Discussion in general golf talk started by pa jayhawk, apr 17. Apr 12, 2018 it wasnt until the 1970s that yardage books as they began to be called, caught on with the professional golfers of the day. Or explore some of the greatest courses in the world on our global map and features pages. In my opinion this is the bestdesigned free golf gps app out there for smartphones. Keeping golf uppermost in mind, with over 20 years experience and expertise in the trade of producing graphics and illustrations for yardage books, golf trade show brochures, email designs, and marketing booklets. To download your free bonus templates click the take this course button below your templates will be in your student account. Our repertoire spans some of the best clubs in canada and the us, including the national, st. Golf course maps golf course mapping yardage books. We have been able to use our combined 50 years of caddying on the pga, and lpga tours as our guide to making a professional, quality yardage book that has everything the competitive golfer needs. The benefits of using a yardage book are multifaceted. Google earth can be a very helpful tool for capturing images of the golf course and importing them into inkscape and starting work on them. That was another issue, in the 2 years i used the software and for the year following my change they never updated their software. Oct 24, 2017 how greenreading maps are changing the way people putt. Only skycaddie sends professional mappers to walk every golf course with professionalgrade survey equipment to create original course maps, accurate within 1 yard.
I can quickly pull it out, determine the slope and aim accordingly. You can measure the distances by pacing from markers on the course once you have. Play smarter with golflogix golflogix is the complete game improvement app with over 5 million users worldwide. Use garmin express software to update the maps and software on your device. Get hole yardage, distance markers, locate hazards and see course layouts. Our team at precise yardage books offer our customers unparalleled experience in professional and amateur golf. Contains line drawings of each hole, with yardages to the green, hazards, and appropriate landmarks, all courtesy of our wonderful golf course architect, ron kern. Golf gps app roundup the best free apps for golfers. Since 1994, t2green course guides has provided a tradition of quality and accuracy in the development of golf yardage guides. It instantly calculates scores, handicaps, stableford points, sidegames, advanced round statistics and distances for up to five players. We can also provide yardage books in a web based format. Golf club graphics provides 3d services such as golf course graphics, flyover videos, maps and yardage books for golf courses, golf architects, golf gps etc.
Founder mike howell developed a reputation for excellence in graphics, service and printing that grew best approach into the worlds largest producer of yardage guides. However, most golf courses dont provide an aerial diagram of their individual holes. May 26, 2016 using free software, and an exelys breakmaster, i show you how i go about mapping the breaks on a golf green. These pocket sized, hole by hole golf course guide books are completely customized with maps, yardage information, and green illustrations. The chart above shows the length distribution and leftright balance of the course. Note how he uses the cut tool to cut way the image of the golf course and paste directly onto his yardage book template. How greenreading maps are changing the way people putt. We struggled for years to pull the trigger on this project, because it is generally very expensive. You can prepare a yardage book for any golf course. Make a yardage book for any golf course with our easy to use tutorials, video lessons, online instruction, and community forums. Voted one of the top 5 five new golf products of 2017 by espn golf, the my caddie pro is sure to lower your scores by helping you develop skills in course management. This depiction of the green will not provide as much information as the architects drawing, but it is good enough for the purposes of preparing your own pocket guide. Designing a yardage book isnt that different than designing a map. Alternatively, if you know the layout of your holes very well, you can draw out the shape of the hole in a design software suite and put icons to illustrate course features.
My overall pick is the grint for a number of reasons. Fore better golf worked out a deal we couldnt pass up. They are a valuable marketing piece for your golf course as well as a classic souvenir for players. Golf course graphics golf 3d course maps golf flyovers. Precise our team has traveled the world surveying golf courses with the most advanced 3d. We at golf club graphics are dedicated in providing high quality golf course graphics. With todays golf technologies, most players dont need to use a golf course yardage guide. Find, follow and register for golf events bluegolf. This application is basically for tee times and it discounted prices on rounds at more than 6,000 golf courses all over worldwide. We are the most inclusive golf community with over 450,000 happy members. The golf course i recently started working for likes the idea i had for making a yardage book for the course that can be sold at the pro shop. Course tours interactive tour for every golf course. I would recommend fore better golf to any course who wants a premium product at a competitive price.
Golf course mapping 3d golf 3d flyover golf yardage. The use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments. Yardage maps course search find golf courses near you. Using my new strackaline green reading book at my home course has been great. We are making only 20 books of each course so dont wait. Using free software, and an exelys breakmaster, i show you how i go about mapping the breaks on a golf green. The app homescreen automatically displays courses based on your current location. The yardage book app is designed to be incredibly easy to use both on and off the course. The bluegolf app overlays a yardage book on top of a satellite image so you are. The video below is the tutorial i made to help you guys. I made myself a diy yardage book for the course and brought it with me during the practice rounds to note pin positions, ideal landing spots off the tee, club selection, and green slopes. Unlike the traditional sketch or computer drawn yardage chart, all of our course guides are designed using highly accurate aerial photography. A yardage book is like a golfers diary, if you will. Using it to verify what i thought was the proper slope has helped my overall green reading abilities.
