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Judging approach distances accurately

hampshire2012

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robrey85 Well Established Member

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If you have an iPhone, go with Golfshot. I am so salty that they haven't updated the Android version to 3.0 because I have a Droid RAZR MAXX but Golfshot iPhone has a lot of great features and it's accurate. Don't think that $30.00 is pricey because it's not. If you were going to buy a GPS specific to Golf, you'd spend roughly $50-100 for a decent one so realistically, you're saving 20 bucks. The only downside with Golfshot iPhone is that from what I hear, it dominates the battery. On Android that isn't an issue because most Android phones have an extended battery available.

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I tried the GolfLogix, and didn't care for it.  I compared it with fairway/tee box yardage markers and with my friends GPS and found it to be off as much as 10-20 yds on many occasions.I then downloaded the SkyDroid for $1.99 and it seems to very accurate, I did the same comparison and everytime I was within 2-3 yds of the yardage markers and friends GPS. The SkyDroid does give you front center and back yardages, but also gives you yardages to front and back on bunkers and water. Another cool thing about it is that you can use the aerial view as well. In aerial view you can zoom into the green and get more accurate yardages to the pin by just touching the screen to where you think the pin is located and will give you yardage to that. Very cool, and for $1.99 how can you beat it?

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I use Swing by Swing religiously.... a great app and a real bargain..... all courses mapped for free, and you can even get them to map it for you if it's not in the database! (rarely isn't though.... I've only come across 1 course that isn't mapped in the 2 years I've been using it)...

The "Club tracker" part of the App is the part you will find  most usefull though.... you hit "start shot" before you hit the ball.. then as you are walking to the next location enter data such as club used and shot shape, then when you reach the finish location of the ball you hit "end shot" and the magic is done for you....

After the round you can check all shot distances with each club, the program also collates all your shot data and gives you an average "how far you can expect to hit" each club data output taking the average of all "full" shots with a particular club.... you can also see this data for that particular round while playing the round.... very usefull in case you happen to be hitting it hot that day...

VERY usefull to find out exactly how far you expect to hit a club... I really have my wedges dialed in now and am pin high 90% of the time.... wonderful piece of software... for a wonderful price.

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Garmin Approach 1. Pretty awesome. My buddy doesn't pull his laser rangefinder out any more..lol. Used Swing by Swing before also. Pretty good.

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sixonezero Established Member

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Originally Posted by hampshire2012

Essentially I'm confident that my lengths are consistent (from the range), but I'm starting to suspect that my judgement is just terrible, as it is not uncommon for me to miss by 30 yards short/long despite (what feels like at least) a good strike.

Your distances might be off because of bad info at the range.  At my local driving range the yardage plaques haven't changed in years, but the tees move almost every day, sometimes a good deal.  This is where a laser rangefinder is best...when I get there I laze the targets and get accurate yardages before I start swinging.

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COUGH........................ "laser"

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Originally Posted by chilepepper

I have Sky Droid on my android phone. Works fairly well. Cost 2 bucks. Gives distances to green F,C,B. Does not give distances to bunkers and such though

The Skydroid app can tell you a distance to any point and it offers the ability for you yourself to go in and add points to bunkers,water hazards or safe landing areas.

For the cost it is great and depending on your phones gps strength you can have distance of 1-3 yards off or as much as 10 yds off.

I've used it for 2 years and recommend it, but before buying it or any cell app, check if you have good cell coverage in the places you play.

If you don't then you'll just waste your money and should get a laser range finder imo

Hit'em Long and Strong
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