Just picked up one of these Leupold GX3 rangefinders.. and wow what a difference!
We were playing a super twilight after work, so the course wasn't busy. Both me and my playing partner would try to guess the yardages our balls were at, and then check with range finder.. Some times we'd be within 2-3 yards.. usually when we're near an obvious yardage marker. but other times, even when we are right by a marker, we'd be 10-15 yards off (due to position of flag, angle of ball (right of FW etc)..
The confidence it instills, with one less thing -"is this the right club"- to think about, is worth it in my view.
Some would say it slows down the pace. I would argue that if i can take 15 seconds to check my distance.. then hit it on to the green (or near the green).. vs not taking that 15 seconds, and either hitting it short (thus requiring another stroke and all the preshot routine), or hitting it long into the bush and the 5 mins to look for the ball. I'd take the 15 seconds here and there..
One down side.. the other twosome started asking to check yardages too.
We were playing a super twilight after work, so the course wasn't busy. Both me and my playing partner would try to guess the yardages our balls were at, and then check with range finder.. Some times we'd be within 2-3 yards.. usually when we're near an obvious yardage marker. but other times, even when we are right by a marker, we'd be 10-15 yards off (due to position of flag, angle of ball (right of FW etc)..
The confidence it instills, with one less thing -"is this the right club"- to think about, is worth it in my view.
Some would say it slows down the pace. I would argue that if i can take 15 seconds to check my distance.. then hit it on to the green (or near the green).. vs not taking that 15 seconds, and either hitting it short (thus requiring another stroke and all the preshot routine), or hitting it long into the bush and the 5 mins to look for the ball. I'd take the 15 seconds here and there..
One down side.. the other twosome started asking to check yardages too.
