Yelp-like course strategy website besides Google Earth?

[Sidehatch]

I have seen many recommend Google Earth for plotting how to play a course. Anyone know of any websites that documents courses, or allows users to document courses with tips/strategy? It would be like a Yelp for golf courses only.  I think I saw someone mention that on here a while ago, but I haven't been able to locate that.

[gregsandiego]

1 hour ago, Sidehatch said:

I have seen many recommend Google Earth for plotting how to play a course. Anyone know of any websites that documents courses, or allows users to document courses with tips/strategy? It would be like a Yelp for golf courses only.  I think I saw someone mention that on here a while ago, but I haven't been able to locate that.

Yes, Yelp is random - half the time you get some chick telling you about the wedding they had there.

But besides that GolfNow seems to have many reviews:

Here are some for one of my local courses:

https://www.golfnow.com/courses/1027558-mission-trails-golf-course-details#ratings-snapshot

 

 

[Golfingdad]

Bluegolf.com

Search for the course and if they have the "tour" option, then it's pretty handy.  It will give you the info on each hole and it has google maps and a built in easy to use measurement tool.

Looks like this:

[Sidehatch]

17 hours ago, Golfingdad said:

Bluegolf.com

Search for the course and if they have the "tour" option, then it's pretty handy.  It will give you the info on each hole and it has google maps and a built in easy to use measurement tool.

Looks like this:

Ahh, thank you! I think it was bluegolf that I was looking for, but couldn't remember!

[RandallT]

There's also http://www.provisualizer.com/index.php. Somebody posted it here on TST once, and I've used it a few times.

It doesn't really let you make notes for strategy, like Blue Golf. But you can go to any course, anywhere in the world and map the course yourself. That's both a pro and a con. You have to do it yourself (all 18 holes, tees, pins, and target points in fairway), but you don't have to rely on their list of courses either. 

You can zoom down to a low level to see the terrain.

Once you've plotted everything, you can see reports including a summary of the shapes of the holes and a sense of the elevation (see last one below):

 

[billchao]

On 7/9/2016 at 6:33 PM, Golfingdad said:

Bluegolf.com

Search for the course and if they have the "tour" option, then it's pretty handy.  It will give you the info on each hole and it has google maps and a built in easy to use measurement tool.

Looks like this:

I justt played around with this site and it seems to me that the ruler is ridiculously annoying to use. At one point I couldn't move the markers without scrolling my screen, which prevents me from moving the markers where I wanted to anyway.

[Golfingdad]

3 hours ago, billchao said:

I justt played around with this site and it seems to me that the ruler is ridiculously annoying to use. At one point I couldn't move the markers without scrolling my screen, which prevents me from moving the markers where I wanted to anyway.

Yeah that happens but it's super easy to just start over.  If you click a third time it just restarts with point "a"

[Sidehatch]

7 hours ago, RandallT said:

There's also http://www.provisualizer.com/index.php. Somebody posted it here on TST once, and I've used it a few times.

It doesn't really let you make notes for strategy, like Blue Golf. But you can go to any course, anywhere in the world and map the course yourself. That's both a pro and a con. You have to do it yourself (all 18 holes, tees, pins, and target points in fairway), but you don't have to rely on their list of courses either. 

You can zoom down to a low level to see the terrain.

Once you've plotted everything, you can see reports including a summary of the shapes of the holes and a sense of the elevation (see last one below):

 

Wow, I will have to check that one out, as most of the courses I play have high traffic, so I am sure they are on there.

[zero]

I like Swing by Swing, but I don't really use it this way, I don't think it has social. I just mostly use it for yardage and shot tracking.

[RandallT]

On 7/11/2016 at 0:05 AM, Sidehatch said:

Wow, I will have to check that one out, as most of the courses I play have high traffic, so I am sure they are on there.

One cool thing about provisualizer is that they have a page that has links to all the courses mapped out for all the majors. If you're watching a major, you can fire up the site and easily browse around the course using their pre-configured strategy pins. I've done that for several tourneys and enhances my understanding of the course.

You can do this other places too, but I've just come to be familiar with navigating provisualizer's interface (which is essentially google earth with some golf-specific markings).

Caveat: you need to install the google earth client for the 3D visuals.