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Most yardage books will have a distance from each tee box to a certain. Check out arnold palmers handmade yardage book for augusta national. Started creating my own yardage book, what are some of the. Homemade yardage book yardage books dont exist for my course, but the on course distance markers seem to be pretty accurate as best as i can tell. The use of golf laser range finders or gps devices are illegal on the pga tour and many other amateur and professional golf tournaments. May 11, 20 hello guys so i wanted to help people out who want to make a yardage book for a course. After consulting several different professional golfers about what they want in a yardage book, we are ready to release our newly designed covers. Your yardage book can very well be customized to best suit your personality. 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. Golf yardage books and golf yardage book holders for professional, collegiate, amateur, and junior golfers. Approach publications, which has been making yardage books for a. They will also fit in and look great in your back pocket.
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Swing consistency aside, one of the best things i ever did for my game was some caddying and to really hone in on course management. Started creating my own yardage book, what are some of the most important things i should include in there. The tutorials are now a complete online class, with a membersonly forum, templates, and more. This amazing course management system will help you diagram how you want to play each hole. Feb 19, 2008 the easiest way to learn golf like a pro is by following the simple golf swing program. A course yardage book is one of the most important tools i use when i play. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Custom yardage books golf course list precise yardgage books. Your yardage book will allow the golfer to map out the golf course and. These will be available in bison, lizard, ostrich, stingray, shark, python, and alligator through our website. Im a yardage book junkie, i try to buy one whenever i play a new course.
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Golf digest calls it the yardage book for the rest of us. Nov 17, 2012 do any of you have good ideas for a homemade yardage book. One of the clubs actually bought the rights to my book free jr. All the rrf yardage books files are in adobe pdf format. Handmade genuine ostrich pro yardage books patrick.
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Jaycee junior tournament, which was held on the golf course of the university of new. Use the ruler function make sure you set to yards to measure distances from the back of the tee box to important points. Yardage marker yardage and strategy booklet yardage book. How to make a yardage book kindle edition by eric jones author visit amazons eric jones page. It allows you to rely on accurate notes about the greens, the fairways and the traps not just your memory your yardage book allows you to visualize and. These pocket sized, hole by hole golf course guide books are completely customized with maps, yardage information, and green illustrations. A yardage book is like a golfers diary, if you will. I just finished mine for my home course and im really happy with how it turned out. Did you scroll all this way to get facts about yardage book.
A look inside dustin johnsons pebble beach yardage book. Record a full 18 holes of layouts, yardages, hazards and strategy notes. Do not put a staple near the center since this is where the book will be folded. There may be some way that i could send them to you if any oif you need them to copy or scan and send back to me.
What youll see is basically a blue print of the entire course laid out in gory detail, one page per hole. Yardage books dont exist for my course, but the on course distance markers seem to be pretty accurate as best as i can tell. How to make professional golf yardage books pga tour style. Imagine being able to whip out your yardage book before a shot, pin point your landing area, dial in your exact yardages, and even nail down your club selection. Yardage books like this come in a variety of thoroughness and slickness. Home accurately sketch holes on golf course use with gpss and rangefinders typical club yardage books contact us. 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. When used with your pda, or with the printed pro book from your pc, golfwits will automatically track visual patterns of play and a host of comprehensive statistics. Like many of you, my passion for golf is unlike any other hobby that ive previously had, and my way of keeping in tune with the game while im not on the course, is making yardage books for all the courses around me.
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