Or follow the pros on the pga and european tours using. All i need to do is to map the course in person for yardages and slopes. We use a robust, creative design software that is geared more towards uxui designers. New for 2019, the golflogix app now reads your putts and shows you exactly where to aim them, displays 3d greens on approach shots so you know how your ball will roll when landing on the green, and gives you precise gps distances on every tee. Offers and deals for golf holidays and golf breaks can be found on the right. Golf gps yardage software free download golf gps yardage. Jul 16, 2017 a yardage book is like a golfers diary, if you will. How to use a yardage book for the weekend golfer, a yardage book can be a source of information that can be used to jot down notes and club selection on a specific hole over time. Make your own yardage book for the golf courses that you play at. Golflogix is so easy, fast and fun to use on the course that it seamlessly blends with all of your normal golfing routines. While on the course, jump between holes, to the course map or back to the.
They have done an excellent job at making an intuitive design that works quickly on the course, displays important yardage information, and boasts more features for free than any of their competition. The first page of the yardage book is an aerial view showing the entire golf course. Being the person i am, i really didnt think about it before suggesting it. Your free guide to plan your next golf vacation or buddy trip. Yardage book app detailed yardage guide for every course. Mapped courses golflogix putt break maps and gps tracking. I also thought that it distracted me from my game as i spent more time toying around with the software on the course than i really cared for. For tee times, green fee, scorecard, yardages, driving directions and contact information please refer to the golf club homepage. Golf course mapping 3d golf 3d flyover golf yardage books.
Yardage books are available as a low cost add to all our 3d flybys. We create high quality 3d flyovers and still graphics of golf courses. You are invited to join us for free and take advantage of all the benefits we provide other golfers just like you. We have over 35,000 courses mapped worldwide, find your course today. The rrf yardage books provides a scale ruler that can be used to accurately measure the yardage from any two points on the golf holes diagram. Golf course yardage guide and hole by hole aerial view work. Mark long yardage books the most demanded yardage books on.
View key info about course database including course description, tee yardages, par and handicaps, scorecard, contact info, course tours, directions and more. Recently viewed courses are automatically bookmarked for fast, easy access. To the right of the map length, select either yards meters, and click. Each mapper has been trained using curriculum created by mark long, one of two yardage book authors in the world that produces yardage books for the pga tour. There is a local municipal course in my area that hosts an amateur tournament every july. When you see us checking our yardage book, were usually looking at the green.
Most golf yardage books are small enough to fit in the golfers pocket during a round of golf and are often kept in their golf bag as a souvenir. I have seen what a yardage book should look like and have the range finder and. But, it certainly helps when there are hazards that may not be visible when standing on the golf course. How to make a golf course yardage book mark wilkinson. Make your golf course look amazing by using our course mapping service.
Golfers use yardage books to develop a strategy for playing each hole, and. George lucas, and mark long both pioneers in the field of mapping out golf courses, began to enhance the yardage books that were then sold to caddies and professional golfers as they travelled from city to city. The gamechanging app provides accurate gps distances, inround prolevel stat tracking, approach view and the new putt line feature. Offering a golf yardage book is an often reminder to the player to come back to your golf course to play over and over again. The intelligolf birdie edition software comes complete with all of the 1 palm os, 2 windows pc, and 3 synchronizationcompatible software you will need to improve your game, increase your winnings, and have more fun on the course. We used fore better golf to do our first ever yardage book and course maps. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide.
Golf yardage books and golf yardage book holders for professional, collegiate, amateur, and junior golfers. Best approach has been producing the finest yardage guides in the business since 1994. The cut golf course detailed maps and yardage charts. The books were launched on the european tour in 2015 at the scottish open and were used by the event winner ricky fowler. Update golf course maps and device software garmin. Develop a precision game plan then print superaccurate yardage charts or send it to your gpsenabled smartphone. For many years mark long has made the yardage books the caddies and players use on the pga tour as well as at the united states open championship, the pga championship, and the ryder cup.
Golf world map free interactive maps of golf courses. Our green book has become widely recognised as the worlds most detailed and accurate green reading book. Or follow the pros on the pga and european tours using the premapped courses on our pro calendar. Make your own golf course yardage book by matt canham, instructions each hole does not have to be drawn to scale, but needs to accurately indicate hazards, their distances and details of each green. Track strokes and putts along with fairway hits, greens in regulation, upanddowns, sand saves and penalties for up to five players per round.
There are clear instructions and tips to help you improve the presentation to make a very useful course planner. Republic golf club, the detailed scorecard course database. The yardage book andor course guide maps out each hole and lists the. How to design a golf course with golf architect ross. We have developed a special book which enables amateur golfers to quickly see the slopes on greens, saving time reading putts from multiple angles and helping prevent misreads and dropped shots. We are a fully diversified golf course modeling and 3d visualization services company with worldwide experience of designing all type of golf courses.
This system allows you to include sponsors, make changes and have complete control over of how you utilise and sell your yardage books. Allowing golfers to play at their highest level by learning the essential skills necssary in golf course management. The next best is the diagram of each green from an official yardage book that the course has commissioned to sell to the public. While it is good software, when they started charging for maps i went to intelligolf. Following is a stepbystep guide to help you create a unique yardage book of your own. Not only were the products professional, and unbelievably well done, but their staff were a pleasure to work with, and our members love these yardage books. When you see us checking our yardage book, were usually looking at the green map just as hard, he says. While the product offering now includes both print and digital media, best approachs experience and core competencies remain focused on providing golf courses with the best golf course graphics available. Feb 18, 2012 the use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments.