What are the recommendations on range finders? are they worth the investment and what is everyone who is using them using?

Thanks,

TW

real men eyeball it :P

I just noticed in the U.S that callaway have brought out a range finder…... www.callawayrangefinders.com they look pretty good if yuo have a spare $600 to spend…..they are very useful…I played golf with a mate recently who had one….they are great! I just cant justify spending $600 on it, I rather spend it on lessons!

cheers

Brownboygolfer.

Dont worry about visual range finders buy a gps i bought the I GOLF and its great about $300 on ebay you can use it on any course in the world if you cant download the course you want to play you can also mark it out yourself between the igolf and some continuing practise i have dropped my handicap from 9 to 6. it will tell you how far to front middle and back of green from any where on the course whether you can see the point or not and you can add up to 5 other haz on each hole. GREG

Just got a Bushnell yardage pro. Takes a bit of getting use to but is pretty accurate up to 700 yards on large objects.

Tested it out at Sandy driving range and most of their distances were wrong. Will give it a go at MGA next.

Also bought a Bushnell and apart from my spin milled Vokey wedges its the best bit of kit I’ve ever bought.

check this out.. though you have to buy the whole package…

http://www.radargolf.com/

Thanks for the input guys’. I was looking at the Bushnell but don’t have any practical experience with it.

Anyone tried those GPS deals for your phone? I hear you can create your own maps?

TW,

I haven’t bought a GPS receiver yet but I use Intelligolf software on my PDA for keeping scores and stats. Its great and very easy to use on the course. You can buy a GPS received for about $150 these days and it will work with the software (if you buy the full edition which is US$60). I’m keen to get one but currently I’m better off spending my limited golf budget on lessons and actually playing.

A lot of courses are already mapped which you can download for free unlike some other GPS solutions. If your course isn’t, you can use the traditional mapping approach of taking the coordinates as you walk the course or you can use google earth to get the GPS coordinates and enter that directly to the software before you start the round. This can be a bit rough as the resolution of google earth in Australia isn’t as good as the US but at least it means you have some distances the first time you play the course and you can map it more accurately as you play.

I already had a PDA (windows mobile based) for work so it kept the cost down.

Dave

Also bought a Bushnell and apart from my spin milled Vokey wedges its the best bit of kit I’ve ever bought.

Right with you . . . mine is 7 years old now and still fantastic. Can Pick up a flag at over 200m.

ALL GOOD !

I hope people realise that if your club does not have a local rule allowing the use of rangefinders or other measuring devices, then you are not permitted to use them in competition. Penalty if you do – DQ. Link to R&A site

Dont worry about visual range finders buy a gps i bought the I GOLF and its great about $300 on ebay you can use it on any course in the world if you cant download the course you want to play you can also mark it out yourself between the igolf and some continuing practise i have dropped my handicap from 9 to 6. it will tell you how far to front middle and back of green from any where on the course whether you can see the point or not and you can add up to 5 other haz on each hole. GREG

I assume the igolf also displays in metres? I’ve looked at this but can’t find the info anywhere

doesn’t stop you from making your own little course map…..

Ocat, Its in metres as well. Here is the link to the user manual

http://www.igolf.com/manual...

Go for the bushnell has made life much easier

I just cant justify spending $600 on it, I rather spend it on lessons!

$600 would get you quite a few lessons and improve your game I would think by more than a stroke or two. I think for the majority of us, these range finders are a waste of time & money. Using your feet and the markers on the course are plenty enough, B & C graders just don’t have the accuracy consistently to make it worthwhile. 2 lessons earlier in the year and I’m playing within a stroke or two of my handicap on a regular basis (3 out of 4 rounds recently).