Yardage books...do you have one?

[DBake]

I am just wondering how many people have yardage books for the course they play most often or for any course you prefer. If yes, Did you make it or buy it? What information do you have in it, or added to it?


p.s. sorry for the miss spell on the poll don't know how to go back and change it

[flap]

I carry a range finder so I have no need for a yardage book anymore.

[iacas]

I don't carry yardage books, either, but I do carry a range finder. If I'm playing a somewhat difficult new course, I'll often get a yardage book because it's tough to figure out what some carry distances are with a range finder.

[NCGolfer]

I'm with Erik. I don't carry one on my home course or the other courses I play regularly. I do like to have one for newer courses though...especially since I'm not lucky enough to have a range finder like others.

I have played with Erik and used his range finder and found it VERY useful and amazing how well it does work.

[Everardo]

I dont for my home course since I know it so well but use a SkyCaddie(TM) for newwer courses or just by theirs if they have one

[Rafcin]

nope. most of the time I don't even look at the yardage markers... just pull out the "right" club 120 or so rounds in two years helps

[NCGolfer]

nope. most of the time I don't even look at the yardage markers... just pull out the "right" club

Do you even

see your wife Rafi?

[Rafcin]

Do you even

she plays with me at least once every weekend... that's when I see her

[iacas]

Do you even

With a wife like his, how could you possibly

miss her? ba-dump-ching! Yes, I'm joking around... Us Pols can pick on each other a little.

[Rafcin]

With a wife like his, how could you possibly

Wow. I didn't think you guys met before... I guess I was wrong

[jeffgladchun]

The proshop at my club was selling yardage books from the '02 US Amateur so I got one for $7. Comes in handy from time to time but I rarely use it.

[Chicagoland Nick]

I always buy a yardage book when possible, unless the course has a GPS system.

The last few years, I really haven't had a home course as my number of rounds in Chicago has dropped like a rock. When I lived in Boston, my home course had gone and marked the yardage from almost every single tree within 250 yards!

Those of you with rangefinders, which ones do you like and why?

[elnocho_3]

I buy a yardage book if i haven't played a course before and try to plan each hole on the tee, based on the length of shot i want to have left to the green center and the risks involved so whether 4 wood, long iron or driver is required.
As for my own course i have a game plan for each hole and try to play the game plan, this helps in pressure situations. I write in the yardage brought for my own course what i want to hit off the tee, where i want to aim for on the green (aiming at the pin is not always the best choice), the grain of the grass of the green. The yardage book for my course is pretty good with yardages for most positions. Have times when i need pythagoras theory though
I have also put more accurate yardages from within 80 yards as these distances are more important to the score.

[670forged]

I have a stack of yardage books sitting in my garage that I don't use anymore. Since I got the SkyCaddie GPS I just don't need them anymore. It covers every course that I play.

Mike

[Franco!]

I love the look of yardage books.
Like seriously, they're so cool.
Do you guys just buy them from your club or what?

[Harry Longshanks]

I love yardage books even though I use a GPS or rangefinder.

It's too bad so few courses sell them these days.

[MrSandman]

If a course is selling the yardage book, I will usually buy one. They are nice to have, especially if you have never seen the course before.

I carry a range finder, so the yardage book is not a necessity, but I still like to have them.

[nikki]

I always have yardage book. In my country GPS is not allowed during the torunaments,