post by gmbtempe on Jun 26, 2010 10:00:48 GMT -5
So I was finally able to pick up a Callaway Upro. Check out this deal, refurbished through Cally pre owned 200, fathers day say 12% off for 176, free shipping on offers over 175, traded a Hyper X fairway wood that I can't hit for 40 bucks...out the door 136!
anyway always wanted one of these as the Upro has some cool features with the satalite image overlays.
I know I have read some comments that people lose their feel and depend to much on the machine but I guess its something to monitor.
It was really cool because I found that I could aim at certainly places without having to worry about going into trouble. For example on hole two yesterday it said I had 158 to the pin into a slight breeze, long is death on that green. I would almost always hit an 8 cause of this to protect. Yesterday it said I had 171 back and 175 bunker, so I hit the 7 because there is no way I can get that there into the breeze. I slightly mishit it and found myself pin high. If I had hit the 8 I would not have been in as good a shape.
I found this throughout the day, it was not really the hazzards that it helped me out it was on figuring where I could miss hitting into the green or on layup shots off the tee.
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Post by Richie3Jack on Jun 26, 2010 19:40:55 GMT -5
I'm not as anti-GPS and anti-rangefinder as most believe. Personally, I want a number to get a starting point and then weigh in factors and feel what I need. The 9th hole at Eastwood is a hole I am far better off aiming for the #1 fairway because it plays shorter and I don't have to worry about hitting the mounds which leave me with no shot. Problem is I have zero idea what the yardage is and things like rain and wind can cause me to have far different yardages into the green.
With the rangefinders, the ones with slope are crucial if you're a serious player that is playing a hilly course. Of course, you can't use it in a tournament, but you can prepare for the tournament with it. In Georgia, it's very hilly and if you can't get the yardages, you can flush it all day and shoot over par because the yardage kills you.
I do think that people that are too strict by yardages can really kill themselves and I don't like having to get yearly memberships and pay to upload a course. The latter is just part of my personality, but next year when I play serious golf tournaments, I'll have a GPS and a rangefinder with slope.
3JACK
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