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Anyone try the new Smart Caddie App by Game Golf?
It has a "Wind Direction" screen, is this illegally to use?

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Smart Caddie helps golfers make data-driven decisions as they play. It’s like having your own personal caddie who considers every shot you’ve ever hit, has identified all of your tendencies and accounts for course and weather conditions.

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Shindig Incredible Member

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Plays like distances is probably enough to not allow it.

That having been said, use it in a practice round is fine.  In fact, I'd be tempted to use it in a practice round as I prepare for my club championship next month.

I'd be curious if I can see "advanced hole strategy" without the app.  I just want to see how it'd suggest I play the 4-5 holes in my home course where I've been averaging over bogey this season.

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amished Dedicated Member

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31 minutes ago, Shindig said:

Plays like distances is probably enough to not allow it.

That having been said, use it in a practice round is fine.  In fact, I'd be tempted to use it in a practice round as I prepare for my club championship next month.

I'd be curious if I can see "advanced hole strategy" without the app.  I just want to see how it'd suggest I play the 4-5 holes in my home course where I've been averaging over bogey this season.

I'd suggest hitting the ball better :-P

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Asmanning95 Member

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Great idea. I really like the idea. But you can’t use it in competition. Also game golf is an expensive piece of kit. Do I really want to fork out Loren for something I’m never going to get the best use out of?

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paperclip Well Established Member

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No, I don't think it would be legal

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saevel25 Incredible Member

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Yea, I am not paying $5.00 a month for this service.

Its just easier to know the yardages. It's not difficult to know your shot zones by experience.

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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3 minutes ago, saevel25 said:

Yea, I am not paying $5.00 a month for this service.

Its just easier to know the yardages. It's not difficult to know your shot zones by experience.

I agree, knowing my yardages is maybe one of the easiest parts of the game. I'm not totally sure who this is marketed for, unless it's more for those people who habitually over estimate their distances. However,  I would think if you actually use GameGolf you would know the actual numbers.

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Hardspoon Super Member

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6 hours ago, Jeremie Boop said:

I agree, knowing my yardages is maybe one of the easiest parts of the game. I'm not totally sure who this is marketed for, unless it's more for those people who habitually over estimate their distances. However,  I would think if you actually use GameGolf you would know the actual numbers.

Based on the available information on the GG website, it generates "plays like" numbers based on real-time wind data and on slope (uphill/downhill).  It should also take into account the altitude of the course, so if you're playing a round in Denver it will automatically calculate your distance gain.

I'm not saying it's worth it (I for one wouldn't pay for it, although I'll probably try the free trial out of curiosity)...but it's definitely going to be capable of providing better information than you'd get even if you know your distances very well...and better information than you could get from even a slope-equipped rangefinder.

Edited by Hardspoon
Denver = "gain", not "loss"

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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1 minute ago, Hardspoon said:

Based on the available information on the GG website, it generates "plays like" numbers based on real-time wind data and on slope (uphill/downhill).  It should also take into account the altitude of the course, so if you're playing a round in Denver it will automatically calculate your distance gain.

I'm not saying it's worth it (I for one wouldn't pay for it, although I'll probably try the free trial out of curiosity)...but it's definitely going to be capable of providing better information than you'd get even if you know your distances very well...and better information than you could get from even a slope-equipped rangefinder.

 

Fair enough, that does give it more benefit.

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Hardspoon Super Member

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9 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

Fair enough, that does give it more benefit.

Dude, WTF, this is an online forum...you're not supposed to agree with people, or change your opinion when presented with new facts.  😉  

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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1 minute ago, Hardspoon said:

Dude, WTF, this is an online forum...you're not supposed to agree with people, or change your opinion when presented with new facts.  😉  

I knew I was doing this wrong!

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Missouri Swede Great Member

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47 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

I knew I was doing this wrong!

(umm ... you're agreeing again. just sayin')

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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Just now, Missouri Swede said:

(umm ... you're agreeing again. just sayin')

Sonofa!

I guess I'll just have to quit the internets.

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billchao Incredible Member

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11 hours ago, Hardspoon said:

Based on the available information on the GG website, it generates "plays like" numbers based on real-time wind data and on slope (uphill/downhill).

How exactly does Game Golf know elevation changes?

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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57 minutes ago, billchao said:

How exactly does Game Golf know elevation changes?

GPS would probably have elevation information, I would question the windage accuracy though. I don't think it would be super accurate.

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7 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

GPS would probably have elevation information, I would question the windage accuracy though. I don't think it would be super accurate.

I'm not sure how GPS can tell when a green is 30' above or below you, whether you have an uphill or downhill lie, etc.

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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2 minutes ago, billchao said:

I'm not sure how GPS can tell when a green is 30' above or below you, whether you have an uphill or downhill lie, etc.

GPS should have altitude coordinates (X,Y,Z), so it knows where you are and where the green is so it should know if you have an uphill or downhill shot, but I don't know about the uphill/downhill lie part though.

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2 minutes ago, Jeremie Boop said:

GPS should have altitude coordinates (X,Y,Z), so it knows where you are and where the green is so it should know if you have an uphill or downhill shot, but I don't know about the uphill/downhill lie part though.

Really? I didn't know that. I'm not sure I trust it's accuracy. 

GG barely knows where I am sometimes when I use it.

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